Funding
Who paid, contributed time, supplied facilities or underwrote the activity—and whether payment depended on an outcome.
Transparency
Funding, free participation and connected interests
Market Accord is a community supported by Bid Champions Ltd. Free support, funding, capacity and any separate commercial relationship remain visible.
How the free routes are supported
During the founding phase, Bid Champions Ltd supports and funds the community's website, research preparation, programme design, registry infrastructure and defined entry-stage support. Market Accord is presented and developed as a wider community for learners, businesses, suppliers, buyers and procurement professionals.
Accepted participants do not pay Market Accord for support described as free. Free growth materials are openly available, while hands-on help is limited by fit, scope, safeguarding and community capacity. Sponsorship and responsible partnerships may fund more places later.
A participant may independently need third-party services or later choose separately contracted professional work. Any price, provider and relationship must be explained before commitment; declining paid work does not invalidate existing participation evidence.
Required disclosure
Every project identifies material interests.
The detail is proportionate to the relationship and the decision a reader may make.
Connected parties
Ownership, family, employment, referral, consortium, supplier, buyer, adviser or other relationship capable of affecting judgement.
Commercial routes
Any option for Bid Champions, a partner or an expert to provide separately contracted work after or alongside the initiative.
Separation controls
The same organisation may contribute. It must not quietly judge itself.
- Commercial scope and Market Accord scope are documented separately.
- Invoices and deliverables identify which relationship applies.
- Research and case-study permissions are not bundled into commercial terms.
- Live bid strategy is not published as market research.
- Connected reviewers are declared and, where material, excluded from a decision.
- Project records identify the legal operator and ownership of experience.
- Complaints can be escalated beyond the project lead.
Sponsorship rule: sponsors may define a broad challenge and lawful reporting need. They do not receive hidden access to participant data, control findings, suppress material negative evidence or select badge outcomes unless a restriction is explicitly lawful, ethically justified and published.
Ask about a relationship or conflict.
Use the contact route for factual questions and the complaints route where an interest may have affected participation, evidence or publication.