Our Services

We support clients across a range of activities including specific procurement disciplines, bi-directional tender management and support, to commercial advice.
We focus on the areas where we have the expertise, where we are the practitioners. Our ever growing knowledge and a broad suite of templates underpin our services.

Projects vary from negotiating contracts for financial institutions, running tenders for public and private sector clients, developing right sourcing strategies for large telecommunications organisations, implementing P2P systems for IT companies, conducting supply chain reviews for SMEs;

always with an eye to saving money!

Sourcing

Tenders

Support

Consultancy

Sourcing

Support for all types of sourcing programmes for small, medium and large clients, simplifying the complex. Assignments range from complex global right-sourcing programs to small projects enabling SMEs source optimum services in niche markets where they have limited knowledge.  We conduct deep dive analysis of outsourcing programs for larger clients and provide expertise in terms of best practice sharing and portfolio optimisation. We conduct indicative benchmarking at project commencement to ensure best value.

Services include:

  • Strategic Sourcing Support & Backup
  • Business Process Outsourcing
  • Complex Service Benchmarking
  • Supplier Performance – SLAs, KPI, & Metrics
  • Business Process Improvement Planning
  • International Best Practice Sharing

Tenders

We assist companies with Requests for Proposal/Information (RFx), Invitations to Tender (ITT) from both the procurement and sales side – we are the poaching gamekeepers! We simplify the tender process by directly undertaking or supporting clients in; requirements gathering & validation, issuing requests to the market, evaluating responses, negotiating terms, agreeing contracts and managing on-going relationships.  We provide and update a complete suite of templates for our clients. This is also mirrored for sales organisations to support their bidding activities.

Services include:

  • Tender/Bid Planning & Management
  • Tender/Bid Support
  • Requirements Gathering & Validation
  • Response Evaluation (or compilation on sales side!)
  • Supplier Assessment
  • Contract Development & Negotiation

Support

Clients receive direct support within procurement departments, or alternatively within finance or sales departments providing specific services in key disciplines unavailable or constrained internally. Support is given in niche areas such as risk mitigation and external supply base reviews. Conducting external supply base reviews best determines what mechanisms are required to manage and control expenditure.

Services include:

  • Supply Chain Review & Supply Base Reports
  • Supplier Relationship Management
  • External Risk & Controls Management
  • Procurement Process & Systems
  • P2P Solution Validation &  Deployment
  • Training & Bespoke Workshop Development
  • Procurement for Non-Procurement People

Consultancy

Clients also look to us to provide more generalist commercial services including mentoring of key staff and supporting knowledge transfer in an organisation undergoing change.  We also help clients who are investigating equity release across their asset base, seeking support for a funding rounds, conducting new market or sector analysis.  We have a broad network with whom to connect clients seeking specific resources or skillsets.

Services include:

  • Sector/market analysis
  • Funding support / Asset sale
  • Risk Management / Mitigation
  • Operational Efficiency Reviews
  • Partner Relationship Management
  • Organisational Cost Reshaping