Strategic Procurement Management

Positioning the procurement and contracting functions to deliver the maximum contribution to the achievement of corporate goals; ensuring the policies, structure, organisation and systems are optimal.

Expertise

Contracting and Tendering Services Pty Ltd’s (CTS) expertise in Strategic Procurement Management is recognised in Australia and Internationally, where it is a Best Practice Procurement Advisor to multi-global organisations and major public sector organisations for:

  • Formulating Procurement Strategies
  • Organisational Management of Procurement
  • Procurement Systems Development
  • Complex Contracts: strategies
  • Developing contracting and supply strategies for the provision of key services & equipment
  • Policy Development
  • CTC and Outsourcing
  • Procurement and Contract Training
  • Research

In brief, CTS’s expertise lies in positioning the Procurement and Contracting functions so that it meets the business needs of the organisation, maximises use of resources and has appropriate policies, systems and structures in place to do so.

Techniques and Models

CTS has a proven suite of proprietary leading edge techniques, models and processes supported by unique software tools for Strategic Procurement Management, including:

“Strategic Procurement Model” used to review an Organisation’s contracting & procurement functions against a  Best Practice model.

Contracting - out : Asset specificity model

Experience

CTS has been involved in over 300 projects, including:

  • Redesigning and implementing Organisational Structure Change of the procurement function
  • Assessing Best Practice of the Strategic Procurement function of more than
    • 20 Australian public sector organisations &
    • 30 major national and international companies.
  • Developing Competency Based, Procurement Accreditation Systems
  • Providing strategic advice in the amalgamation of public sector agencies eg health organisations
  • Developing Procurement & Contracting Policy and Guidelines for agencies at all three levels of government and the private sector
  • Preparing contract management plans

Key Achievements

CTS’s key achievements include:

  • Undertaking a major research program for the Commonwealth Government regarding Best Practice in procurement and forward planning
  • International Study of Procurement Best Practice in Outsourcing and Contract Establishment for Local Government: resulted in a model for the identification of success factors for Outsourcing which has been applied internationally
  • Selected as the Industry Expert on the Procurement Competencies and Reform Agenda and the review of the Commonwealth Government ‘Procurement Guidelines’
  • Industry expert on the State Government review of the State Supply Act governing the State Supply Board (SA)
  • Developing the Government of NT’s Procurement Strategy
  • Advising the Fiji Government on procurement methodology and IT systems
  • Advising Post & Telecom Corporation (PNG) on corporatisation and costing of contracting and supply function