Procurement Advice
Since 1985, Procurement Australia has negotiated and facilitated contracts for our members; providing measurable savings and procurement expertise on a multitude of common use goods and services, including fuel, electricity, gas, stationery and recruitment.
With this experience, Procurement Australia can advise you on how to run a tender or a cluster, how to scope a contract, setting up a panel, establishing committed volume contracts and how to demonstrate real value to your organisation.
Our expert procurement management know-how, extensive knowledge of markets, technology and innovative processes provides members with a strategic advantage.
PA Online
PA Online is the online catalogue of Procurement Australia's 60 plus contracts, giving members direct access to a complete listing of all items available under each contract.
PA Online makes purchasing faster, easier and better, allowing users to search by contract, supplier and product.
Each organisation is only required to register once. Logins and system access are managed internally by your assigned system administrator.
To find out if your organisation is a registered user of PA Online, contact Cilica Benitez, Contracts and Finance Administrator on (03) 9810 8615 or email cbenitez@paltd.com.au.
Standing-Offer Contracts
All Procurement Australia standing-offer contracts have been tendered following a stringent, quality assured process and are assigned a contract term with the option of extending. Standing-offer contracts are available for a diverse range of goods and services such as stationery, recruitment, water chemicals and library books.
Find out more about our standing-offer contracts.
Committed Volume Contracts (CVCs)
To put it simply, a Committed Volume Contract (CVC) is an optimum supply arrangement. It is the epitome of high-powered aggregation at work.
CVCs bring many benefits to both buyers and suppliers. Here are just a few:
To buyers:
- Competitive and value added outcomes not achieved through individual tendering
- Substantial savings in resources to conduct individual tendering
- Being active supporters and participants of industry best practice
To suppliers:
- Attractive volumes and certainty of orders
Procurement Australia has a proven track record in partnering stakeholders and negotiating high-volume, equitable CVC arrangements. Long-standing contracts include electricity, public lighting and natural gas. Procurement Australia removes the complexity for buyers and creates greater certainty for suppliers to win business.
Brokerage and Tendering Services
Procurement Australia takes the pain out of tendering by leveraging off provisions within its own contracts.
The entire process is generally completed in a matter of weeks. All buyers are eligible to use this service, subject to their own internal purchasing protocols.
Procurement Australia will:
- Establish the requirements
- Co-ordinate the schedules for response and rounds of negotiation
- Invite a rationalised and pre-qualified suppliers to bid
- Provide a cost analysis and non-price criteria
Case-by-case particulars are negotiated and formalised through a Sub Agreement between the client and the successful supplier/s.
Spend Analysis
Procurement Australia can save you money by benchmarking your current purchasing arrangements against current Procurement Australia contracts.
The benefits of using this expertise are:
- Accessing the market strength of Procurement Australia contracts
- Security of supply and reduced risk
- Strategic advantage through reduced costs
- Supplier quality
- Focussed service agreements
Contact Us
To discuss our services and how Procurement Australia can help you buy better, contact Veronica Steinicke, Sales and Marketing Manager on 0409 189 551 or email vsteinicke@paltd.com.au