Our client recognised the high stakes nature of procuring to-date non-existing services from a non-existing market in rural NSW and engaged Grosvenor to run the end-to-end procurement stream for this program. Instead of detailed specifications, we developed documentation that clearly described what the problems were that YE Program was designed to address and how success will be measured and rewarded.
Staff and students at the University of Queensland are required to travel domestically and internationally to support academic studies, research and operations of the University. To ensure travellers are provided with efficient, reliable, safe and appropriate travel solutions, the University engages a travel management company (TMC) to provide travel management services. The University’s contract with the existing TMC was due to expire shortly. To ensure the University continued to receive value for money and consistent travel services aligned with travellers’ and travel bookers’ needs and expectations, the University needed to reapproach the market in a formal tender process.
icare Insurance for NSW (icare) is a Public Financial Corporation governed by an independent Board of Directors that delivers insurance and care services to the people of NSW. Law firms may be engaged to advise icare. To ensure the procurement process for a Law Firm was effective and efficient, icare established separate panels of Law Firms, called Legal Panels. icare engaged Grosvenor Procurement Advisory (Grosvenor) to refresh these panels.
Ausgrid has a large decentralised contract management function with more than 150 staff responsible for getting best performance from thousands of suppliers. To align this function with the overall business objectives of achieving sustainable, reliable and affordable outcomes for its electricity customers it was necessary to introduce a consistent way for how contracts are managed.
Our NSW Government client's procurement team has been on a path of renewal and continuous improvement in contract management and sourcing. This required a capability uplift across the client's procurement function, which is well underway. The client is now embarking on a project to align its sourcing and contract management processes and systems with better practice.
This State Government Branch identified a need to strengthen it's contract management capabilities including activities such as improving existing contract management plans, clarification of roles and responsibilities, standardising processes and, in general terms, aligning with better practice.
Our client, a medium sized utility, required help with the identification of savings and implementation strategies for each category of spend. Our research, revealed that the four spend levers Pay Less, Buy Less, Buy Cheaper and Buy Smarter, can be a great start to identifying savings.
Ausgrid has a large decentralised contract management function with more than 150 staff responsible for getting best performance from thousands of suppliers. To align this function with the overall business objectives of achieving sustainable, reliable and affordable outcomes for its electricity customers it was necessary to introduce a consistent way for how contracts are managed.
Grosvenor conducted a comprehensive review of the client's procurement function. The review involved extensive consultation across the business, review of existing process and procedures and an assessment of procurement outcomes. Current practice was assessed against Grosvenor’s Procurement Better Practice Comparator to identify areas of strength as well as areas requiring improvement.
This Commonwealth department identified a need to review its procurement processes to improve efficiency, compliance, and staff capabilities. The department engaged Grosvenor Procurement Advisory (Grosvenor) to conduct this review and ensure that it has effective and efficient procurement practices that deliver value for money, follow robust governance and probity, is compliant with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules, uplift commercial processes and procedures, optimise the procurement pipeline and follow higher-order policies.
Our client is responsible for the biggest program of public transport infrastructure in Australia. The agency identified a need to review its procurement processes to ensure, not only that they remain compliant with government policies, but also align with better practice, ensuring a seamless experience for the end users and suppliers. Our client partnered with Grosvenor to define a best-in-class procurement function for its professional services category, to tailor the new processes and principles, and to apply them to a complex engineering contract.
Grosvenor was engaged to conduct an organisational wide inventory, spend and category analysis, and to conduct a review of the entire procurement function to identify savings and efficiencies, and to provide a model and implementation plan for the future delivery of procurement for a large mixed utility provider.
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