High Stakes Procurement

Procurement Advisory

Recontracting Facilities Management Services for the Aboriginal Housing Office

TargetedBrains delivered two solutions: an interim arrangement to maintain services to over 900 properties, and a longer-term sustainable Asset Management Services solution to maintain these properties. We provided strategic, specialised services to develop, plan and deliver two procurement processes.

Procurement Advisory

Procurement of Law Firms for a Legal Panel

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 TargetedBrains Procurement Advisory (Grosvenor) to refresh these panels.

Procurement Advisory

How our client identified 11% savings per year using advanced spend levers

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.

Procurement Transformation

Process review
Procurement Advisory

Procurement Process Review

This Commonwealth department identified a need to review its procurement processes to improve efficiency, compliance, and staff capabilities. The department engaged TargetedBrains 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.

Procurement Advisory

Procurement Diagnostic and Implementation of Better Practice

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 TargetedBrains 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.

Procurement Advisory

Establish and implement Chief Procurement Officer Branch

TargetedBrains was engaged to develop the procurement framework, and draft policies, guidance and templates for all the stages of a procurement lifecycle for the Department of Defence. TargetedBrains also conducted a 12 month review of the intranet portal and developed a quality system suitable for certification to the ISO 9001 standard.

Contract and Supplier Management

Procurement Advisory

Designing an effective Third Party Assurance Framework

There was a need for a strong assurance framework to ensure effective governance, mitigate risks, and enhance program oversight. The Department sought to achieve these objectives while enabling capability uplift in assurance practices and aligning with compliance requirements.

contract health check
Procurement Advisory

Contract Health Check for Health

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.

Procurement Advisory

Turning around the performance of a large outsourced contract

Large complex contract relationships require high-quality management skills and high-quality performance measures. Even with the best intentions parties can often find themselves at loggerheads when assessing performance. With over two decades of experience, TargetedBrains works with clients to ensure contracts and contract relationships are performing.

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