Strategic procurement support for local council
GWI was engaged by a regional Council to provide independent, strategic procurement support. Our unique experience from all sides of the procurement process ensures our customers gain independent and pragmatic advice.
The context
Council was looking to uplift the capacity of their satellite service. Given their remote location and limited supply of resources, Council relies heavily on satellite service to provide essential services including healthcare. As a result, they recognised a need for procurement support and engaged GWI to undertake an end-to-end procurement process to contract a new satellite service provider.
The method
GWI engaged key Council stakeholders to determine the required specifications and draft an appropriate approach to market and accompanying evaluation strategy.
GWI received eleven (11) quotes from the Satellite Service Capacity Uplift and facilitated the evaluation of responses by the Council evaluation panel, including:
- Providing expert advice to panel
- Conducting evaluation moderation sessions
- Developing and maintaining the evaluation scorecards
- Planning and conducting workshops with the shortlisted suppliers
- Supporting Council in what to do for the on-site shortlisted supplier visits
- Drafting the evaluation report with recommendations.
GWI also facilitated the contract negotiations with the preferred supplier, including:.
- Drafting the initial version of contract
- Facilitating discussions between Council and the supplier.
At the conclusion of the engagement, Council had engaged the services of a well-respected Satellite Service Capacity Uplift.
The impact
As a result of working with GWI, Council can successfully select a vendor that meets their requirements to implement satellite service capacity uplift. They can confidently implement the vendor to complete the upgrade and ensure the ongoing delivery of satellite services to the region, ultimately leading to enhanced service delivery for Council residents.
GWI’s strategic procurement services
Not only have we helped our clients realise over $2 billion in new business through large and complex tenders, our team has also worked in commercial enterprise category management roles and in government as ICT buyers at agency and Whole-of-Government levels in multiple jurisdictions, including as ICT procurement framework managers.
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