Procurement and probity

An experienced probity practitioner can help you meet the challenge of achieving successful sourcing outcomes while complying with extensive complex regulatory guidelines.

Ensuring probity in procurement

Organisations operating within heavily regulated industries continually face tightening funding constraints and increased scrutiny by media and stakeholders. Consequently, these organisations must ensure their procurement and sourcing is exemplary with an effective probity process in place.

Procurement is becoming less tactical and more strategic with a focus on utilising each sourcing opportunity to optimise supply chains and deliver the best results. Procurement requires ongoing relationship management, agility to deploy different methods for different scenarios and careful mitigation of risk. Engaging with an experienced probity practitioner will help you meet the complex legislative requirements of procurement while achieving the most successful sourcing outcomes.

The benefits of engaging a probity practitioner

Enable efficiency and effectiveness

Proven methodologies and approaches implemented by specialist resources to ensure procurement needs are met

Access insights

Collaborative working environment encouraging knowledge-sharing and team upskilling

Mitigate risks

Early identification and independent assessment of commercial, financial and probity risks leading to timely mitigating actions

Protect your reputation

Market engagement and interactions are conducted in a professional and pragmatic manner facilitating process accountability, transparency and defensibility

Preserve confidence

Conduct of equitable processes that preserve stakeholder confidence to support competitiveness and achievement of successful outcomes

How can we help?

Advisory services

Offering advice and assistance relating to sourcing and supplier relationships, including such activities as:

Strategic policy review and reform development
Business case preparation, development and assessments, including procurement options analysis
Planning, management and contract execution of market engagements, including specialist advisory input
Financial evaluation and assessments, including options and pricing analysis
Commercial risk, pricing and contract and contractor performance management
Negotiation lead and commercial and financial negotiation SME support
Project governance and management
Probity and conduct advice

Audit and reviews

Conducting independent reviews and investigations to verify whether:

Procurement process accords with best practice and organisational policies
Procurement and grants spend comply with objectives, contractual arrangements, performance regime and alliance commitments
Existing financial models are suitable
Probity requirements are adhered to throughout any process

Resources and policy development