Independent procurement advisory. Croydon, London
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We begin every engagement with five commercial terms you can hold us to, written down and signed before any work starts.
Buccaneers sailed under written articles. So do we.
Articles of engagement
Agreed with every client before work starts
We fix the starting point with your finance team, in writing, so there is never a debate about what counts as a saving.
Your finance team validates every saving against your own ledger. If it does not show up in your numbers, we do not count it.
For cost reduction we are paid a share of verified savings. Where a fixed fee suits the work better, it is agreed up front and does not move.
Nothing is added to the work, or to the bill, without your signature. You can stop at the end of any phase.
Strategies, templates and tracking tools stay with you when we leave. You should need us less each year, not more.
Confidentiality is covered separately, in Schedule 1, our undertaking on confidentiality.
Engagement letter · Articles · page 1 of 1
Every service follows the same discipline: a signed starting point, work you approve at each stage, and a clear handover. The timetables differ, so pick the one you need.
Six months, category by category. Awards land in waves from around week 10, and savings are tracked from the first one.
Active workSavings tracked against your ledger, building with each awardSigned off by you
Weeks 1 to 4
We assess the current state: your data, contracts and supplier base, plus interviews with the people who rely on them. Together we set objectives and agree the baseline.
Sign-off: baseline and savings target
Weeks 5 to 22
We turn the baseline into results under structured governance, running tenders and negotiations category by category and engaging suppliers on your behalf.
Sign-off: every supplier award
From the first award, around week 10
Savings leak when nobody is watching. Contracts are finalised with price controls, suppliers onboarded, and every invoice tracked against the new terms.
Sign-off: savings validated by finance
Twelve weeks to a scored assessment, an agreed operating model and the playbooks to run it, built with your team.
Active workSigned off by you
Six weeks from your first data extract to dashboards your finance and buying teams share.
Active workSigned off by you
Fifteen working days, to your deal timetable. Red flags reach you in the first week.
Active workSigned off by you
Reporting
One savings report, reconciled to your ledger and set out the way your board already reads. Every line shows the baseline, the new position and whether finance has validated it.
Savings report, month 5
| Category | Baseline | New position | Saving | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facilities management | £3.20m | £2.76m | 13.8% | Validated |
| Logistics and carriers | £2.85m | £2.53m | 11.2% | Validated |
| IT and telecoms | £1.40m | £1.19m | 15.0% | Validated |
| Packaging | £1.95m | £1.78m | 8.7% | Pending |
| Professional services | £0.90m | £0.82m | 8.9% | Pending |
Figures are illustrative and do not describe a specific client.
Schedule 3 · Monthly savings report · page 1 of 1
Fees
The fee model is agreed before any work starts and written into the engagement letter. We recommend the one that best fits the work, not the one that pays us most.
Shared savings
For cost reduction and mitigation. Our fee is a share of the savings your finance team validates, over a period agreed in advance.
Fixed project fee
For capability programmes, spend analytics, responsible sourcing and due diligence. Scope, deliverables and price fixed at the outset.
Day rate or retainer
For procurement as a service. Specialists from two to five days a week, on monthly terms with no recruitment fees or long notice periods.
Send us twelve months of supplier spend. Ten working days later you will have a confidential view of where your money goes and where the savings are, at no cost. Tick the box and we will send a mutual NDA before we talk.
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