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Stronger local businesses
Help businesses reduce operating costs and redirect time and capital towards customers, staff, investment and growth.
Procumo helps councils turn collective buying power into practical business support — coordinating groups, testing the market and helping local businesses secure better value, with a transparent, success-based model.
Local businesses are often negotiating alone, with limited time, data or purchasing leverage. Yet many face the same recurring costs — energy, insurance, waste, fleet, cleaning, technology, equipment and business services.
When businesses with compatible needs come together, their combined demand can attract stronger supplier interest, more competitive offers and a more efficient buying process.
Procumo works with councils and business networks to identify worthwhile categories, build participation and coordinate the process from requirements through to supplier evaluation and implementation.
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From the shop on the high street to the workshop in the industrial estate and the café on the corner, local businesses face the same recurring expenses. Buying together helps all of them.
A council-supported buying initiative can deliver value beyond a lower invoice. It can help local enterprises become more resilient, productive and confident about their future.
Help businesses reduce operating costs and redirect time and capital towards customers, staff, investment and growth.
Offer an actionable service that moves beyond advice and workshops to coordinated market engagement and purchasing outcomes.
Bring businesses together around energy, waste, fleet and other categories where better purchasing can support environmental objectives.
Coordinate common requirements and supplier engagement so each business does not need to repeat the same groundwork alone.
Help local employers manage cost pressures, improve competitiveness and strengthen the businesses that contribute to local jobs.
Provide clear reporting on participation, market responses, decisions and verified savings so council can understand the value delivered.
Procumo supplies the coordination and procurement capability. Council retains its role as program sponsor and sets the boundaries appropriate to its policies, objectives and resources.
Work with council and business networks to identify common spend categories, likely demand, eligibility and potential community benefit.
Engage interested businesses, confirm requirements and volumes, and establish clear participation expectations before approaching the market.
Coordinate supplier engagement, comparable offers and transparent evaluation against agreed requirements and decision criteria.
Support businesses through supplier selection and transition, then report outcomes using a clear baseline and documented methodology.
We can begin with one clearly defined category and a limited cohort, learn what works, report the results and only then consider whether to expand.
Procumo understands that council-supported initiatives must protect public trust. Our role is to support a well-documented, transparent process — not to bypass procurement rules or imply council endorsement of a supplier.
Each engagement is scoped against the relevant council procurement policy, delegations, thresholds and governance requirements before activity begins.
Supplier engagement and evaluation can be structured to support competition, consistent requirements, documented decisions and value for money.
Agree who sponsors, facilitates, evaluates and makes decisions. Participating businesses retain responsibility for their own purchasing decisions and contracts.
Declare and manage actual, potential or perceived conflicts, keep appropriate records and establish escalation or independent review where required.
Businesses are free to assess offers and decide whether to proceed. No participant should be pressured to accept an unsuitable product, service or contract.
A pilot can define scope, duration, budget, responsibilities, reporting and exit points before any broader commitment is considered.
Procumo does not provide a blanket guarantee of statutory compliance. The council remains responsible for its procurement decisions and should obtain its own legal, probity and procurement advice where appropriate. Any engagement will be tailored to the applicable legislation, council policy and specific procurement structure.
Councils are already demonstrating how collective purchasing can help businesses tackle complex markets that may be difficult to navigate individually.
Yarra City Council describes a group designed to bring together eligible Victorian businesses seeking to purchase 100% renewable electricity. By combining demand and using an experienced facilitator, the initiative aims to improve market response while reducing complexity, time and cost.
The opportunity for Procumo: complement this type of initiative by helping councils explore additional business purchasing categories — from waste and insurance to fleet, cleaning, technology and essential operating supplies.
Read about Yarra's Business Renewables Buying GroupProcumo was created around a simple belief: businesses should not have to accept poor purchasing outcomes simply because they buy alone or lack the time and resources to negotiate effectively.
We are passionate about successful businesses — and believe that better buying can make a real difference to their ability to thrive.
Our model is built around forming buying teams, understanding real requirements, engaging suppliers and helping participants act on the best available options. We focus on practical outcomes, not simply introductions or a preferred-supplier directory.
Procumo has developed a dedicated platform and operating process to build teams and coordinate buying activity. Our experience includes completed buying teams and negotiated savings outcomes across business expense categories.
Our commercial model is designed to align our reward with savings achieved, with fees and calculations disclosed clearly before a project proceeds.
Clear baselines, comparable offers, documented assumptions and visible fees help participants understand how outcomes are assessed.
We focus on the right solution for the buying team, rather than restricting participants to a predetermined supplier list.
Every municipality is different. A pilot should be based on local business feedback, achievable participation and a category where the market can deliver a meaningful result.
Renewable electricity, solar, batteries, energy services and waste reduction.
Insurance, telecommunications, software, stationery, printing and merchant services.
Waste collection, cleaning, maintenance, uniforms, safety supplies and equipment.
Start with a conversation about your business community, existing initiatives and one practical opportunity. We can help scope a low-risk pilot with clear objectives, responsibilities and measures of success.
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