Challenge
- Generate savings quickly from law firm’s current supplier spending, without replacing incumbent suppliers or increasing current workload of stakeholders
- Achieve savings target of 15% from current expenditures
- Head of Facilities worked with Elevate’s procurement consultants to identify these IT and NON-IT spend categories to pilot Elevate’s approach:
- Telecom – Mobiles and Phone System Support
- Desktop Refresh – Best And Final Offer (BAFO)
- Managed Print Services and Office Supplies
- Records Management
- HR Benefits Brokering
Solution
- Benchmarking process replaces traditional RFPs, is non-invasive to stakeholders, incumbent-friendly. and generates savings within 60-90 days
- Head of Facilities directed all incumbent providers to cooperate with Elevate’s Procurement Team by signing a confidentiality NDA, providing current contracts, any addenda, and previous 12 months paid invoices
