COLLABORATE

Making collaboration easier

The COLLABORATE functionality in our Observatory fundamentally alters the dynamics of effective collaboration. It makes it easier to identify the suppliers and analyse the spend you have in common with other public sector bodies.

Assess where buying with other organisations will achieve lower prices

COLLABORATE will help you assess which categories of goods and services present the best opportunity for saving money. It looks at where aggregating spend with other buying organisations to buy in larger volumes would lead to lower prices.

Determine which suppliers to negotiate improved terms with as a group

COLLABORATE ables you to determine which suppliers present the best opportunity for negotiating improved terms, when you approach the supplier as a group rather than individually.

Assess which public body spends the most with a certain supplier and is best to lead negotiations

COLLABORATE can also the support buying organisations by showing which public body spends the most with a given supplier and who, as a result, may be best placed to lead negotiation for a collaborative group.

Assess the economic impact of group purchasing with a specific supplier or a certain category of spend

Improve your ability to accurately assess the economic impact of addressing a supplier or a certain category as a group.

Helping you see where to COLLABORATE spend with other buying organisations

COLLABORATE has been designed to enable you to interrogate your transformed spend data and generate the charts, graphs, tables and lists that deliver the data and insight you need to more effectively COLLABORATE your spend with other buying organisations.