Services Sourcing
12–19% savings.
Cover more spend, generate more competition, leverage data = more savings.
Why savings stay behind
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The need starts in the business
A plant manager needs turnaround support, fast. She calls a consultancy she knows. By Friday the team is booked. Procurement hears about it when a purchase order is needed. (Illustrative scenario.)
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Why demand owners go it alone
Tenders feel slow. Only they can judge quality. They trust their vendor. Procurement is stretched thin, with one buyer for every 15 stakeholders. None of this is irrational, and that's the problem.
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Managed on paper, not in practice
Procurement receives one quote and a decision that has already been made. The spend is booked but never competed. Spend under management stays low.
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No competition, no proof
Without competing bids there's no baseline. A discount on a single quote proves nothing, so savings are estimated or not reported at all. When procurement can't show its value, it gets involved even later next time.
Savings per sourcing event
How much could you save?
Based on analysis of 1,000+ tenders on the apadua platform.
At 12% savings
€600,000
At 19% savings
€950,000
Estimate only, for illustration. Based on apadua's platform data: winning bids average 12–19% below the market price across analyzed tenders. Actual results vary by category and market conditions.
Close the Gap.
Source Services Together.
See in a short demo how apadua takes the load off your services procurement.
How apadua gets you there
Automated, low-effort event creation
More spend is run competitively with the same team.
Structured, comparable bid submission
The precondition for fair benchmarking.
AI-powered bid/price analysis
Surfaces hidden price and service gaps.
AI-assisted negotiation prep & tracking
The actual lever behind the 12–19%.
Iterative re-quoting
Prices sharpen from round to round.
Award via platform
Documented proof of realized saving.