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Deliver cash savings, measure progress and manage compliance

Spikes Cavell equips decision makers in the public sector with the data, online tools and analytical insight they need in order to transform the way they procure goods and services.

Since 2003, their spend analysis and spend management solutions have underpinned the efforts of more than 800 organisation’s to deliver cash savings, measure progress and manage compliance.

Everything they do is driven by data

Public sector spend, contract and pricing data is often incomplete, inappropriately classified, and distributed across financial management and purchasing systems that are only partially integrated. This ‘data deficit’ renders the analysis and management of spend difficult, time consuming, expensive and unreliable.

Spikes Cavell’s sophisticated, scalable and public sector specific methodology addresses the ‘data-deficit’ by rapidly transforming your spend, supplier and contract data into actionable intelligence regardless of the completeness, accuracy or fitness for purpose of the source.

Modular, data-driven and public sector specific online tools

The Observatory is a modular suite of data-driven online tools that have been designed from the ground up to meet the unique requirements of the public sector:

Spend & Contract Analytics – profile your spend to find savings, identify opportunities for collaboration and manage ‘maverick’ spend.

Measurement & Benchmarking – evidence your progress, create context through comparison and address price variance.

Sourcing - research, select and communicate with local suppliers with whom you are not currently trading.

Environmental Impact – measure and manage C02 in the supply chain.

Innovative, data-driven and public sector specific services

Spikes Cavell’s supply management, payment recovery and advanced analytics experts deliver an innovative range of data-driven professional services in the event that you don’t have the time, available resources or specialist expertise:

Savings Opportunity Diagnostic – a comprehensive and customer specific assessment of the potential for delivery of procurement related savings and how to deliver them. 

Category Reengineering – a managed programme designed to deliver significant savings by transforming the procurement of goods & services in complex categories. Spikes Cavell has particular expertise and practical experience in the social care, construction, professional services and ICT categories. 

Payment Recovery – Spikes Cavell undertakes a forensic analysis of your transactional data to identify, validate and ultimately recover inadvertent overpayments. Outputs include root cause analysis to help prevent future overpayments.

Advanced Analytics – Spikes Cavell is pioneering the aggregation of multiple public sector datasets and the application of advanced analytical techniques to reveal hidden insights in the data.

Tailored to the specific needs of individual segments

The public sector is comprised of discrete segments each with markedly different dynamics. Consistent with their customer-centric philosophy they reflect the unique characteristics of each segment with adaptations and extensions to their core products and services:

  • Local Government.
  • Central & Civil Government.
  • National Health Service.
  • Higher Education.
  • Further Education.
  • Police.
  • Fire & Rescue Service.
  • Charities & Voluntary Organisations.
  • Registered Social Landlords.

"I'm really excited about the opportunities for transparency and it's something this government is utterly committed to. spotlightonspend demonstrates that, when innovative businesses work with far-sighted public bodies, we can inform the public, reduce costs and improve democracy both locally and nationally."

Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government.

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