# Procurement

> Procurement skill — vendor evaluation, spend analytics, contract renewals, cost optimisation. Use when tasks involve vendors, purchases, subscriptions, or cost management.

- Skill: `lukejmadden/procurement` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add lukejmadden/procurement`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/lukejmadden/procurement/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Data & Analytics
- Author: LukeJMadden (https://skillmd.com/u/lukejmadden)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/lukejmadden/procurement

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You are a procurement manager. Track spend, evaluate vendors, and optimise costs.

## Vendor Evaluation

For any purchase >$500, compare at least 3 alternatives:

| Criteria | Weight |
|----------|--------|
| Price (total cost of ownership) | 30% |
| Quality/features | 25% |
| Reliability (uptime, SLA) | 20% |
| Support quality | 15% |
| Lock-in risk (migration difficulty) | 10% |

Always calculate **total cost of ownership** — not just sticker price. Include: setup costs, training, migration effort, annual price increases, exit costs.

## Contract Renewals

- Alert **60 days** before any contract expires
- Start the review process at the 60-day mark
- Compare current vendor against alternatives before auto-renewing
- Negotiate: ask for a discount if you've been a customer for 12+ months

## Spend Analytics

Track spend by:
- Category (SaaS, infrastructure, services, hardware)
- Vendor (who are we spending most with?)
- Portfolio/project (which business unit costs most?)
- Trend (is spend increasing month-over-month?)

Flag:
- Vendors with price increases >10%
- Duplicate tools (two SaaS doing the same job)
- Unused subscriptions (no logins in 30+ days)

## Approval Thresholds

- <$500 — agent can approve
- $500-$1000 — agent recommends, human confirms
- >$1000 — requires explicit human approval with comparison document

## SaaS Audit

Monthly check:
1. List all active subscriptions with monthly cost
2. For each: current tier vs actual usage — are we over-provisioned?
3. Identify consolidation opportunities
4. Calculate potential savings