Better Procurement through Technology

The Comex Platform is 100% South African developed solution and provides an agile and transparent platform which helps procurement teams negotiate with more suppliers in a structured way and reduces procurement cycles times by more than 40%. Through Optimised Supplier competition and local onshore support , Comex eAuctions reduce prices and have a proven track record showing savings up 25% in certain procurement categories. The procurement department turns into a profit center and immediately improves the bottom-line results.

What We Do

PROCUREMENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
  • WE DESIGN CUSTOM PROCUREMENT SOFTWARE
  • E-AUCTIONS - SAVE MONEY IMMEDIATELY
  • E-RFP / RFQ / RFI - MANAGED SIMPLY
  • VENDOR DATABASE - FIND NEW VENDORS
  • KEY COMMODITY PRICE TRACKING
  • CUSTOM BRANDED FOR YOUR COMPANY
  • WE CAN DESIGN UNIQUE FEATURES JUST FOR YOU
PROCUREMENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
  • IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES WITH YOUR TEAM BOTH IMMEDIATE AND STRATEGIC
  • CREATE A PROJECT PIPELINE
  • FIND SUITABLE VENDORS
  • SET UP YOUR AUCTIONS AND RFPS
  • ASSIST WITH CONTRACTS AND SLAS
  • REPORT ON RESULTS

Software

We customize the software for your organization which includes your own branding and website.

Our software is designed to be user friendly with SA buyers in mind

E- AUCTIONS

Vendors compete live for your purchases in 60 minutes. Highly competitive for best price and eliminates need for back and forth negotiations

COMMODITY TRACKING

Each buyer will have insight into the movement of key components of their KVIs to take advantage of market opportunities BEOFRE the competition

RFP / RFQ / RFI

All complex purchases can be managed by an internal team, scored and stored for complete audit compliance - no more emails

VENDOR DATABASE

We have a list of 450 vendors who are registered on our systems and ready to bid to supply you
Our vendor database is growing and only contains verified suppliers who are nominated by our clients

We do not charge vendors any fees for bidding or submitting proposals

Consulting Services

We work with your team

We sit with your team and analyse your buying portfolio to see where any additional value can be found. We have worked on over 100 projects thus far with our clients helping them for over 6 years to achieve a minimum of 10x ROI each year

What we can help with
  • Help your team identify quick wins - Our aim is to help you to save the total annual cost of our service immediately
  • Train your buyers - we have designed the software to start working for you in minutes (Not weeks)
  • Help your team with strategic projects and create a procurement pipeline of events
  • Report to management on results - we are confident of our ability to add value
  • Looking for unique features on your software? - let us design it together!

Tech With Consulting

We don’t just sell software. We are truly committed to adding value. We do this through our own technology AND with our procurement experience. We assist with all tasks, from identifying opportunities down to assisting with administration

We walk the journey with our clients.

VENDOR MANAGEMENT

We make sure all vendors correctly understand your requirements and submit correct proposals to make your decisions straight-forward. We can even arrange the meetings, presentations, site visits etc

AUCTION AND RFx CREATION

If your team requests we will create all e-auctions and RFx events on your behalf and manage from start to finish. This includes vendor liaison, monitoring of the auction, and reporting of the results

CONTRACT AND SLA DRAFTING

With our experience obtained in over R3.5b procurement value of client e-auctions alone, we can assist your team in drafting the best contract terms and SLAs to ensure you fulfil your expectations

Auction Track Record

135 Auctions Run

R250m saved
9% Average Net Saving

What you don’t see in the numbers is the amount of time saved per event. Why negotiate back and forth with vendors when an auction does it in minutes?

What people say about us

“As a customer of Comex I witnessed the exceptional outcomes and improved productivity and accountability the tool delivered.”
Paul Disberry
Ex commercial Head, Pick n Pay
“The Comex platform helped us reduce our procurement cost by over 12%. We are extremely pleased with the results thus far.”
Shaun Maharaj
CFO, Fidelity Group