The SME Alternative to the Big 4 for Procurement Support
Senior, commercially and operationally-minded professionals who deliver practical, tailored solutions in small teams for big results.
Founded 2014 | Brisbane, Australia
Services
Major Infrastructure Projects
For organizations managing major infrastructure projects, effective contractor and supplier engagement is essential from planning through to closeout.
Acquire Insights understands that every decision impacts your bottom line, whether it’s reducing $/tonne in mining, $/tonne/km in rail, or $/connection in utilities.
Backed by seasoned experts, we deliver practical, customised solutions that achieve measurable, project-wide results and drive real commercial value.
Relevant Experience:
– Largest Project: $6B green field mine
– Recent Project: $500M mine expansion
Significant Supply Contracts
When it’s time to realign, retender, renegotiate, or restructure your major supply contracts, Acquire Insights ensures you get the best value.
Our team designs and rigorously tests strategies and commercial models, helping your team navigate contracts with confidence and maximise their value.
We focus on securing fair pricing and ensuring that each contract delivers outcomes that meet your commercial goals and operational requirements.
Relevant Experience:
– Largest Supply Contract: $5B
– Largest Single Annual Saving: $21M p.a.
Cost Reduction Initiatives
When you are looking to achieve sustainable cost improvements, Acquire Insights identifies opportunities across your entire supply chain—from optimizing supplier rates to enhancing operational outcomes.
Our approach prioritises long-term savings through practical, achievable changes that reduce costs while easing the workload for your teams, making daily operations smoother, not harder.
By focusing on waste elimination, we take a strategic, collaborative approach that strengthens supplier relationships, ensuring lasting value without sacrificing quality or harmony.
Relevant Experience:
– Largest single contract saving: 95%
Our Team
At Acquire Insights, you’ll work with seasoned procurement professionals who bring deep commercial and operational experience across mining, rail, utilities, and government. With over 15 years of industry expertise each, our team delivers practical solutions tailored to your unique challenges.
Project Highlights
Over the past decade, Acquire has delivered high-impact projects for numerous organizations, consistently outpacing Big 4 firms by leveraging strategic advantages that truly resonate with our clients. Our approach goes beyond traditional procurement, embedding commercial expertise that flows through the procurement process to secure and realise measurable commercial outcomes. Here are some examples:
$21M annual saving from a team of two
Acquire surpassed a strategy and big 4 consulting company in a direct engagement to achieve procurement savings at one of BHP’s operations.
Our lean team delivered savings at multiple times the impact of other consultants, achieving a remarkable 50% reduction on a $40 million annual contract—far exceeding the initial 5-10% target.
This outcome underscores our ability to drive exceptional value with a highly efficient team.
Project Type: Significant Supply Contract / Cost Down Initiative
Spend: $40M (50% savings)
$6B Green Field Mine
Acquire outperformed several Big 4 consulting firms to secure the role of procurement partner for Newcrest and Harmony Gold’s $6 billion Wafi-Golpu project in PNG.
Our success came from offering a specialised, expert-led team capable of rapid deployment, along with fast-tracked implementation of tailored technology solutions to support the project seamlessly from end to end.
Type: Major Infrastucture Project
Spend: $6B
$600M Spend Analytics Solution
A major water utility sought a robust spend analytics solution and approached several providers, including the Big 4 consulting firms.
They ultimately chose us for our deep procurement expertise, our local presence, and our ability to deliver precisely what they needed at a fraction of the cost of other proposals.
Project Type: Software
Spend $600M p.a.
$100M Independent Commercial Review
Acquire was engaged by a local government to assess the viability of a proposed contract, providing in-depth analysis to determine whether moving forward aligned with their strategic and financial goals.
Our team conducted a comprehensive evaluation of contract terms, potential risks, cost implications, and long-term value to ensure the proposed agreement would deliver sustainable benefits.
This included benchmarking against industry standards, examining vendor capabilities, and presenting alternative pathways to maximize value and minimize risk.
“The difference between proposals was amazing!”
The proposal from the big 4 was a team of five that would take 4-5 months.
The proposal from Acquire was for a team of two (each with 15+ years experience) and delivered within 6 weeks.
We are so glad we went with Acquire. It was just easy. We could really challenge them and they in turn would challenge our thinking which enabled us to find a number of workable solutions without being sent another proposal before the first job finished.
