Our Vision
is to be a 'Centre of Procurement Excellence in Local Government' by helping our customers, and our partners, deliver value in ways that people trust.
Our Mission
is to 'Power-up Procurement' by using responsible procurement to deliver organisational priorities and build policy outcomes such as climate change and modern slavery into the heart of our procurement strategies. We use the power of our procurement to provide world class public services.
Orbis Procurement is an award-winning procurement partnership offering specialist procurement and supply services across a range of public and private sector clients. Established in 2015 by Surrey County Council, East Sussex County Council, and later joined by Brighton and Hove City Council in 2017, we are one of the UK's largest public sector providers of procurement services.
Our procurement services range from low-cost sourcing solutions, strategic procurement, support with bid writing, procurement policy advice, and contract and commercial management. Orbis Procurement is committed to delivering sustainable and long-term results to our clients.
Whether you are a County, Unitary, District or Borough Council, Central Government Agency or private company, we understand your working environment, and can offer innovative, flexible services that enable you to support local economic development to help keep communities vibrant and thriving.
To find out more information about the services we offer, please visit Our Services page. If you’d like to speak to us, use the contact form.
Why Orbis Procurement?
Procurement Professionals. Our teams are experienced public and private sector procurement professionals. They are highly qualified, friendly and results driven.
Values focused. As well as the Seven Principles of Public Life, we are driven by values, including creation of social value in our communities, embedding sustainable procurement practices and working to eradicate modern slavery from our supply chains.
2020 National Social Value Award for Innovation - Winner
- 2020 iCiPS Lightbulb Award for Innovation - Runner up
- 2023 Local Government Chronicle for Future Places - Shortlist
- 2023 UK National GO Procurement Awards for Collaborative Procurement - Highly Commended
- 2023 UK National GO Procurement Awards for Social Value - Shortlist
- 2023 CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards for Sustainable Procurement Champion - Shortlist
Demonstrable results. At Orbis Procurement, we know we can deliver. Managing a procurement portfolio of £2bn a year, often with short timescales, means we must be successful every day. Our Council partners depend on us to ensure that services are provided, and value is delivered. We have been supporting them for nearly a decade, helping them to transform against a very challenging environment and ambitious timescales.
Leaders in the field. We consistently lead the development of standards in the organisations that we support. Our team sit on numerous national advisory boards to spearhead the future of public sector procurement.
Our capability is organised into four core service propositions. Find out more below.
Awards
Testimonials
Have a look to see what our clients think about us and the services we provide.