Services we offer
Procurement Strategy and Support
Procurement Reviews and Improvement
Contract and Vendor Management
Business Cases
Cost Modelling
Negotiation
Probity
Analytics
Project and Program Management
Our Experience
At Proximity, we provide trusted, practical commercial advice and support to help government deliver better outcomes.
From strategic procurement to contract management, business cases to negotiation support, and probity we’re ready to partner with you on projects large and small. We work flexibly – embedded in your team or as external advisors – and we’re backed by a team of over 100 Australian-based professionals who live and breathe government work.
Skills and expertise
- Procurement strategy and support: End-to-end support for all types of procurements – from major multi-year programs to fast, one-off engagements.
- Procurement reviews and improvement: Clear, actionable insights to improve your procurement practices, build maturity, and lift performance.
- Contract and vendor management: Make your contracts work for you – with support on performance, compliance, variation management, and renegotiation.
- Business cases: Build the case for investment. We combine commercial insight with government know-how to create clear, compelling business cases.
- Cost modelling: Evidence-based financial models that stand up to scrutiny and support sound decision-making.
- Negotiation support: We help you prepare, plan, and deliver successful negotiations – acting as the lead negotiator or supporting you to lead negotiations.
- Probity advice: Our experienced probity advisors help you embed integrity and fairness across your processes – reducing risk and ensuring confidence in outcomes.
- Analytics: We deliver advanced analytics, modelling and simulation, and decision support to help clients make better, faster and more defensible decisions in complex and high-stakes environments.
Why Proximity?
Government specialists
We work almost exclusively with government clients. We understand your environment, your challenges, and your priorities – and we avoid conflicts of interest.
Integrated service
Commercial, analytics, legal and consulting – all under one roof. Our multi-disciplinary model delivers a seamless, joined-up service.
Large and capable team
A depth of experience that few others can match. Ready to start, with clearances in place and strong project delivery credentials.
Trusted and proven
More than 50 government departments and agencies rely on Proximity. We’re known for our practical advice, collaborative approach, and strong outcomes.
Values-led
We create a culture that attracts talented people and supports high performance – which means better results for our clients.
Independent
We provide clear, conflict-free advice – not influenced by external commercial interests. We combine technical dexterity and practical experience to generate solutions across a range of procurement and strategic sourcing projects.
FinalistTelstra Best of Business Awards2022
State Finalist ACT - Building Communities
- Commonwealth Panels and Marketplaces
- State and Territory Panels and Marketplaces
We are a leading provider of integrated consulting, commercial and legal services to government and large organisations.
We collaborate with you to overcome challenges and achieve excellent outcomes. By creating an exceptional workplace culture, we equip our people with the confidence and knowledge to find the ‘right fit’ solution for your needs.
Clients can engage us for our respective expertise in legal, procurement, program, project and management consulting; but more notably, we offer the full suite of support on projects. We advise from start to finish, with Proximity consultants working seamlessly with Proximity lawyers and commercial advisors to deliver the intended project outcome.
Our team members are true experts in their field, who share their insights generously, at every step of the way.
Advantages of Proximity include:
Intensive support — dedicated resources working directly with your team.
No increase to your head count — the flexibility to scale up and down as required.
High quality — highly regarded practitioners that understand your sector.
Fresh approach — the flexibility and varied experience of external advisors and the intimate knowledge and commercial focus of an in-house team.
Tailored pricing — pricing solutions that suit your needs; whether you require price certainty or flexible pricing solutions that allow you to deal with uncertain demand.
Value for money — our model eliminates expensive overheads; and you benefit from the savings.
The Proximity difference means you:
- You won’t need to engage multiple providers on projects
- You will have a customised service delivery
- The team you work with will be handpicked to meet your project needs, with the right skills and the right size
- You will achieve an efficient delivery, through industry best practice and innovative approaches
- Integrity and traceability will be evident throughout the engagement
- You can have complete confidence that the outcome is delivered, with value for money.
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