Procurement Services
For buyers who want to purchase in Tanzania without operating here, we act as the buying function on the ground: finding, verifying, buying and shipping to your instruction.
Overview
Buying at origin from a distance is difficult. Suppliers are hard to verify, prices are hard to benchmark, quality is hard to confirm before payment, and a buyer with no presence has little recourse once funds have moved.
Under a procurement mandate the company acts as the client's buying function in Tanzania. It identifies and vets suppliers, establishes the prevailing price, inspects and verifies quality before purchase, executes the purchase to the client's instruction, and coordinates preparation and delivery.
The mandate defines what is being bought, the maximum price or the price basis, the quality standard, the volume and the timing, together with the client's approval and reporting requirements. Purchases are reported back with the records behind them.
Enquire about this service
Send the commodity, grade, volume, packaging and destination you need and we will respond with a written quotation and a delivery schedule.
Sales enquiries: info@ibsagro.co.tz
Telephone: +255 772 085 785
What's included
Everything below forms part of the service as standard. Anything outside it is quoted separately and stated in writing before work begins.
- Procurement mandate defining commodity, specification, volume, price basis and timing
- Supplier identification, vetting and reference checking
- Market price discovery and benchmarking at origin
- Physical inspection and sampling before purchase
- Purchase negotiation and execution to the client's instruction
- Purchase documentation and record keeping for each lot
- Coordination of cleaning, grading and packing to the client's specification
- Arrangement of storage and onward transport or export
- Progress and expenditure reporting against the mandate
- A transparent, agreed fee basis for the service
Who this service is for
How it works
The sequence below is followed on every consignment, and each step is recorded so the consignment can be reconstructed afterwards.
Agree the mandate
Commodity, specification, volume, price basis or ceiling, timing, approval thresholds and reporting requirements are set in writing.
Identify and vet
Suppliers in the relevant areas are identified, vetted and shortlisted, and the prevailing market price is established.
Verify quality
Produce is inspected and sampled, and moisture and purity are checked against the mandate before any purchase is agreed.
Buy and record
Purchases are executed within the agreed limits, documented lot by lot, and reported to the client with the supporting records.
Prepare and deliver
Preparation, packing, storage and onward transport or export are coordinated to the client's instruction.
Commodities this service applies to
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Need procurement services?
Send us your requirement — commodity, grade, volume, packaging and destination — and our team will respond with a detailed quotation.