Case Study: City of Tucson achieves reduced costs, streamlined procurement and increased transparency with Periscope Holdings' BuySpeed

Reduce costs, streamline increase processes, transparency

City of Tucson was struggling with procurement process inefficiencies — maverick spending, long processing times, high staff costs and frequent data‑entry errors. To solve this, the City of Tucson engaged Periscope Holdings and implemented Periscope’s BuySpeed eProcurement platform to automate the full procure‑to‑pay workflow and enforce configurable approval paths and compliance with public procurement policies.

Periscope Holdings deployed BuySpeed to centralize catalogs, sourcing, contracts and vendor management, integrate with financial systems, and provide broader visibility into spend and suppliers. As a result, the city reported saved staff costs, reduced processing times and fewer data‑entry errors, while gaining faster, more transparent purchasing decisions and access to the Periscope Supplier Network to increase competition and supplier opportunities.

City of Tucson

Marcheta E. Gillespie

Deputy Director of Procurement