Case Study: Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley achieves 32% cost avoidance savings with VendorPanel

Policy change drives adoption and fast ROI in procurement technology

The Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley was managing tenders and RFQs manually across scattered email threads, making sourcing inefficient and audit trails difficult to prove. To address this procurement challenge, the council turned to VendorPanel and its procurement platform, including Tenders, Marketplace, and the Request Wizard.

VendorPanel implemented a centralized, cloud-based sourcing solution and the Shire mandated its use for purchases over $10,000 to drive adoption. The result was rapid uptake across 40 purchasing staff and suppliers, improved transparency and probity, and a 32% cost avoidance savings in the first year, while also reducing administration time and expanding access for local suppliers.

Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley

Jesse Johnson

Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley