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Procurement Management · Capital Construction

Structured procurement
for complex capital
build programmes

Tender management, vendor evaluation, and procurement intelligence for project teams running complex capital programmes.

  • Datacenters
  • Food & Beverage
  • Technology
  • Consumer Goods
  • Logistics
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Why procurement stalls

Procurement operates. Intelligence resets.

Capital construction teams run formal procurement processes, yet the knowledge produced rarely survives the project. Evaluation logic, vendor assessments, and cost benchmarks reset with every new scope.

01

Vendor Discovery Repeats

Every project starts vendor sourcing from zero. With no shared database, the same suppliers get qualified, contacted, and benchmarked over and over.

02

Evaluation History Lost

Bid scores, scoring rationale, and award decisions stay locked inside one project's folder. The next tender starts fresh, unable to reuse what was already learned.

03

Performance Not Retained

Contractor and supplier performance is tracked per project, never tied to a vendor record. Strong and weak performers look identical at the next ITT.

04

Knowledge Is Person-Dependent

Cost benchmarks, duration estimates, and market intelligence live in individual heads. When people move on, the baseline leaves with them too.

Services

Procurement as structured operations.

Six disciplines that turn tender chaos into auditable, defensible decisions, wired together so every award stays traceable to the brief.

Tender Management

We run the tender end to end: strategy, ITT preparation, market issue, clarification handling, and award recommendation.

  • ITT pack and tender strategy
  • Clarification log and bidder Q&A
  • Award recommendation report

Bid Evaluation

Defensible evaluation per package. Scoring matrices, technical and commercial assessment, documented evaluation report.

  • Scoring matrix and criteria weights
  • Technical and commercial bid tabulation
  • Evaluation report with rationale

Contract Structuring

Letters of Intent, Letters of Award, and contract schedules aligned to FIDIC or bespoke frameworks.

  • Letter of Intent and Letter of Award
  • Contract schedules and appendices
  • FIDIC-aligned particular conditions

Vendor Governance

A structured vendor database covering pre-qualification, evaluation history, performance, and award data, accessible across programmes.

  • Pre-qualification questionnaire and scoring
  • Vendor master record
  • Performance assessment log

Cost Intelligence

Package cost benchmarks captured, organised, and retained. Available for budget validation, QS support, and scope benchmarking.

  • Package cost benchmark library
  • BoQ review and QS commentary
  • Budget validation memo

Embedded Procurement

On complex programmes, we operate as the embedded procurement team and own the workstream end to end.

  • Procurement execution plan
  • Package schedule and interface matrix
  • Programme procurement reporting

AI Agents

Procurement agents, compounded by intelligence.

Evaluation, tender scaffolding, and vendor governance wired into one ledger, informed by the contractor checks we run before every evaluation. Every project refines the baseline the next one inherits.

  • Bid Evaluation Engine

    Weighted scoring across cost, schedule, and technical compliance with audit trails.

  • RFQ Generator

    Scaffolds tender packs from proven templates. Evaluation template-linked.

  • Vendor Governance Ledger

    Single source of vendor compliance, certifications, and performance history.

  • Cost Intelligence Layer

    Cross-project baseline pricing surfaces outliers during evaluation.

Approach

How we structure capital procurement.

Five stages from scoping to award, each producing retained outputs the next programme inherits.

  1. Step 01

    Discover

    We map packages, contract types, stakeholders, and timelines to design a governance structure aligned to your programme.

  2. Step 02

    Structure

    We produce ITTs, scope definitions, scoring frameworks, and bid conditions: structured, auditable, and ready to issue.

  3. Step 03

    Tender

    We run the tender in the market, manage bidder clarifications, and keep the audit trail defensible from issue to receipt.

  4. Step 04

    Evaluate

    We score across technical and commercial criteria, producing defensible evaluation outputs and award recommendations.

  5. Step 05

    Govern

    We retain all vendor data, evaluation outputs, and performance records, accessible for the next project.

Sectors

Capital programmes across focused sectors.

Five sectors where the package mix, contract types, and vendor universe are well known to us.

Datacenters

Structured procurement of MEP, CSA, and commissioning packages for hyperscale and colocation builds.

Primary focus

Food & Beverage

Package-level tendering and vendor governance for process plant, utilities, and production line build-outs.

Technology

Defensible evaluation frameworks for cleanroom fit-outs, specialist equipment, and facility expansions.

Consumer Goods

Procurement governance for multi-site manufacturing and warehouse programmes with repeatable scopes.

Logistics

Tender and contract structuring for distribution centres, automation packages, and cross-region rollouts.

Delivered for

Capital programmes across Europe and Southeast Asia.

Project owners, EPCM consultants, and operators on capital build programmes.

  • Haskoning
  • Damen
  • DenEast
  • PepsiCo
  • Kerry Group
  • Crown
  • ECCO
  • FM Logistic

Selected works

Procurement delivered across programmes.

A cross-section of MarketConnect and partnership work: hyperscale data centres in the Nordics, greenfield manufacturing and beverage plants in Vietnam.

Damen Song Cam Shipyard · Batch A Extension — Manufacturing procurement, Hai Phong, Vietnam
Manufacturing

Damen Song Cam Shipyard · Batch A Extension

Hai Phong, Vietnam · 2025

Procurement of general works package

28,570 m² brownfield shipyard extension across eight new buildings

MarketConnect direct engagement

DenEast Phase 02 Extension — Food & Beverage procurement, VSIP IIA, Binh Duong, Vietnam
Food & Beverage

DenEast Phase 02 Extension

VSIP IIA, Binh Duong, Vietnam · 2024 - 2025

Procurement of PMCM consultant and main works; on-site project advisory

9,000 m² greenfield beverage plant

MarketConnect direct engagement

Mäntsälä Phase 2 — Datacenter procurement, Mäntsälä, Finland
Datacenter

Mäntsälä Phase 2

Mäntsälä, Finland · 2026

Procurement lead: general works & OFCI supplier packages

Datacenter expansion development

In collaboration with Haskoning

Lappeenranta Phase 1 — Datacenter procurement, Lappeenranta, Finland
Datacenter

Lappeenranta Phase 1

Lappeenranta, Finland · 2026

Procurement lead: general works & OFCI supplier packages

Datacenter greenfield development

In collaboration with Haskoning

Tallinn Brownfield — Datacenter procurement, Tallinn, Estonia
Datacenter

Tallinn Brownfield

Tallinn, Estonia · 2025

Procurement lead: general works & OFCI supplier packages

Datacenter brownfield conversion

In collaboration with Haskoning

Mäntsälä Phase 1 — Datacenter procurement, Mäntsälä, Finland
Datacenter

Mäntsälä Phase 1

Mäntsälä, Finland · 2025

Procurement lead: Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing, Firefighting

Datacenter expansion development

In collaboration with Haskoning

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