Procurement budget recovery for Botswana
LIFA re-scoped a Botswana procurement order after funding was reduced, delivering critical items for $229,000 against a $233,000 revised budget.
- The buyer
- A Gaborone, Botswana supplier of safety and mining equipment to local operations.
- The product scope
- Mining safety equipment and workwear; 22 SKUs, original budget $310,000.
What needed to change?
The client's finance department cut the approved budget to $233,000 after orders were placed; three suppliers had already started production.
How LIFA managed the work
We re-scoped the package: renegotiated volumes, consolidated SKUs, and deferred non-critical items.
We negotiated price reductions across 3 suppliers using consolidated commitments.
We cancelled or postponed low-priority lines without penalty.
We re-balanced the delivery schedule to protect critical safety items.
Critical items delivered in full; total spend held at $229,000; under the revised budget; only 3 low-priority SKUs were deferred to the next cycle.
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What this project shows
A budget change needed item-level priorities and supplier negotiation. The agreed deferrals protected critical supply without presenting every line as delivered.
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