Procurement That
Runs on Merit,
Not Relationships.
Orbital RFx automates your entire sourcing lifecycle — from demand requests to sealed bids, live eAuctions, weighted evaluation, and purchase orders — with a full audit trail on every decision.
The Problem
Your procurement process
is leaking value every day.
"Suppliers can't trust a process they can't see."
Manual procurement is opaque. Incumbent suppliers win on relationships, not merit. Your internal controls are one spreadsheet away from failure.
"Procurement cycles eating 60–90 days."
Document chasing, email threads, and disconnected approvals turn routine purchases into quarter-long projects.
"No audit trail means no defensibility."
When procurement decisions are questioned — by auditors, regulators, or your board — "we checked the emails" is not an answer.
BEFORE ORBITAL
↓ 68 days total. R1.2M value. Zero audit trail.
AFTER ORBITAL
↓ 8 days total. 14% savings. Full audit trail.
How It Works
From demand to delivery, fully automated.
Five steps. One platform. Every decision documented.
Create the Request
A department submits a procurement request. Your team reviews, approves, and converts it to an RFx in one click. No emails, no paper forms.
Invite & Collect Bids
Publish your RFI, RFQ, or RFP. Suppliers receive a secure invitation link. Their bids are sealed with encryption until the deadline passes — no one sees competing prices.
Score on Merit
Your evaluation committee scores each bid against weighted criteria. The system aggregates scores, ranks suppliers, and flags conflicts — automatically.
Run a Live eAuction
Drive further savings with a real-time reverse auction. Watch the leaderboard update live. Anti-snipe rules keep it fair. Every bid is recorded.
Award, Order, Deliver
Award to the winner. Generate a Purchase Order automatically. Track delivery and confirm goods receipt — all in one platform, all audited.
BIDDING ENGINE
Bids you can trust. Decisions you can defend.
Supplier bids are encrypted the moment they're submitted. No evaluator — not even your system administrator — can read a competing bid before the deadline. When bids open, your evaluation committee scores each submission against your weighted criteria. Every score, comment, and ranking is recorded permanently.
- AES-256 bid encryption until deadline
- Multi-reviewer weighted scorecards
- Automated ranking — no spreadsheet required
LIVE EAUCTIONS
Real-time price discovery. Supplier-friendly. Buyer-controlled.
Launch a reverse auction when you need maximum price competition. Suppliers bid live in a controlled environment. The leaderboard updates in real time. Anti-snipe rules automatically extend the auction if a bid arrives in the final minutes — keeping competition honest. Average savings vs. initial quotes: 14–22%.
- Live WebSocket leaderboard — updates in < 200ms
- Configurable minimum decrement and anti-snipe rules
- Supplier anonymity modes to prevent collusion
COMPLIANCE & AUDIT
Every decision, documented. Zero gaps.
Procurement is one of the highest-risk functions for fraud, favouritism, and regulatory exposure. Orbital logs every action — every bid submission, every score change, every state transition, every award decision — with a timestamp, actor, and before/after record. When your auditors ask, you answer in seconds.
- Immutable audit log on every resource
- Role-based access control — right people, right data
- Export-ready audit reports for compliance teams
Who It's For
Built for every stakeholder in the procurement chain.
For the CPO
Board-level visibility into procurement performance.
See every active RFx, auction, and pending contract in a single dashboard. Get spend analytics, cycle time trends, and supplier performance scores — without chasing your team for status updates.
See the Analytics →For the Procurement Manager
Run complex sourcing events without the chaos.
Create RFx events in minutes. Invite verified suppliers. Run evaluations with your committee. Generate award-ready reports automatically. Stop living in your inbox.
See RFx Management →For Suppliers
Compete on merit. Participate for free.
Receive a direct invitation, submit your bid through a structured portal, and compete in live auctions — all at no cost to you. Your pricing is sealed until the deadline. The process is transparent.
Supplier Portal →Pricing
Simple, transparent pricing. Suppliers always free.
Start with a 14-day free trial. No credit card required.
Starter
For teams just getting started with digital procurement.
- Up to 10 RFx events per month
- Up to 5 team members
- 50 supplier invitations / month
- RFI, RFQ, RFP support
- Bid evaluation engine
- Email notifications
- Standard audit log
- Email support
Growth
For procurement teams running regular sourcing cycles.
- Unlimited RFx events
- Up to 25 team members
- 500 supplier invitations / month
- eAuction engine (unlimited auctions)
- Advanced evaluation workflows
- Demand request module
- Purchase order tracking
- API access
- Priority support
Enterprise
For large organisations with complex procurement requirements.
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited supplier invitations
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager
- SSO / SAML integration
- Custom approval workflows
- ERP integration support (SAP, Oracle)
- SLA-backed uptime guarantee
- On-site onboarding
All plans include free supplier participation. You pay — they compete.
Customers
Trusted by procurement leaders.
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