Who's making it easier to procure software/vendors?

Question

Seems like any time our engineering teams find a useful tool or service that could solve a lot of our headaches, we have to go through a long, arduous process of getting finance and legal to enter into a service contract. Every vendor seems to have their own idiosyncrasies that make this a nightmare. And it doesn't matter how close to free the service is. As long as there's a non-zero cost involved, it involves a giant roll of red tape.Are there any startups out there that are trying to make this process easier? Like, maybe have a central vendor with whom the contract is held, and then you get access to a whole bunch of associated vendors with standard terms, without having to negotiate each one?

DevKoala · Accepted Answer

I have this same problem. The procurement department of the public company I work for is awfully slow when procuring new contracts and/or services. It would definitely help us if this process was faster, but I am not sure if we would buy a service for this sole purpose. It depends on the RO&Iacute;.

dansiemens · Answer

Vendr seems to be on the right track.https://www.vendr.com/

Who's making it easier to procure software/vendors?

I have this same problem. The procurement department of the public company I work for is awfully slow when procuring new contracts and/or services. It would definitely help us if this process was faster, but I am not sure if we would buy a service for this sole purpose. It depends on the ROÍ.

Vendr seems to be on the right track.
https://www.vendr.com/