Unimarket | Local Government Procurement Software Solutions
Local Government
Empower your council to set higher standards in procurement, drive local value and harness smarter sourcing.
As councils operate under heightened scrutiny and tighter budgets, they need procurement tools that deliver efficiency, accountability and transparency at every stage.
Local government organizations are responding to increasing demands for transparency, community engagement, and value-for-money outcomes. With tight budgets and high stakeholder expectations, procurement teams need digital tools that simplify complex sourcing, enforce compliance, and deliver impact for their regions.
Unimarket’s Source-to-Pay solution gives councils everything they need in one platform — enabling buyer empowerment, supplier inclusion, local economic development and measurable savings.
Unimarket provides the source-to-pay solutions of choice for:
Clarity. Control. Impact.
Unimarket’s Source-to-Pay software solutions are specifically designed to address the unique challenges of local government procurement, ensuring efficiency, transparency, and governance.
Achieve more for your community
For councils across regional, rural, and metropolitan areas, procurement is one of the most powerful levers for driving community outcomes. Every sourcing decision influences economic development, supplier diversity, service delivery and public trust. Unimarket helps councils stretch budgets further by reducing administrative effort, improving competition and increasing visibility of spend — enabling those savings to be reinvested where they matter most.
With built-in supplier intelligence, councils can easily identify and engage Indigenous-owned, regional, social-enterprise and local suppliers. This supports social procurement objectives, strengthens local economies and positions councils as leaders in equitable, community-focused procurement. And because Unimarket aligns with public-sector frameworks, thresholds and risk models, your practices remain compliant while delivering meaningful community impact.
Simplify procurement across every business unit
From waste management and infrastructure to libraries, community programs, fleet, and parks — councils rely on coordinated, compliant procurement across hundreds of sourcing activities each year. Unimarket brings all of this into one connected, configurable platform that supports both centralized procurement teams and decentralized buyers.
Your teams can manage public tenders, preferred-supplier arrangements, regional panels, collaborative procurement groups and State Purchase contracts all in one place. Templated sourcing workflows give staff — regardless of procurement expertise — the confidence to run compliant, consistent and efficient processes. Whether a team is procuring playground equipment, professional services, asset maintenance, or a community engagement initiative, Unimarket provides the same intuitive, guided experience that reduces effort and improves outcomes.
Strengthen governance and oversight
Accountability, transparency and probity sit at the heart of public-sector procurement. Unimarket is designed to give councils full control over sourcing activity, ensuring compliance with legislation, internal policy frameworks and audit requirements. Every RFQ, RFP, panel engagement or tender process is tracked automatically, creating a complete audit trail that is easy to review, report on and share.
Flexible evaluation tools support any level of complexity — from simple price-only assessments to multi-criteria, multi-evaluator scoring involving internal specialists, external consultants or engineering teams. Automated rules reduce risk, guided workflows eliminate ambiguity, and clear metrics demonstrate the value achieved across all procurement activity. Whether you’re procuring fleet vehicles, roadworks, professional services or community facilities, Unimarket ensures that every decision is fair, defensible and aligned with council priorities.
Case studies
Hear what our customers have to say.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM)
“Nothing feels better to a customer than to have one of your suppliers know you as a person and not just a business. The Unimarket team makes you feel like a family.”
LaVerne Mayes, Purchasing Manager
Illinois Institute of Technology
"It has allowed us to be more strategic in our procurement planning… it’s just very, very easy to use and a huge improvement from completing the procurement process in our ERP."
Madeline Olszak, Director of Procurement Services
Loyola University Maryland
"There is no trying to convince our buyers to use it. They use it once, they love it… It’s just amazingly simple to learn, yet sophisticated."
Nancy Wright, Director of Procurement Services
Alfred University
"We had to find something that would be easy to implement and easy to train. Unimarket has definitely been that solution for us."
Melissa Badeau, Director of Procurement
Teachers College, Columbia University
"To work with the Unimarket team is a blessing. They are always there to make the process easier."
Patricia Walker, Director of Business Services
Streamlined procurement for local government
At Unimarket, we simplify local government procurement by automating and streamlining the entire source-to-pay process. Our [comprehensive platform](/content/solutions/ "Unimarket Solutions"/index.html) saves your council time and money while ensuring compliance with public sector frameworks, improved efficiency and reportable procurement activity.
Discover Local
Unimarket's Source-to-Pay platform empowers councils to be able to discover, engage with and award verified suppliers based on their own policies, category spend and location.
It enables Buyers to work with more local and specialized suppliers by expanding council's vendor base to include regional, ESG and small-business suppliers, boosting competition and economic impact. Additionally, it allows procurement teams to easily track and report on spend with these suppliers.
Best Practice
Unimarket's Source-to-Pay platform allows councils to take the guesswork out of procurement events and guides Buyers through policy-led processes and workflows to enable "compliance by default".
The platform ensures best-practice sourcing workflows pulling on information in templated processes, all tailored to your policy frameworks, spend thresholds and risk levels, reducing admin and supporting policy compliance across council spend.
Transparent Evaluations
Enable probity, fairness and defensibility in every purchasing decision. Whether your event requires a simple quote comparison or a multi-factor weighted evaluation involving subject-matter experts, Unimarket provides the structure to capture clear, auditable scoring and comments.
Internal stakeholders, panel members, and even external consultants can collaborate in a secure environment — ensuring every evaluation is consistent, justified and ready for audit.
Contract Compliance
Move seamlessly from sourcing into contract management without losing visibility. Unimarket gives councils a dedicated space to store agreements, track performance, set alerts for renewals, and ensure that key documents — such as insurances and certifications — remain current.
Automated reminders and compliance tracking help prevent contract lapses, reduce risk exposure, and support better long-term planning across all council departments.
Unimarket plays well with others
Unimarket can quickly and easily connect with nearly any ERP, Finance, or Accounting system quickly and easily with Workato, our integration middleware partner.
Explore our comprehensive suite of source-to-pay solutions
Beacon AI ✦ ݁˖
AI capability built directly into the Unimarket platform — turning scattered policies, dense contracts, and manual invoice data into instant, compliant answers.
Policy Guide ✦ ݁˖
The AI-powered procurement co-pilot that lives inside your workflow, delivering real-time, policy-aligned guidance to every buyer in your organization, 24 hours a day.
Source
Streamline every stage of your sourcing process, from procurement planning and supplier discovery through to evaluation and award, with compliance built in from the start.
Contracts
Take control of your contracts with a single, searchable repository that makes managing agreements effortless and efficient.
Marketplace
Deliver a seamless, user-friendly buying experience that your team will love, while ensuring compliance and cost control.
eProcurement
Automate and simplify procurement workflows to save time, reduce costs, and drive efficiency across your organization.
Invoicing
Transform invoicing with full automation, enabling faster processing, lower costs, and improved supplier relationships.
Expenses
Simplify expense management with an intuitive solution that saves time, ensures accuracy, and streamlines approvals.
Payments
Effortlessly manage supplier payments while eliminating fraud risks and gaining complete visibility into your payment processes.
Supplier Management
Streamline onboarding, centralize your suppliers, and ensure seamless integration with expert support.
Insights
Gain 100% visibility. Track spending, identify cost-saving opportunities, and ensure compliance while staying on budget.
Virtual Mailroom
Eliminate manual invoice processing with automated workflows that save time, reduce errors, and accelerate approvals.
Clarity.Control.Impact.
Are you ready to streamline your source-to-pay processes?