SAP for Public Sector supports both ad hoc and strategic procurement processes, including:

• Procurement – SAP solutions allow you to manage complex, highly regulated solicitation processes that comply with legal requirements. You can create legally compliant documents within a security infrastructure that integrates records management and procurement processes to fulfill audit requirements.
• Procurement to stocks – With SAP for Public Sector, a procurement agency can procure goods into the agency's own depots to fulfill requirements for goods that are ordered regularly by customers. The agency can start with materials requirements planning to create requisitions – and if no sources of supply are available, the solutions allow the agency to start the solicitation process. The agency processes goods receipts into inventory and prepares invoices.
• Third-party procurement – SAP for Public Sector enables a procurement agency to fulfill customer requirements for nonstocked items by ordering goods from a vendor that delivers directly to the customer. The solutions allow the agency to source the purchase requisition against an existing long-term contract or initiate the solicitation and bid process to create a purchase order, integrating funds management and records management as needed.

Government procurement is enabled with SAP applications such as SAP ERP and SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM). To find out how these applications can help you improve your government procurement, please complete the "Contact SAP" form and request information about enterprise resource planning or supplier relationship management.