Procura West is your fractional procurement department for oil & gas and construction companies across Western Canada. 15+ years of industry experience, amplified by AI. Built for the leaders who know procurement matters — whether you need a fractional CPO, help strengthening your existing team, or need to build the function from scratch.
Your ops manager reviews T&M contracts between site visits. Your PM runs RFQs off the side of their desk. If you're the President, CEO, CFO, VP, or Director — this is hitting your bottom line whether you see it or not.
Rate escalations buried in contract amendments. Duplicate vendor agreements. Blanket POs that haven't been reconciled in eighteen months. Industry benchmarks show 3–5% of construction spend is lost to invoice fraud, duplicate payments, and unauthorized purchasing alone. On a $50M project, that's $1.5M–$2.5M walking out the door.
COR, ISN, WCB, Avetta, ComplyWorks, ContractorCheck — contractor compliance isn't optional, and it isn't simple. Add insurance and bonding requirements, Indigenous content commitments under IBAs, and AER regulations — and you've got a full-time job nobody's doing full-time.
Once you cross $20M–$100M in revenue, the owner or project manager can't handle purchasing on the side anymore. Procurement is its own discipline — with its own skill set, tools, and pitfalls. Asking your team to do it is like asking your PM to run your books. They can try. You won't like the results.
A procurement specialist in Alberta runs $90–120K base and $150–230K fully loaded. For most companies, that's hard to justify — especially when project loads fluctuate. You need the expertise without the overhead.
Post-COVID exposed companies running on single-source vendors for pipe, valves, and specialty trades. Some saw 6–18 month project delays in the oilsands. Without someone tracking your supply chain risk, you won't see the problem until it's already on your critical path.
Alberta Transportation, Alberta Infrastructure, and municipal RFPs score your procurement methodology. No documented SCM approach means you're losing points before your technical team even gets evaluated. Companies with formal procurement processes win more public work — period.
We manage the procurement work your team shouldn't have to do. We collaborate directly with your internal teams to ensure every contractor and vendor is aligned with your company's goals and values. From RFPs to rate negotiation to contractor compliance — we handle the details so your team can focus on the work that moves your projects forward.
Capability, compliance, safety, and pricing — assessed and tracked.
Learn more →Some work can't wait for the next monthly review. These services are available à la carte, alongside any retainer package.
We don't try to be everything to everyone. We focus on two industries where procurement makes or breaks the bottom line.
Western Canada's energy sector runs on contracted services — and your supply chain team is juggling MSA negotiations, field ticket reconciliation, turnaround scoping, and vendor compliance all at once. Whether you're a SAGD operator, midstream company, or oilfield service provider, we know the work because we've done the work.
Construction procurement is fast-paced and unforgiving. Your team is building bid packages, prequalifying sub-trades, chasing submittals, and managing holdbacks — often across multiple active projects. If you're a GC, ICI builder, or industrial constructor in Alberta, we know the pressure and we know the process.
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You wouldn't ask your PM to run your books. So why ask them to negotiate a $500K T&M contract?
— The thesis, in one line
These aren't our numbers — they're the industry's. And they're exactly why companies like yours bring in dedicated procurement support.
Companies with dedicated procurement functions save 6–12% on addressable spend compared to those managing it off the side of someone's desk. That's real money left on the table every year.
Source · The Hackett GroupUp to 80% of a company's revenue passes through purchasing decisions. When nobody's watching that spend, small inefficiencies add up to six- and seven-figure problems fast.
Source · CAPS ResearchOnly 36% of organizations actively manage their supplier relationships beyond the initial contract. The rest are running on autopilot — paying whatever gets invoiced without a second look.
Source · Deloitte Global CPO SurveyAI handles the grunt work — we handle the judgment calls. That's the difference between software and a procurement partner.
Invoice matching, spend categorization, contract deadline tracking, PO reconciliation — these eat hours every week. AI handles them in seconds so your team stays focused on the work that actually moves projects forward.
AI-driven spend analysis spots patterns humans miss — rate creep across vendors, duplicate contracts, compliance gaps. We use it to surface the problems. Then we fix them with 15+ years of knowing how these industries actually work.
AI can't negotiate a rate reduction over coffee. It can't read the room in a vendor dispute. Supplier relationships, contract negotiations, and the judgment calls that save you real money — that's still us. AI makes us faster. It doesn't replace what matters.
Industry data says up to half of procurement tasks are automatable. The roles don't disappear — they evolve. We've already made that shift. You get the efficiency of AI and the experience of a team that's done this for over a decade.
No long-term contracts. No retainer surprises. Just the procurement support you need, scaled to where your business is right now — a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.
For companies starting to formalize their procurement function. Guidance and oversight.
Pricing based on company size and scope
For companies with active projects needing hands-on procurement support.
Pricing based on project count and complexity
Your full outsourced procurement department — end-to-end management.
Custom pricing for full outsource engagements
Procura West is a supply chain management consulting firm based in Calgary, Alberta. With over 15 years of experience in the Construction and Oil & Gas industry across Canada, we bring deep roots and genuine connections within the industries we serve — from vendor evaluation and RFP management to full T&M administration and compliance tracking.
We built this firm on a straightforward idea: companies in energy and construction need real procurement expertise, but not every company needs — or wants — a full-time hire. Think of us as your fractional procurement department — flexible monthly packages that combine deep industry knowledge with AI-powered tools, giving you the analytical horsepower of a large procurement team at a fraction of the cost.
We work as an extension of your team. Same goals. Same urgency. Predictable monthly costs.
15+ years in procurement across Western Canada's oil & gas and construction industries. I've managed T&M contracts, run RFPs, built vendor evaluation programs, and tracked compliance for companies that build real things in tough environments.
I started Procura West because too many mid-size companies are either overpaying for procurement help or going without it entirely. You deserve a procurement partner who knows your industry, speaks your language, and shows up ready to work — not a generalist who bills you to learn on the job.
Based in Calgary. Working across Western Canada.
Whether you're a CEO looking at the big picture, a CFO watching the numbers, or a VP running operations — if procurement isn't getting the attention it deserves, we should talk. Start with a free Procurement Health Check — we'll review your current setup and show you where the gaps are. No pitch, no pressure.