Owner-led mid-market companies

Take back control of what you pay your suppliers.Without hiring anyone.

Consultations, quotes, renegotiations: the work is done in minutes, not weeks. You take back the categories nobody ever has time to challenge, and the saving shows up in your accounts. You decide, you sign.

Book a 30-min callNothing to prepare.
Savings tracker · YTDLIVE
£0k
realised on supplier invoices
Packaging · renegotiated, incumbent kept−15%
Fleet · renegotiatedSIGNED
Energy · quotes, round 2in progress
A full supplier consultation, drafted and sent
under 10 min
Quotes compared on a single grid
under 10 min
A one-page negotiation brief per supplier
ready to adjust
The saving that actually lands
in your accounts
0+ yrs
field practice in procurement
1 supplier
is enough to start
All your spend
covered, not just the big lines
Every month
the real saving, not a spreadsheet
01 / The bill that grows on its own

Nobody has time to put suppliers back in competition.

Contracts renew themselves, year after year. Quotes sit three weeks in an inbox. The incumbent supplier knows it. Meanwhile the bill grows, and the margin quietly gives way.

You are not overpaying because you negotiate badly. You are overpaying because nobody has time to renegotiate.

02 / How it works

One supplier first. Four weeks. Then the next.

No project plan, no migration. You pick one supplier, and the platform runs the file end to end.

DAY 1
One supplier picked, twelve months of invoices loaded
WEEK 2
Three comparable quotes on the table
WEEK 4
Signature, prepared with a one-page brief
DAY 60
First saving checked on the invoice

How long since your biggest suppliers last had to compete? Two minutes to size what it costs.

Estimate your savings →
03 / The method of a thirty-year buyer

Not AI on its own. A proven procurement method, run for you.

01 · SOURCING & CONSULTATION

A full consultation, out the door in minutes.

The AI finds challenger suppliers you may not know, then drafts the consultation from a pre-filled template. You start from a ready document, not a blank page, and you finally address the categories left in a drawer.

AI sourcing · Packaging
Incumbent · current£450,000
Challenger A£401,000
Challenger B£382,000
Consultation draftedSENT
02 · QUOTES & NEGOTIATION

Quotes compared, negotiation brief ready.

Every quote is parsed and scored on a single grid, in minutes. The brief carries the levers that actually make a supplier move, the ones you learn over thirty years at the table. You review, adjust, and walk in with the answer.

Negotiation brief · auto-drafted
Volume commitment−4.2%
36-month term−3.1%
Payment terms−1.4%
Target concession−8.7%
03 · INVOICE CONTROL

It checks the invoice against the price you signed. Every month.

Between signature and payment, 30% to 60% of a negotiated saving can leak away: price drift, off-contract buying, missed renewals (Fine Tune / CFO Leadership, 2025). Each month a sample of invoices is checked against the signed price, verdict PASS, PARTIAL or FAIL. The leak closes.

Invoice control · March
PackagingPASS
FleetPASS
CleaningFAIL +2.3%
The buyer behind the software

David Lavoine. Thirty years negotiating supplier contracts for mid-market companies. The method inside the product is his, and he takes the first call himself.

04 / Engagement

Built for your organisation. As it is today.

Operated by the people you already have. The AI does the grunt work; you keep control.

If you run it yourself

No recruitment to wait for.

Operated directly by you. First consultation sent in under 10 minutes, first baseline in under 5. The AI sources, compares and drafts; you decide and sign.

If your finance lead runs it

Margin is their home turf.

Your CFO or finance lead pilots the categories, the quotes and the monthly check, right next to the bank and the cash. Every saving lands where they can see it: in the accounts.

If you have a procurement lead

One stretched person, the output of a full desk.

Your lead is asked to do more with less. The AI runs the sourcing, the analysis and the negotiation brief, so they cover far more spend, and every saving is finally provable. The credit lands where it is due.

A subscription. No performance fee, no percentage on savings. Operated by your team, not instead of it.

05 / What owners ask on the first call

The questions, answered straight.

We do not have proper contracts with our suppliers. Is that a blocker?
No. Twelve months of invoices are enough to build the baseline: unit prices, volumes, renewal dates. No contract repository to rebuild.
Do we need to plug DFBL into our ERP?
No. DFBL sits on top. The ERP keeps orders and invoices; DFBL runs the consultations, the quotes, the negotiation briefs and the monthly check. No data migration.
We have no procurement team. Does it still work?
Yes, it is built for that. You or your finance lead operate it directly. And if you have a procurement lead, the AI multiplies what one person can cover.
Will this upset our long-standing suppliers?
No. The incumbent competes in the consultation like everyone else, on the same grid. A clean, documented process: the price you keep is a price that is justified. Most relationships come out healthier.
What do we need to get started?
One supplier or one spend category, twelve months of invoices, and a short questionnaire. The first baseline is ready in under five minutes.
How much work is it, month to month?
You decide and sign what the AI prepares. Once a deal is signed, you provide a sample of supplier invoices each month; the platform checks them against the signed price and returns the verdict.

Take back the margin.

A few questions. An instant estimate of your savings opportunity.

Estimate your savings →

The call is with David Lavoine directly.

DFBL Procure — take back control of what you pay your suppliers