5 ways to protect your procurement score before your next verification

Preferential Procurement is the single largest element on the Amended Codes scorecard — worth up to 44 points when combined with Supplier Development. Yet it's where most companies leak the most value, because claimable spend is only recognised against valid supplier certificates.

1. Match every invoice to a live certificate

Procurement spend only counts if your supplier's B-BBEE certificate was valid on the invoice date. Expired certificates mean your spend is recognised at zero — a silent loss of points across your entire supplier base.

2. Claim the full recognition rate

• Level 1 suppliers: 135% recognition on every rand of qualifying spend
• EMEs and start-ups: automatically treated as Level 1 — 135% recognition
• Level 2–8 suppliers: progressively reduced recognition rates

3. Scan, don't retype

BBBEE Pro's invoice scanner reads supplier invoices, extracts the VAT number, matches it to your supplier database, and calculates the claimable amount automatically — so nothing slips through before your verification.

The companies that hold Level 1 and 2 status almost all have one thing in common: a clean, current procurement file with matched certificates.

Start with a spend audit

Pull the last 12 months of supplier invoices, match each supplier to their certificate, and quantify your unrecognised spend. The gap between your current claim and your potential claim is usually worth several scorecard levels.