Coppa

What Coppa does

Coppa is a privately held Dutch procurement consultancy headquartered in Arnhem, Netherlands, founded in 1997 and operating for over 25 years. The firm serves healthcare organisations (hospitals, mental health providers, elderly and youth care) and public-sector buyers (municipalities, water boards, ministries), helping them professionalise, outsource, or temporarily staff their procurement, contracting, and supply chain functions. Its service portfolio spans procurement advisory, fully outsourced procurement departments, European and Dutch tendering (Europees Aanbesteden), sustainable procurement, contract management, procurement-systems implementation, interim professionals, and recruitment.

Name

Coppa

Legal name

Coppa

Website

https://coppa.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Coppa is a Dutch procurement consultancy, founded in 1997 and based in Arnhem, serving healthcare and government organisations in the Netherlands with advisory, interim staffing, European tendering, contract management, and procurement-systems implementation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Procurement Consulting Services

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Program & Project Management (PMO) Consulting (BPAHACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Contract Administration Support (PO/Contract Compliance) (BPAAAJAE), Spend Analytics & Reporting Support (BPAAAJAJ), Compliance, Risk & Supplier Due Diligence (KYC/ESG/Sanctions) (BPAAAJAK)

Keywords

• Procurement consulting
• Contract management
• Interim professionals
• European tendering
• Healthcare procurement

Headquarters

HQ city

Arnhem

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Procurement Advisory Services: Coppa generates revenue through consulting engagements and advisory services for procurement transformation, contract management, and procurement system implementation. Services include interim staffing of procurement professionals.
2. JIP Program - Young Procurement Talent: The Jong Inkoop Professional (JIP) program places junior consultants at client organizations for 6-12 month periods at an hourly rate of €60 excluding VAT. This provides a talent pipeline and recurring engagement revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Coppa is a Dutch consultancy firm that provides procurement advisory, interim procurement professionals, outsourced purchasing, contract management, European public tendering, and sustainable procurement services. The firm specializes in serving healthcare organizations and government institutions in the Netherlands, also supporting implementation of third-party procurement systems such as Spend Cloud, AFAS, and ISPnext. It runs the Jong Inkoop Professional (JIP) talent program, placing junior procurement consultants with clients on multi-month interim assignments.

Product overview

Coppa is a procurement and supply chain consultancy that offers advisory services, interim professionals, and recruitment solutions rather than a proprietary software platform. Their core services encompass procurement consulting, outsourcing, European public procurement procedures, sustainable procurement, contract management, and procurement systems implementation. They work with third-party procurement systems including Spend Cloud, AFAS, and ISPnext, helping clients implement Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) automation, spend analysis, and contract management solutions. Their service portfolio includes Inkoopadvies (Procurement Consulting), Inkoop Uitbesteden (Outsourcing), Europees Aanbesteden (EU Procurement), Duurzaam Inkopen (Sustainable Procurement), Contractmanagement (Contract Management), Inkoopsystemen (Procurement Systems), Interim Professionals, and Recruitment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Procurement Advisory (Inkoopadvies) Advisory engagements that help healthcare and government organizations professionalize their procurement functions, conduct strategic sourcing, and improve procurement outcomes.
• Outsourced Procurement (Inkoop uitbesteden) Full or partial outsourcing of a client's procurement department to Coppa's consultants, enabling small and medium-sized care institutions to operate a professional procurement function without building one in-house.
• European Public Tendering (Europees aanbesteden) Support for public-sector clients in running European and negotiated tendering procedures compliant with the Dutch Aanbestedingswet, including fleet, ICT, and collection-vehicle procurements.
• Sustainable Procurement (Duurzaam inkopen) Advisory services that help clients integrate sustainability and circular-economy criteria into their procurement and tendering processes.
• Contract Management (Contractmanagement) Establishing and running contract management functions, including contract administration, mini-competition under framework contracts, supplier performance oversight, and contractbeheer systems.
• Procurement Systems Implementation (Inkoopsystemen) Implementation, configuration and optimization of third-party procurement and Purchase-to-Pay platforms including Spend Cloud, AFAS (with healthcare template), and ISPnext, including project leadership and post-implementation support.
• Interim Procurement Professionals Placement of senior and medior procurement consultants with client organizations on interim assignments to strengthen or temporarily run procurement departments and project teams.
• Procurement Recruitment Recruitment of permanent procurement professionals for healthcare and government organizations, leveraging Coppa's network and market knowledge in the inkoop domain.
• JIP Program - Jong Inkoop Professional Placement program that supplies junior procurement consultants (JIP-ers) to client organizations for 6-12 month interim assignments, billed at €60 per hour excluding VAT, providing a talent pipeline and recurring engagement revenue.

Quantifiable outcome

• €35 million contract value realized for fleet procurement of 500 company cars for five water boards
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Hospitality GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoppa collaborates with Hospitality Group on professional communities for procurement and sustainability. Together they bring professionals from their field together in communities to inspire, share knowledge, and learn from each other. They offer programs with current themes, experts, practical examples, and location visits through provincial healthcare communities, procurement community, and sustainability community.
• VFM Facility ExpertssupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCoppa worked with VFM Facility Experts in the transition of the procurement department from WilgaerdeLeekerweideGroep to Calidus (elderly and disability care). Both firms provided active roles in establishing the new procurement team and implementing professional procurement management.
• Coppa GroupcoreOthersCoppa is part of Coppa Group, which includes multiple organizations including Hospitality Group. Within Coppa Group, there is significant investment in collaboration and professional development across member organizations.
• Richard Pickard (Hospitality Group)supportingOthersRichard Pickard is a senior field manager at Hospitality Group who coached Kim Eijsink from Coppa during her assignment as facility coordinator at GGNet, demonstrating cross-company collaboration within Coppa Group.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IG&H: A leading Dutch consultancy serving healthcare, public sector and financial services clients with strategy, operations and procurement-related transformation work.
• The Hackett Group: A US-listed procurement and operations consulting firm selling benchmarks, advisory and transformation services to global enterprises and public-sector buyers - analog in service mix though at much larger scale.
• TwynstraGudde: Dutch consultancy established in the public sector, including inkoop en aanbesteden advisory for gemeenten, waterschappen and central government - directly comparable client base to Coppa.
• Proxima (now part of PwC UK): Originally an independent UK procurement consultancy focused on cost takeout and sourcing advisory for large enterprises; relevant comparable for Coppa's procurement transformation practice at broader scale.
• Berenschot: A large Dutch consulting firm with a dedicated public-sector practice covering municipalities, provinces and healthcare organizations; competes for the same overarching procurement transformation mandates but offers broader management consulting.

Regional players

• Hezelburcht: Dutch advisory firm active in subsidy and EU funding for public-sector and healthcare clients, often co-delivering projects where public clients combine procurement and grant-funded programs - thematically adjacent to Coppa's public-sector practice.

Direct peers

• Advito: An independent procurement and supply chain consultancy that helps clients with sourcing strategy, category management and procurement transformation - operates at similar scale and consulting model to Coppa.
• Aeves: A Dutch procurement consultancy that supports public-sector and healthcare clients with European tendering and procurement outsourcing - the closest direct competitor to Coppa in the Netherlands.

Others

• VFM Facility Experts: Implementation partner that co-delivers procurement department transitions with Coppa (e.g., Calidus elderly care) - the most direct ecosystem collaborator rather than a competitor.

Emerging players

• GEP: Global procurement services and software firm combining procurement outsourcing with AI-enabled source-to-pay tools; adjacent to Coppa's P2P and procurement system implementation services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coppa-consultancy
• Instagraminstagram.com/carrierebijcoppa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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