A reference index for procurement and negotiation benchmarks

The Benchmark Register catalogues the families of price, cost, rate, and contract-term references that professionals use to anchor and validate a negotiating position. It is a methodological index: it names the sources and how they are used, so that any figure entering a negotiation carries a documented provenance.

The Register does not publish live figures on this site. Case-specific ranges are established within licensed preparation engagements from the evidence gathered for each negotiation, and are corroborated against at least two independent references before use.

Benchmark families

Raw material & commodity indices

Input-cost movement for metals, polymers, energy, agricultural inputs.

Sector price development

Published price trends across chemicals, pharma, packaging, logistics, and services.

Labour & engineering rate cards

Regional and role-based day-rate and hourly reference ranges.

Payment & working-capital terms

Prevailing net-terms, discount, and financing norms by sector.

Contract clause standards

Market-typical positions on liability, warranty, indexation, and SLAs.

Royalty & licensing ranges

Directional rate ranges by industry for IP and technology agreements.

See Methodology for how references are selected and validated, or Access for licensed use.