How Sourcing Works

From First Call to Verified Supplier in 90 Days.

First we confirm the compound you need. Then the testing standard it has to meet. Then the suppliers who can deliver it. The same process RampRate has refined over 25 years.

7
Steps
90
Days to verified supply
25
Years refined
The Journey

Before We Fix Your Supply Chain, We Fix Your Verification.

You can't trust what you can't verify.

Find Your Compound

  • What are you actually sourcing, and at what purity?
  • Which suppliers can't produce it at the volume you need?
  • Are you paying premium for unverified claims?
  • Is your COA actually batch-specific?
  • Verification starts with a real audit.

Find Your Standard

  • What's the right testing standard? Right lab?
  • Stop trusting the supplier's own paperwork.
  • Independent verification beats self-reported purity.
  • The secondary supplier may outperform your primary.
  • The real standard reveals itself through testing.

Find Your Supply

  • Supply security lives inside the chain of custody.
  • The suppliers. The labs. The logistics.
  • Who's unverified? Who's overdue for re-testing?
  • Who needs to be replaced?
  • The broken link gets fixed here.

Our role: find the risk, verify the chain, fix the sourcing, build the process. Not the cheapest supplier, the right supplier.

Phase 1 - Diagnose

Find the real risk, not the invoice.

Step 01

The Call

You tell us what you're sourcing. We listen, and we give you our diagnosis within 48 hours.

It could be an unverified supplier, a missing COA, or a broken chain of custody.

Step 02

Supply Chain Assessment

We map who is involved in your supply today: the manufacturer, the distributor, the tester and the logistics partner.

Then we show where the risk sits, what it could cost you, and how your current supply chain compares with the one you need.

The Supply Chain Roles

  • ManufacturerWhere it's made
  • DistributorGetting to volume
  • TesterPurity verification
  • LogisticsCold chain & delivery
  • ComplianceRegulatory oversight

Common Problems We Find

  • Missing batch-specific COA
  • Wrong compound purity for the use case
  • No independent lab verification
  • Secondary supplier outperforms primary
  • Broken chain-of-custody documentation
  • Stalled procurement or supplier onboarding
Phase 2 - Activate

Build the shortlist. Name the requirements. Set the standards.

Step 03

Assemble the Specialists

One vertical-specific sourcing team contracted at ~20% of our fee. Principals + biologics specialist.

If the audit found a gap, we fill it. Missing lab partner? We bring one. No verified manufacturer? We find one.

Step 04

10 Must-Haves

What do you need besides a lower price? Every buyer wants savings - that's not the whole answer. The answer is purity and provenance you can prove.

We ask for everything you need. Then we build the supplier shortlist.

Step 05

Top 25 Verified Suppliers

We identify the 25 highest-fit, verified suppliers from our network. Introductions only to suppliers that fit, never a mass email.

25 years of procurement relationships opens doors that cold outreach never will.

Phase 3 - Execute & Deliver

Process over promises. Verification over paperwork.

Step 06

Onboard & Verify

Supplier calls, sample testing and signed contracts. A principal is on every call, and you get a progress report every week.

We test and verify before anything closes, rather than taking the supplier's word for it.

Step 07

90-Day Checkpoint

If we haven't delivered a verified, reliable supply chain in 90 days, you can walk. No penalty. No hard feelings. No lock-in.

In 25 years, no one has ever exercised this option.

The Guarantee: 90 days. If we don't deliver verified supply, you walk. It's never happened in 25 years.

The Economics: $15K–$50K/month · Success-fee available · Biologics specialist ~20% of fee · Clawbacks · Historical: 20X value

The Complete Map

  1. 01The Call
  2. 02Supply Audit
  3. 03Build Team
  4. 04Must-Haves
  5. 05Top 25 Suppliers
  6. 06Onboard & Verify
  7. 0790-Day Proof
What You Bring
The compound. The urgency. Your 10 must-haves - everything you need besides a lower price.
What We Find
Supply chain friction. Missing COAs. Unverified claims. Broken chain-of-custody. The real risk under the paperwork.
What We Bring
25 years of procurement relationships. A verified supplier network. A biologics specialist team. The Top 25 supplier list. Verification process - not vendor claims.
Compound → Standard → Supply
Find your real compound needs. Find the right standard. Build supply around it. Verification first.
The Economics
$15K–$50K/month. Success-fee available. Specialist at ~20% of fee. Clawbacks. Historical 20X value.
The Guarantee
90 days. Verified supply or you walk. No penalty. No lock-in. Never exercised in 25 years.

Tell Us What's Broken.

A principal replies within 24 hours. No associates, no screening calls, no long intake process.