Concept International is now offering a contractually guaranteed price and delivery guarantee for IT projects. With the new Pricelock service, system houses, specialty retail partners, and integrators can lock in prices for defined project durations, thereby protecting themselves against price increases during rollouts. We are responding with this new offering to the continued strong global demand for high-performance memory and modern processors for building AI infrastructure, which has been leading to significant price increases and some supply bottlenecks worldwide for months.
“Data centers are sucking the entire market dry,” says Mike Finckh, Managing Director of Concept International. “Prices are rising weekly, and there’s no end in sight anytime soon. This isn’t a short-term bottleneck, but rather a structural shift in the memory and processor industry toward AI infrastructure. That’s why we can’t expect the situation to ease in the foreseeable future, and we’re adapting to the new global market demands with our new Pricelock service.”
Price increases have a significant impact on profitability, especially for projects with lengthy bidding, planning, and implementation phases. Rollouts involving several hundred devices typically take several months and run the risk of massive price increases or supply shortages occurring during the project period. With its new Pricelock service, Concept offers its partners a reliable tool that provides them with greater certainty and reduces the risk of unpredictable price fluctuations or supply shortages: Concept covers the costs upfront and ensures procurement and the necessary inventory while guaranteeing price stability throughout the project phase.
“Through this agreement with us, customers can contractually lock in prices for selected projects, thereby gaining greater certainty in their cost estimates and investments, as well as independence from interim market fluctuations during the specified project period,” says Mike Finckh. This provides partners with a solid foundation for tenders, budget planning, and contract negotiations with their end customers.