Strategic Sourcing and RFP Execution
Run procurement decisions like capital decisions — with discipline, transparency, and the right people in the room.
Major technology procurements are some of the most consequential capital decisions an executive team will make. They are also some of the most poorly run — driven by incumbent bias, vendor-led timelines, and evaluation criteria written more by sales teams than by buyers.
We bring senior sourcing leadership to the procurements that matter. Whether you are evaluating an ERP, a CRM, a cybersecurity platform, or a complete technology stack rebuild, we structure the process to give you the information you actually need to make the call.
Our strategic sourcing practice is led by principal-level practitioners with decades of experience designing and running competitive procurements across industries.
What We Do
- Vendor landscape assessment and shortlist development
- RFP design grounded in business outcomes, not feature checklists
- Structured evaluation frameworks aligned to the DAAEG Define and Align stages
- Negotiation strategy and contract review
- Implementation partner selection separate from software selection — so the right tool and the right delivery team are evaluated independently
- Post-decision governance to ensure procurement decisions translate into outcomes
How It Connects
Strategic sourcing is where the discipline of the DAAEG Framework meets the reality of vendor markets. The work sits between Assess (understanding what you have) and Align (deciding what to invest in), and it is where most organizations quietly lose millions to weak procurement processes.
We bring the same independence to sourcing that we bring to strategy. We hold no resale agreements, accept no commissions, and structure every procurement so the right answer wins — not the most polished vendor presentation.