Over the past several years a number of clients have expressed the need for a service to assist in the procurement of high quality, cost effective information technology solutions, ensuring that there is full compliance with rigorous internal procurement policies.

Chartwell’s Procurement Management Service provides its clients with a rigorous, defensible approach and methodology that ensures the acquisition meets your business requirements and provides the client with the best value for the money.

The Need:

Product / service procurements that comply with internal procurement procedures that meet business and technical requirements that meet timeline objectives are defensible, objective & unbiased

The Benefits:

Business Driven: An accurate and complete set of business requirements is a key step in the process ensuring the IT solutions support the day-to-day needs of the business Collaborative: Chartwell’s approach includes your business and IT staff as part of the team enabling proper input and ensuring their satisfaction is a key result. Wise Investments: Our methodology enables you to choose a product and services that will satisfy both their business requirements and budget constraints. Highly Defensible: Detailed reports document the decisions and the results of each step of the process in detail, giving you a complete and defensible audit trail. Flexible: The procurement process has been developed to ensure that maximum results are obtained within the shortest period of time. Cost Effective: Chartwell’s unique approach, previous experience, and expertise in IT ensures that the projects are both time and cost effective.

Service Deliverables:

Chartwell’s Procurement Management Service has two major components:

Development of a Request for Proposal (RFP), which may be preceded by a Request for Information (RFI) for the product and services required, and Management of a five-step procurement process to evaluate, select and acquire the right product and services.

Our Edge:

Complete objectivity. Chartwell doesn’t sell hardware & software so our evaluations & recommendations focus on meeting the client requirements cost effectively. Facilitating a consensus between many business & IT stakeholders and ensuring that the requirements from both sides are evaluated appropriately. A proven procurement methodology that balances business, technical, relationship management, and both short and long term budget requirements.