Cost Reduction & Tendering

Keeping IT costs down whilst 'keeping the lights on' is a challenging task.

Maintaining best value from your technology vendors requires regular and planned effort.
Negotiating regularly with the major vendors, Turnstone drive large cost savings, faster progress and fairer contracts - and we always save much more than our fees.

Services		Description
1. Mid Term Contract Renegotiation >>		Our CIPS qualified consultants will enhance your current commercial deals
2. Tendering Support RFP & RFI >>		Our experts have the experience and the prepared documentation to rapidly tender each category of IT spend
3. Data Centre and DR Negotiations >>		One of our most popular services, we regularly help clients to contract more quickly, more safely and at market best rates
4. Outsourced Vendor Management >>		Managing supplier risk has become a priority in today's economic climate, and it's crucial to monitor both supplier financial stability and performance. Vendor Management can play a key role in helping businesses to not only survive but thrive in this challenging environment - it can help not only to achieve immediate cost savings, but create competitive advantage and measurable shareholder value - quickly. You can do it yourself, or you can turn to an organisation that has already made the investment in time, effort, money and experience in developing advanced IT vendor management capabilities.
5. Oracle, SAP and Microsoft Renegotiations >>		Our consultants help you negotiate from a position of strength.
6. OJEU Procurement Advisory >>		Choosing between competitive dialogue, the open procedure, restricted procedure or the negotiated procedure are important decisions, with legal ramifications. For organisations subject to the public sector procurement OJEU rules, Turnstone provide strategic guidance and as much hands on support as required. We support you in any of the the PQQ, ITT, Evaluation and Contracting phases.
7. Outsourcing Advisory >>		Supporting you for any part of the outsourcing process, from business case to requirements build, through to tendering, negotiating and contracting. Whether outsourcing just the helpdesk, through to full suite, we accelerate and assure the process.
8. Financial Data Buying >>		Our skilled practitioners are familiar with vendor offerings and the available discounts in this niche spend area.
9. Business Case Creation >>		We provide the cost metrics and business value levers to speed up the approval process.