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Choose The Wrong Technology, And It Can Set Your Transformation Back Years.

Independent Technology Sourcing Advisory — from requirements through
contract negotiation.

Powered by SPARK Matrix— the same research vendors are ranked in.

WHO WE HELP

Built for the people
accountable for the decision.

CIO

CISO

CAIO

Procurement

Transformation Office

Enterprise Architecture

THE SOURCING LIFECYCLE

We own every stage — not just the RFP.

Our recommendations begin with the intelligence in SPARK Matrix, then refine it around your organization's requirements. From the first business need to the moment the platform goes live, one accountable team carries the decision.

01

Business requirements

Outcomes translated into weighted, testable criteria

02

Market intelligence

The independent research the field is built from

03

Longlist

The full field, mapped to your criteria

04

Shortlist

Cut to a defensible set worth your team's time

05

RFP

Designed to surface real differences, with scoring built in

06

Evaluation

One consistent scorecard across every vendor

07

Commercial review

Pricing benchmarked against the market

08

Negotiation

Support on price, terms, and exit rights

09

Contract

A board-ready, defensible decision trail

10

Implementation

Handover that holds the vendor to what was sold

WHY AN INDEPENDENT ADVISOR

Most advisors earn from the vendors they
recommend. We don't.

The firm scoring your vendors often earns from them too. We don't hide that tension — we publish it and wall it off. Every engagement opens with a conflict register, and the analysts making your recommendation are separated from any vendor's commercial relationship with QKS.

WHAT WE DISCLOSE · CONFLICT REGISTER

•

SPARK Matrix Reprint Licenses Held By Vendors

•

GTM Validation & ROI Studies Commissioned

•

Any Paid Vendor Relationship In The Category

FIREWALL

FIREWALL

YOUR ADVISORY TEAM · WALLED OFF

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Analysts With No Stake In The Outcome

•

Judgment Driven By Your Requirements

•

A Verdict Free To Come Back Negative

Verdicts can come back negative

No vendor is owed a recommendation. Sometimes the answer is “none of these yet.”

Buyer identities stay private

Your evaluation and references are never sold back to the vendors involved.

No outcome-based pricing

Our fee never depends on which vendor you pick — or whether you buy at all.

WHEN TO ENGAGE US

The right time to bring in an independent advisor.

You're Evaluating Five Or More Vendors

Stakeholders Disagree On Direction

The Decision Requires Board Approval

The Investment Exceeds $250K

Procurement Needs An Independent Advisor

You're Consolidating Or Replacing An Incumbent

HOW TO ENGAGE

Three ways to work with us.

Every engagement is scoped to your decision. Pricing is confirmed in a written brief — no rate card.

2-3 weeks

Rapid Vendor Validation

An independent second opinion on a shortlist you've already built — before you commit.

Fixed scope · scoped via brief

4-8 weeks

Vendor Selection Engagement

The full lifecycle, requirements to award — the core engagement for a decision that has to be right.

Custom scope · scoped via brief

Ongoing

Enterprise Sourcing Advisory

A standing independent advisor across a portfolio of sourcing decisions through the year.

Annual · scoped via brief

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

Artifacts your board and procurement team can act on.

01

Selection scorecard

Every shortlisted vendor scored against your weighted criteria, with the evidence behind each score.

02

Risk & reference register

Viability, security, roadmap, and lock-in risks — plus independent reference findings — in one register.

03

Pricing benchmark

Where the quoted price sits against the market, and the levers worth pushing in negotiation.

04

Decision record

A documented rationale for the award that stands up to audit, board scrutiny, and hindsight.

Book a vendor selection strategy session.

Thirty minutes to scope your decision — the vendors in play, the stakes, and where an independent advisor fits. Not a sales call, and not free consulting: a scoping conversation.