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Why Enterprise AI Fails (And How to Fix It)

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We help you choose the right vendors, secure the right commercials and put contracts in place that support delivery, not disputes.

Sourcing & Contract management

Suppliers shouldn’t be treated as just a procurement exercise.

Technology suppliers affects cost, risk, delivery pace and how well your teams and partners actually work together.

We help you make confident sourcing decisions and put commercial and contractual structures in place that work in practice. That means choosing the right suppliers, setting clear expectations, and creating agreements that support collaboration, accountability and change, not constant renegotiation.

We help you by blending market insight, commercial rigour and real delivery experience, so sourcing decisions stand up long after contracts are signed.

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“We have worked with the team for many years to augment our technology resource capability. Most recently, the team were an integral part of our separation programme and the launch of S&W Group.”

Chief Information Officer at S&W

Why does it matter?

Poor sourcing and weak contracts don’t fail immediately. 

They fail slowly, through cost creep, delivery friction and misaligned incentive. 

Without a clear Sourcing & Contract Management approach, organisations often experience:

  • Suppliers optimised for price, not outcomes
  • Contracts that look good on paper but fail under pressure
  • Unclear requirements leading to scope disputes
  • Broken hand-offs between retained teams and suppliers
  • Delivery risk increasing over time, not reducing

What do you get?

A sourcing and contracting approach designed for real-world delivery.

Clear sourcing strategy
A pragmatic approach to deciding what to source, what to retain, and how suppliers fit together.
Market insight
Independent understanding of supplier capabilities, strengths and limitations — beyond sales decks.
Structured sourcing process
A proven, transparent process that brings clarity to requirements, evaluation and decision-making.
Commercial & contract design
Contracts and commercial models that align incentives, manage risk and support change.
Transition support
Hands-on support moving from incumbent arrangements to new suppliers without disruption.
Ongoing commercial control
Support to manage, adapt and optimise contracts as needs evolve.

How it works.

We take you through four key phases: 

1

Define the Service Model

Get clear on what you’re buying and how it should run.

We define service scope, retained responsibilities and delivery boundaries so sourcing decisions are grounded in reality.

2

Source & Contract

Choose the right partners and lock in fair, workable terms.

We run a structured sourcing process and design contracts that align incentives, manage risk and support delivery.

3

Transition & Mobilise

Move services without disruption or finger-pointing.

We manage knowledge transfer, governance and cutover so new suppliers take over cleanly and confidently.

4

Optimise & Evolve

Make the commercials and services work harder over time.

We support ongoing vendor management, cost optimisation and continuous improvement as needs change.

A client project we’re proud of

Cutting supplier sprawl and putting control back in-house.

A large high street retailer reduced operational costs and simplified its supplier landscape.

Our client was concerned that its technology operating model had become inefficient and expensive to run. While much of the payments platform was delivered as a service, internal technology operations had grown too large, inflexible and disconnected from the business services they were meant to support. Ortecha reviewed their technology services and helped them regain control of sourcing, suppliers and ongoing costs.

What our client got: 

  • Decisions based on evidence: The firm was able to stop the programme with confidence and align on a better way forward.
  • £1.4m waste avoided: Halting delivery prevented further spend and freed up budget and capacity for a better solution.
  • Material cost savings, locked in contractually: A structured sourcing process delivered £1m per year in savings and savings of £12m+ over five years through supplier consolidation and a move to on-demand cloud services.
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Why choose Ortecha?

Sourcing fails when it’s treated as paperwork.

Working with us means it’s grounded in delivery reality.

Why clients value working with us:

  • Human-first. We design for how your organisation and your people actually work, now and in the future, to make change stick
  • Proven frameworks. Refined across industries and used to help clients avoid waste and unlock over £25m in value
  • Built for the long game. Delivery designed for clarity, usability and long-term sustainability
  • Independent advice. No supplier bias and no hidden agendas
  • Practitioners, not theorists. Senior tech leaders with an average of 18 years’ experience and shaped by real sourcing successes and failures
  • Partnership over supplier. We become part of your team, work with openness and integrity and share responsibility for success

Ready to put control back into your sourcing decisions?

Tell us what's getting in the way and we'll bring in the right practitioners into the conversation.​​

Most asked questions.

Can you work alongside our procurement team?

Absolutely. We complement procurement expertise with technology and delivery insight.

Do you support existing contracts as well as new sourcing?

Yes. We review, optimise and remediate existing arrangements where they’re no longer working.

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