Second opinion · services 01 to 03

A second opinion on your IT, before you sign.

An independent look at your IT, at the proposal on your desk, or at the supplier you pay every month. We sell you nothing, so we can tell you what’s needed, what’s extra and what’s missing.

We look at its size and send you a fixed price for the review within a few days. If you prefer, we sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) first.

When a second opinion pays off

  • A big quote is on your desk and you have nobody to ask.
  • You pay more for IT every year and can’t say exactly what for.
  • You’re thinking of changing supplier but worry what will break.
  • Your supplier is pushing for a quick decision.
  • A new managing director wants to know what they are taking on.
  • You’re buying a company, or an investor is coming in.

Three variants. Pick the one you’re facing.

01 · Your whole IT

IT health check

An independent look at your whole IT: what works, what’s risky, what you pay for needlessly and what to do first.

  • Servers, computers, network and Wi-Fi
  • Microsoft 365, email and access rights
  • Backups, and whether you can restore from them
  • Contracts, invoices and licences

1–2 weeks · fixed price

02 · Before you sign

Second opinion on a proposal

We go through a big quote line by line and tell you what’s necessary, what’s extra and what’s missing.

  • Scope, price and assumptions
  • Comparison with alternatives and normal practice
  • Risks: lock-in to one supplier, licensing, notice periods
  • Questions for the supplier, and changes to ask it for

usually within 2 weeks · fixed price

03 · Your current supplier

Supplier and contract review

You pay your IT provider every month. Are you getting what you pay for? We compare the contract, the invoices and the reality.

  • The contract and SLA (guaranteed service levels) against what really happens
  • Invoices and licences for the last 12 months
  • Unused licences and duplicated services
  • Exit terms: access, data and documentation

2–3 weeks · fixed price

Buying a company? We use the same approach for an IT review before an acquisition or an investor’s entry (IT due diligence): what state the IT is in, what it will cost to bring it up to standard, and which risks come with it.

Your supplier isn’t the enemy; it just has a different job.

Your IT supplier’s job is to sell, deliver and invoice. That’s fair. But nobody is looking at its proposal from your side of the table.

A second opinion doesn’t take the work away from them. It sharpens the brief, catches gaps before they turn into extra charges, and gives you arguments for the negotiation. A good proposal holds up. A weaker one gets better.

We take no commission from suppliers and sell no licences or hardware. We earn nothing from what we recommend.

  1. A free call

    Thirty minutes on what you’re facing and what we should review.

  2. Documents

    The proposal, contracts, invoices. Access to your systems only where needed, and only with your consent.

  3. Review

    We go through the documents, talk to your people and compare the alternatives.

  4. Findings and walk-through

    A written recommendation and a one-hour walk-through of the findings with you.

What a health check looks like

A one-page summary management can read in two minutes. With it, ten actions ranked by risk and cost, and notes your supplier can work from.

IT health check · Example LtdSummary
Sign-inRed. Management and the administrator sign in with a password only. One stolen password is enough.
BackupsAmber. Backups run, but nobody has ever tried a restore, and there is no copy away from the office.
ServersRed. The main server runs Windows Server 2016; support ends on 12/01/2027.
Network and Wi-FiAmber. Guests and printers share a network with the accounts system.
SupplierAmber. The contract says nothing about handing over passwords and documentation at the end.
LicencesGreen. Microsoft 365 licences match the headcount.
Sample. Fictional company, real format.

A typical situation

This is a typical situation, not a specific engagement. We describe what we would do and what you get.

Manufacturer · around 60 staff

The proposal nobody understood

The supplier proposed new servers and a move to the cloud for a six-figure sum in Czech crowns. The owner had nobody to ask whether it made sense.

What we do

  • Go through the proposal line by line
  • Compare it with the alternatives
  • Prepare questions for the supplier and sit down with them

What you get

A decision you can stand behind. Either confidence that the proposal is sound, or a precise list of what to ask for instead.

Questions

Won’t our supplier see it as an attack?

It needn’t. We work factually and respectfully, and we don’t look for someone to blame. A good supplier tends to welcome an independent view: it sharpens the brief and saves arguments about what was actually ordered.

Do you need access to our systems?

Not for a second opinion on a proposal: the proposal and its documents are enough. For a health check we ask for access only where it’s needed, always with your consent, and remove it when we finish. We’re happy to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) first.

What if the proposal is fine?

We tell you. That has value too: you sign with confidence and you’ll know why. Often we add a few questions that sharpen the proposal further.

Will you recommend a different supplier?

Only if it makes sense. Then we help you choose: we write the brief and compare the proposals against the same criteria. We take no commission from suppliers, so we have no favourites.

How much does it cost?

A second opinion on one proposal costs from 7,500 Kč and a health check of your whole IT from 15,000 Kč; a supplier and contract review is priced on its scope. We give you the exact fixed price after the first call. You pay for the review, not according to what we recommend. We are not VAT-registered, so these prices are final.

Why pay for a health check when others offer one free?

A free check is often the way into a sale: whoever does it has a reason to find a problem you will then pay them to fix. Ours is paid work in its own right, not a way into a sale, and two rules keep it that way. We write and cost the findings so that any supplier, including your current one, can quote for them, and we quote for the fixes only if you ask. And on a project we oversee, we never bid for the delivery ourselves.

A proposal on your desk? Send it to us.

The first call is free and commits you to nothing. If you send us a proposal, we look at its size and send you a fixed price for the review within a few days. If you prefer, we sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) first.