Golden Rules For IT Procurement

Procuring IT systems is an increasingly complex and important task. Virtually all companies nowadays depend on their IT systems. It goes without saying that their procurement should be well planned. Skilled IT lawyers can support in this task, provide valuable input and guidance, take over responsibility for the legal aspects and enable the procurement departments to focus on their core tasks. Having spent years supporting procurement departments in numerous IT procurement projects, I have put together a short and easy to follow list of "golden rules". Keeping these rules in mind will certainly have a positive impact on the procurement process.

# 1: If you are spending more than EUR 50,000 on software (licence fees, external and internal costs for the implementation project, etc.) or if the product relates to a business critical system or process or if you do not completely understand what you are buying, have your (qualified) lawyer take a short look. They will tell