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Corporate IT consultancy is independent technical support for the buyer of a software or hardware system. We turn your needs into written requirements, draft a testable technical specification and cost estimate, clarify the technical contract terms, then oversee the contractor through interim deliveries and run the acceptance tests.
Most software and hardware projects are won or lost before the contract is signed. Vague requirements, a specification nobody can test against and loose delivery terms turn into change requests, delays and arguments over what was "in scope".
Digital Bridge has been building custom software and its own hardware since 2013. We put that experience to work for the buyer, as the technical team that writes the specification and follows the contractor through to acceptance. Our advice is shaped by your needs, not by a particular brand or product. We work with Turkish organisations and with international companies operating in Turkey.
Most problems come not from the software itself but from three gaps in the buying process. All three can be closed early and cheaply.
Words like "user-friendly", "fast" and "secure" cannot be tested at handover. Every clause left vague comes back after signature as extra work and an extra invoice.
Set it too low and bidders who cannot do the job rise to the top; set it too high and budget is tied up for nothing. Either way the project starts on a weak footing.
When a contractor works without interim deliveries, deviations only surface at acceptance, when fixing them costs more and takes longer.
Our consultancy ties all three to written criteria, before the tender and throughout the project.
We interview management and the people who do the work, then write down what the system must do: which processes, how many users, which existing systems it must talk to, which reports. You get an agreed requirements list.
Web or mobile, cloud or on-premises, which database and which integrations: each decision is documented with its reasoning, and unnecessary licences and hardware are cut early.
A specification in which every clause can be tested at delivery, covering functional requirements, performance and security criteria, documentation, training and handover terms.
We work with your legal team on the technical side of delivery criteria, service levels (SLAs), warranty and maintenance terms, and delay provisions.
The scope is broken into work packages, each priced for labour and materials, so incoming bids can be compared line by line rather than on the total alone.
Interim deliveries are reviewed against the specification and deviations reported early. At handover we run the acceptance tests scenario by scenario and record the results.
You do not have to take all six steps. We set the scope around what you need: it can be just the specification and cost estimate, or the whole process from requirements analysis to the signed acceptance report.
A costed roadmap showing which investment to make first, and why.
View the ServiceData inventory, retention and access logging, so your documents and your systems say the same thing.
View the ServicePenetration testing, vulnerability scanning and industrial network reviews, with a prioritised fix list.
View the ServiceMunicipalities, state-owned enterprises and universities that must buy software or hardware through a tender and prepare its specification and cost estimate.
Hospitals and clinics that want to define the right scope for appointment, patient tracking or medical device integration projects.
Private schools and universities before buying a student information system, a distance learning platform or campus access control.
Manufacturing, logistics and trading companies before an ERP replacement, production tracking project or the renewal of ageing software.
The scope and fee are fixed up front in a written proposal after the initial meeting. In return, you close off early the risk of clauses missing from the specification coming back after signature as extra work and extra cost.
In consultancy we sit on the buyer's side. The specification is written around your documented needs, not around a brand or product, and the reasoning behind each clause is in the document, so your own team can check the evaluation.
We work alongside them. Your team knows the organisation and its systems; we handle the specification, cost breakdown and acceptance testing, and hand over written documents your team can reuse in future purchases.
The result: the municipality goes forward with a tender file in which bids can be compared on the same work-package breakdown and everyone knows from the start what will be accepted at handover. Disputes are settled while the specification is being written, not at acceptance.
If your own team is starting on the specification, the contractor follow-up or the contract review, these guides walk through each step.
IT consultancy is independent technical support for an organisation buying software or hardware. Digital Bridge turns your needs into written requirements, documents the technical architecture with its reasoning, and drafts a testable technical specification and cost estimate. After the tender, we review the contractor's interim deliveries against the specification and run the acceptance tests scenario by scenario.
We start with requirements analysis, interviewing management and the people who do the work: which processes, how many users, which systems to integrate with, which reports. We then write a specification in which every clause can be tested at delivery, covering functional requirements, performance and security criteria, documentation, training and handover terms, and avoiding untestable words such as "user-friendly".
The scope in the specification is broken into work packages, and each package is priced for labour and materials with its reasoning. This lets you compare incoming bids line by line rather than on the total alone. An estimate that is too low favours bids that cannot deliver; one that is too high ties up budget unnecessarily.
Public bodies, municipalities and universities buying software or hardware through tenders; hospitals and clinics planning appointment, patient tracking or device integration projects; schools and universities buying student information or campus access systems; and mid-sized and large companies preparing an ERP replacement, production tracking project or legacy software renewal. We also work with international companies operating in Turkey.
No. Digital Bridge has been building custom software and its own hardware since 2013, and in consultancy we use that experience on the buyer's side. Recommendations are shaped by your written requirements, not by a particular brand or product. Sometimes the honest advice is not to run a project yet.
Yes. During development we review interim deliveries against the specification and report deviations early, so problems do not surface only at acceptance. At handover we run the acceptance tests scenario by scenario and record the results. At contract stage we also work with your legal team on the technical side of delivery criteria, SLAs, warranty and delay terms.
There is no off-the-shelf package price. At an initial meeting we discuss what you need and what you expect to receive; the scope, phases and fee are then set out in a written proposal. The scope can be just the technical specification and cost estimate, or the whole process from requirements analysis to the signed acceptance report, so the cost of the consultancy is known before work starts.
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