Scoping & budget
What is needed, what already exists and what it will realistically cost, agreed before anything is ordered.
IT project management
One person running every supplier, contract and deadline.
A new office, a move, a new site, a system being replaced or a team opening in another country: every IT project comes with several suppliers, a pile of contracts and a date that matters. We plan it, run the suppliers, check the contracts and keep the timescales honest — working alongside you, or simply doing it for you.
- One point of contact
- Suppliers & contracts handled
- UK & Portugal
- Plannedone plan, one date, one budget
- Suppliers runquoted, ordered and chased
- Contracts checkedterms and dates, before you sign
- Deliveredand supported afterwards
Technologies we work with
- Microsoft
- SOPHOS
- Acronis
- HPE
- 3CX
- UBIQUITI
- veeam
What we take off your plate
Everything between "we need to do this" and "it is live"
Hand us the whole project, or just the parts you do not have time for. Either way you get one plan, one person to ask, and suppliers chased by us rather than by you.
Supplier selection
Quotes gathered and compared like for like, with a recommendation and the reasons for it.
Contract checks
Minimum terms, notice periods, auto-renewals and install dates read before you sign. Anything legal goes to your adviser.
Timescales
One plan with every order and date in it, built around the longest lead time rather than the hopeful one.
Connectivity
Business lines checked for the address, ordered early and chased until they are live.
Procurement
Hardware and licences bought, invoiced correctly for your entity, and configured before delivery.
Network & Wi-Fi
Cabling, switching, firewall and Wi-Fi, scheduled around the fit-out and tested before people arrive.
Microsoft 365 & accounts
Accounts, licences and access ready for the people involved, consistent with how the rest of the business works.
Security from day one
MFA, device protection and backup in place at go-live rather than added later.
Coordination
Builders, landlords, fit-out contractors and head office kept in step on the IT side.
Cutover & go-live
The switch-over planned for a quiet moment, attended, tested, and with a way back if something misbehaves.
Afterwards
Documented and handed into support, so the project does not end with a list of loose ends.
With you, or for you
You decide how much you hand over.
Some clients want us to run the whole thing and tell them when it is done. Others have someone in-house who owns the project and wants an experienced pair of hands on the IT side. Either works. What does not change is one plan, one point of contact, and nobody on your side spending their week chasing a telecoms provider.
- One plan with every supplier, order and date in it
- Quotes compared like for like, with a recommendation
- Contracts checked for term, notice periods and renewal dates before you sign
- Long lead items ordered first, because they set the date
- Regular updates in plain English: done, next, and what needs your decision
- Go-live attended, then handed into support rather than left
Project plan
Example: new office, one go-live date
Everything ready before go-live
Longest lead time ordered first
Critical path
Typical lead time
In this example
- What it is
- What we do
- Supplier
- Contract
- Who does what
Example timeline. Lead times are typical, not promises. Click an item for the detail.
How we work
From brief to go-live.
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Brief
What, where, when, budget, and what already exists. We tell you which parts are decided and which are not yet.
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Plan
Suppliers shortlisted, quotes compared, the critical path found and a plan and budget agreed with you.
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Run
Orders placed, contracts checked, suppliers chased and progress reported, with decisions brought to you in good time.
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Go live
Cutover attended and tested, everything documented, then handed into support.
Where we stop
We run the IT side, and say so when something is not ours.
Projects sit alongside building work, leases, legal agreements, HR and, for some clients, setting up a company in a new country. We coordinate with whoever owns those so the IT lands at the right moment, but we do not give legal, tax or employment advice. Contracts are checked for their practical terms and signed by you; anything legal goes to your adviser.
Ours, and not ours
- Ours: the IT project, end to endPlan, suppliers, procurement, installation, go-live.
- Ours: supplier contracts, checkedTerms, notice periods, renewals and dates, before you sign.
- Not ours: legal and tax adviceIncluding company formation, NIF and registration in Portugal.
- Not ours: building and fit-outWe work with your contractor, not instead of them.
Why CaminhoIT
One point of contact, from the first quote to go-live.
We are based in Portugal and work with businesses in the UK as well, so we know the suppliers, the paperwork and the lead times at both ends — and the people who ran your project are the people who support it afterwards.
- One project ownernot a different voice every call
- Suppliers we knowin the UK and in Portugal
- Contracts readbefore anything is signed
- English and Portuguesewith suppliers and with your team
- Visible progressthrough the client portal
- Supported afterwardsby the people who built it
Questions
Questions about IT projects
How early should we involve you?
As soon as there is a date in mind, and before anything is signed. Business internet lines are usually the longest wait and availability varies between buildings, even on the same street. We have seen go-live dates slip by weeks because connectivity was left until the fit-out. An early check costs nothing and occasionally changes the plan.
We already have a project manager. Can you work alongside them?
Yes, and it is common. Your project manager owns the overall plan; we own the IT strand of it, report into their plan, and bring them the decisions that need making rather than surprises.
Do you sign contracts on our behalf?
No. Contracts are in your name and you sign them. We gather the quotes, compare them, read the terms that matter in practice — minimum term, notice, auto-renewal, install dates — and deal with the supplier until it is delivered. Anything that needs legal judgement goes to your adviser.
Can you buy the hardware for us?
Yes. We specify it for the roles, buy it with invoicing that suits your entity, and have devices configured before they arrive, so a new starter signs in and gets on with their day.
We are setting up in Portugal. Can you help?
Yes — it is one of the projects we run most. We handle the IT and the Portuguese suppliers and paperwork that come with it, in English, and coordinate with your lawyer and accountant, who handle company formation, NIF and tax. We can usually suggest local professionals other clients have used.
What happens after go-live?
Everything is documented and either handed into our managed service or to your own IT team, whichever you prefer. Either way nothing is left half-finished on a supplier's to-do list.
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Got a project coming up?
Tell us the date. We will tell you what has to happen first.
Even before anything is decided, an early look at suppliers, lead times and contracts is worth having. It costs nothing and it occasionally changes the plan.