Lane 05, Deliver outcomes through SOW
Scope, milestones, service levels and acceptance criteria, delivered by a team we recruit, employ and manage. Buyable through services budget rather than headcount, and structured to survive an MSP or procurement review.
Scoped SOW in 1–3 weeks, delivery start on signature, Fixed-price or milestone SOW, with service credits where service levels apply.
Headcount is frozen, or procurement wants deliverables and service levels instead of bodies. Scope, milestones, service levels and acceptance criteria, delivered by a team we recruit, employ and manage. Buyable through services budget rather than headcount, and structured to survive an MSP or procurement review.
Choose this when
Headcount is frozen, or procurement wants deliverables and service levels instead of bodies.
Speed
Scoped SOW in 1–3 weeks, delivery start on signature
Commercial model
Fixed-price or milestone SOW, with service credits where service levels apply.
When this is the wrong lane
If the scope is genuinely unknowable, start with a managed team and convert to SOW once the work stabilizes.
Get the deliver outcomes through sow pricing and burden breakdown
Landed cost per seat, statutory add-ons by country and the timeline to first day worked, one page, no call required.
The same strategist, contract and reporting structure carry across every model. When the work changes shape, the structure changes, the relationship does not.
You need the person. You employ them.
02You need capacity now, not headcount forever.
03You found the person. You have no legal way to employ them.
04You need a functioning team, not five individuals.
06You need a local presence before you have a local company.
07Your people are hired. They still need somewhere to sit and something to work on.
08You are entering a market, not filling a seat.
Three short steps. A Gracemark LATAM strategist returns landed cost, timeline and a written recommendation, including whether a different lane fits better, within one business day.
Three steps, about 40 seconds. You get a role-level shortlist plan, salary benchmark and landed cost per seat.
No account, no obligation. You see the recommended model before we ask for an email.
Or compare all eight lanes before you commit.
Country costs, timeline and the right hiring model, in one business day.