Most digital projects fail because the brief wasn't good enough to begin with. Ordia helps charities, non-profits and social enterprises produce rigorous, publication-ready procurement documents — without needing specialist knowledge to do it.
The problem
"Many digital projects fail because the brief wasn't good enough to begin with — and Ordia exists to fix that."
For charities, non-profits and social enterprises, commissioning digital work is hard. Without specialist knowledge or in-house expertise, requirements stay vague, supplier responses are difficult to evaluate, and compliance obligations go unmet. It's no wonder that 70% of digital projects fail to meet their objectives — and poorly specified requirements are the leading cause.
Effective digital transformation is complex enough. Ordia gives you the right foundation.
How it works
Start a project
Choose from eight project types — from reaching and engaging audiences to modernising your infrastructure. Ordia frames the context before anything else.
Ordia builds a dynamic question set
It walks you through every aspect of your procurement in plain English, with prompts that shape your thinking and surface requirements you might otherwise miss.
AI turns your answers into professional documents
Ordia's AI synthesises everything you've entered into a structured, publication-ready brief — no writing or formatting required on your part.
Review and refine
Ordia checks your brief against procurement best practice and flags any gaps or inconsistencies before you finalise. You leave knowing your brief is solid.
Download and share
Export your documents and share with suppliers with confidence. Everything is formatted, referenced, and ready to send.
What you get out
Narrative Supplier Brief
A professionally structured document that sets out your project context, objectives, and requirements in clear, authoritative language.
Structured RFP
A formal Request for Proposals that suppliers can respond to directly — structured, consistent, and straightforward to evaluate.
Supplier Response Pack
A formatted XLS workbook that suppliers complete and return, making side-by-side comparison of bids genuinely manageable.
Cloud-Saved Projects
Your projects are saved automatically, so you can pick up where you left off, share internally, and keep a full audit trail.
Who it's for
Ordia is for UK charities, non-profits and social enterprises commissioning digital work without in-house procurement expertise. If you're a charity manager, a head of operations, a school business officer, or a trustee asked to oversee a technology project, Ordia was built for you.
You know your organisation and what you need. What you may not know is how to translate that into a procurement process that attracts the right suppliers, protects your organisation legally, and produces outcomes that match your expectations. That's exactly what Ordia does.
You don't need to know anything about procurement to use it. Ordia meets you where you are and guides you through — in plain English, at your own pace.
How Ordia helps
Gap one
Knowledge
Most organisations don't know what good procurement looks like until they've done it badly once. Ordia builds the professional standards in — covering scope, evaluation criteria, supplier obligations, and project governance so you don't have to know them yourself.
Gap two
Time & resource
Writing a credible supplier brief from scratch can take days, assuming you know where to start. Ordia compresses that to hours. You answer questions in plain English and it does the writing, structuring, and formatting work for you.
Gap three
Compliance
The regulatory environment for public procurement has changed significantly. Ordia keeps your process aligned with current obligations — including the requirements introduced by the Procurement Act 2023 for relevant organisations.
↗ Procurement Act 2023 alignedGet early access
Ordia is in active development and we're inviting a small group of organisations to shape the product. If you're commissioning digital work right now — or plan to in the next six months — we'd love to hear from you.