subcontracting

September 23, 2026 | 18 min

Eleven Questions Before You Subcontract: Vetting a Local IT Delivery Partner in Asia

Written for the service-delivery director at an MSP, systems integrator or consultancy who has already sold work in a country they do not staff. Eleven questions that separate a local delivery partner who can hold your SLA from one who will quote it back to you — coverage versus reach, delivery pattern, language, lead time, tooling and documentation ownership, escalation, unit economics, liability, white-label position, exit, and the one nobody asks: what happens when their engineer resigns mid-contract.