Projects
Someone on your side of the table.
When a project owner buys technology and engineering, the counterparties know more about what is being sold than the owner does. MolecularX works on the owner's side — setting the requirement, running the comparison, testing the claims and reviewing what is delivered against what was promised.
hybrid Led by MolecularX, with specialist elements delivered through the Partner Network. The split is agreed in writing before work starts.
The problem
Owners without deep molecular-energy expertise end up accepting the vendor's framing of the decision, including the vendor's choice of which metrics matter. That asymmetry is expensive and it compounds through the contract.
What you end up with
Better terms, a decision made on comparable information, and an owner who is not dependent on the vendor's framing.
What this includes
- A procurement strategy and a requirement specification written for your interest
- Structured evaluation of bids and technologies on comparable terms
- Technical and commercial challenge of vendor claims during selection
- Independent project review against the agreed basis as delivery proceeds
How we approach it
Write the requirement before seeing the offers
Otherwise the requirement quietly becomes a description of whatever is being sold.
Normalise the bids
Same boundary, same assumptions, same lifecycle basis — which frequently reorders the ranking.
Challenge specifically
Generic scepticism achieves nothing; the value is in knowing which claim to test and how.
Stay through delivery
Review against the basis, not against the latest revision of the contractor's narrative.
Questions
Is this the same as an owner's engineer?
It overlaps. MolecularX covers the commercial, technology-selection and economic scope, and coordinates specialist engineering through the Partner Network where a formal owner's-engineer function is required.
Can you join a project already under way?
Yes. Mid-procurement and mid-delivery entry is common, and usually starts with a review of the current basis against what was originally agreed.
Do you take commissions from suppliers?
Not on owner-side mandates. Acting for the owner and being paid by the supplier are incompatible, and we will not do both on the same project.
Related
Due Diligence
Independent technical and commercial review for investors, lenders and boards.
Read more →Procurement Intelligence
Tenders, RFQs and expected procurement — plus the suppliers who can actually deliver.
Read more →Technology Assessment
Independent, criteria-driven comparison of the technologies competing for your project.
Read more →Where are you starting from?
Tell us what you provide, what you need and where you operate. The first conversation is about whether we can actually help, which is a faster question than it sounds.