We take the undercurrent, so the collaboration can flow

Collaborations in the public realm leak energy. Time, money and good conversations disappear into ambiguity and after-the-fact disputes. Vortex seals those leaks.

We want less waste of time, energy and money; more positive energy in collaborations; and a public realm that is managed in a socially responsible way.

We want parties to stand on solid legal ground from day one. Not hiring expensive lawyers afterwards to solve problems, but knowing from the start what applies. Ownership belongs where it belongs.

Contract control is a craft, and an art. It takes overview, precision and the ability to keep a contract alive and current for years. That cannot be done with loose hours or loose software. It takes a system.

Not more contract managers, but fewer, with the right system. Once the undercurrent is secured, the contract manager can steer on substance and collaboration. The contract shifts from a pile of paper that is only consulted in a dispute to a living foundation that both parties use every day.

Long-term contracts deserve a secretariat that lasts as long as they do. People change, organisations change, the contract remains. Vortex is the constant.

Vortex is the contract secretary of the collaboration: the neutral keeper of the contract and director of the process. We take the undercurrent. We secure, flag and facilitate.

Contract management, the substantive role, lies explicitly with the client and the contractor. We do not take over responsibility for it.

We tell you what you need to know, even when it is uncomfortable. If a contract is poorly drafted, if your own organisation falls short or if your legal position is weak, you will hear it.

Distance is our method. Whoever sits in the middle of a collaboration no longer sees the undercurrent. From a distance, we see what is really going on. You will not see us in meetings on substance; you will notice us in a better process flow.

No meeting culture. We deliver; we do not hold meetings for their own sake. Introductions take place online, in a fixed format.

The system carries the result, not one person. Process coordinators carry out the work within fixed frameworks, processes and formats. A second authorised operator, a processing log and a source register ensure continuity.

People and AI. AI supports reading, comparing and organising documents. Release is always in human hands.

Vortex Contracting is a Dutch general partnership (vennootschap onder firma) of Koen Schellekens and Renee Swinkels; a private limited company (BV) is being incorporated.

Vortex is based in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, and works in the Netherlands and internationally. Chamber of Commerce no. 96314761.

We have done and continue to do advisory work for, among others, Leiden University, the Municipality of Tilburg, the Municipality of Enschede and SPARK parkeren.