Looking for Technology Partners? Some rough guidelines are here:

Here is a general framework on which to evaluate a technology partner:

Technologies Required:
ASP/PHP/Perl/Java/C/C++,VC++
JavaScript,HTML,Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
MS Access,MS Excel
E-Commerce Transactions, Payment Gateway Integration Experience
Mailing Lists Experience (Both custom and with Roving.com)
DB Management Experience (Backups, SQL Queries, Stored Procedures, etc.)

Experience:
How long have they been in business?
How many clients have they served?
What is the average experience level of each developer?

Costs:
How do they charge? Per project/ per month?
What are the rates?
Are there are any guarantees? How are bug fixes handled?

QA/Testing:
What is their software development cycle?
How do they perform QA?
How are bug fixes dealt with?

Response Time:
How quickly do you respond?
Is there a dedicated PM for each project?
How many concurrent projects is a team staffed on?