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ROWDEN
Bristol, UK

Programme Capture Board

PIN Stage - Cat B Networked Autonomy Programme

Shipley-led capture governance record

Programme Capture Summary

Capture Governance Score
44%
Primary operating model: Shipley-style capture governance.
Secondary lens: APMP capture review.
Sales methodologies: capture assessment, TAS, Challenger, JOLTS, and Blue Sheet.
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Capture Readiness

Stakeholder Coverage
80%
Competitive Intelligence
100%
Programme Shaping
90%
Proposal Readiness
50%
Next Gate
Gate 1: Pursuit Decision
Recommended Decision
Moderate

PIN Stage - Cat B Networked Autonomy Programme is moderate overall. Capture readiness is 75%, with procurement, stakeholder access, and shaping maturity driving the current position.

Next stakeholder action: Prepare the customer shaping brief and stakeholder questions before the engagement window in two weeks. by 2026-06-17.

Attached Teaming Partners

  • BAE Systems (Prime Contractor)
    Mission systems, platform integration, secure defence delivery, and major MOD programme access
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  • CGI UK (Systems Integrator)
    Defence Digital, secure cloud, data platforms, DevSecOps, and digital transformation delivery
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Procurement Route And Framework Access

Reference: FTS/CDP · Find a Tender / Central Digital Platform
Jurisdiction: UK
Buyer body: UK Public Sector
Route type: Portal
Supplier requirement: Open
Eligibility: Needs Review
Framework required: Conditional
Framework access: Needs Review
Supplier position: Technical Delivery Partner
Partner dependency: Partner Dependent

Current path depends on partner or prime access. Attached partners: BAE Systems, CGI UK.

Bid eligibility is usually open, but response quality depends on early capture, partner coverage, and evaluator-oriented compliance structure.

Route-to-market note: PIN-stage programme with likely SI-led delivery path. The capture priority is to shape the commercial approach, evaluation criteria, and access strategy before the ITT hardens.

Relevant domains: Public Procurement, Defence, Digital, Services

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Capture Methodologies

Shipley Capture

Primary operating model for capture governance: run pre-RFP shaping, gates, teaming, Black Hat, evaluation alignment, and proposal readiness.

Score: 52
Stage: Pursue
Latest gate: Gate 0: Market Fit (Go)
Next gate: Gate 1: Pursuit Decision
Teaming readiness: 0%
Black Hat readiness: 100%
Evaluation alignment: 75%
Proposal readiness: 50%
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APMP Capture

Secondary structured lens for customer issue, win strategy, review discipline, and bridge into bid.

Score: 18
Stage: Identify
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Programme Capture Record

Record programme context, procurement path, governance status, value case, and capture assumptions on the core record.

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Sales Qualification Board

Consolidated TAS and capture-assessment action view for qualification, inspection, and next-step sales discipline.

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Full Capture Process

See the end-to-end defence capture flow from market sensing through shaping, bid, award, and deployment.

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Stakeholder Map

Visualize MOD, user, technical, commercial, prime, and policy influence across the campaign.

Coverage: 80%
Strongest supporter: User Representative
Biggest blocker: Commercial Lead
Missing roles: Security / Assurance
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Competitive Intelligence

Run the detailed Black Hat view with named competitors, threat scores, route-access posture, and assigned counter actions.

Score: 100%
Top threat: Defence Systems Integrator
Missing intelligence: None
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Programme Shaping

Shape evaluation criteria, weighting, incentives, customer questions, and a customer-ready brief before the ITT hardens.

Score: 90%
Weighting total: 101.0%
Linked route: FTS/CDP
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3 Whys

Build the capture thesis: why act, why Rowden, why this route, and why now.

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Capability Gap Builder

Translate operational gaps into mission, safety, resilience, cost, and procurement consequences.

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Reverse Timeline

Work backwards from tender, downselect, award, or framework milestone to secure bid readiness.

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Competitor Trap

Position against incumbents, primes, lock-in, compliance burden, and competing technical architectures.

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Sales Methodologies And Diagnostics

TAS Winnability

Sales qualification tool for opportunity shape, resource commitment, competitive position, and winnability.

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Capture Assessment

Inspect funding authority, decision criteria, procurement path, champion strength, and competition through a capture lens.

Diagnostic score: 54%
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Champion Builder

Test whether the campaign has a credible internal advocate with influence and access.

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Challenger

Lead the market conversation around edge, degraded connectivity, sovereign delivery, and operational safety.

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JOLTS

Reduce buyer risk around adoption, accreditation, delivery confidence, and operational change.

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Miller Heiman Blue Sheet

Strategically navigate multi-stakeholder defence decisions and formal procurement constraints.

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Intelligence ROI Calculator

Calculate operational productivity, deployment resilience, risk reduction, and annual programme value.

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