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ROWDEN
Bristol, UK

Programme Shaping

Prime Contractor Framework - Edge Systems Integration

Shape evaluation logic, incentives, integration, assurance, and commercial structure before the tender hardens.

Programme Shaping Score
95%
Weighting total 100.0%

Linked Route

Digital Decision Accelerators for Defence
Conditional Access

Gaps

  • No major programme-shaping gaps flagged.

Customer Questions

  • How are you planning to score integration realism versus claimed capability breadth?
  • Who will own the commercial and delivery trade-offs if a systems integrator sits above multiple specialist suppliers?
  • What evidence would give you confidence that user adoption and operational utility are real before award?

Programme Context

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Recommended Evaluation Criteria

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Recommended Weighting Model

Incentive Design

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Programme Failure Modes / Risks

  • Integration: Programme could underweight cross-platform integration complexity and create late delivery drag. | Customer message: Integration realism should be scored explicitly, not assumed.
  • Commercial: Commercial approach may reward route access over controllable delivery ownership. | Customer message: Commercial structure should reinforce delivery outcomes, not just contract convenience.
  • Security: Security and assurance responsibilities may be fragmented across suppliers. | Customer message: Assurance should be scored as delivery confidence, not treated as post-award cleanup.
  • User Adoption: User workflow fit could be underweighted relative to headline technical claims. | Customer message: Operational utility should be visible in award criteria, not assumed after deployment.

Recommended Evaluation Criteria

  • Integration and Interoperability (30.0%): Named interfaces, transition logic, and realistic legacy integration ownership.
  • Delivery Confidence (20.0%): Named owners, credible assurance model, phased rollout logic, and risk controls.
  • Technical Approach (20.0%): Define scoring logic.
  • Security and Assurance (15.0%): Named assurance owners, security controls, and evidence path.
  • Supply Chain Resilience (10.0%): Define scoring logic.
  • Commercial Value (5.0%): Transparent commercial model and clear whole-life value.

SI Incentivisation and Commercial Model

  • Integration Success: Reward suppliers for hitting agreed integration milestones across legacy platforms and new services. | Desired behaviour: Solve integration risk early and visibly.
  • Open Architecture / Reuse: Incentivise reusable interfaces and lower future change cost. | Desired behaviour: Avoid proprietary lock-in and hidden integration drag.
  • User Adoption: Link value to user uptake and operational utility. | Desired behaviour: Deliver something crews will actually use well.
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