Bid Engine

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Knowledge bank

Every guide, policy, playbook and evidence standard behind the governed bid engine, owned and dated so you always know what is current.

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18

Maintained by named owners

Categories

6

Bid flow to AI rules

Data banks

3 · 26 layers

Dossier, pursuit, market

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4,990

Last 90 days

All layers, in sequence

3 of 18 layers live · 8 surfaces

Layers run in sequence from 1 to 18. The Market Foundation Bank holds layers 1 to 6 and the Pursuit and Win Bank holds layers 7 to 18. Live layers open straight into the content behind them. Planned layers are held in the source bank until their surfaces are built.

Layer numbering matches the data banks below.

Where each layer lives

  • 00 · 02 · 03Purpose · Regimes · Named humans
  • 04 · 06 · 10Model cards · Retrieval · Access
  • 05 · 07Data lineage · Evidence provenance
  • 08 · 09Consent & PII · Redaction
  • 11 · 15Release cadence · Board sponsorship
  • 12Dual-sequence orchestrator
  • 13Prompt registry
  • 14Reviewer discipline
  • 16Discriminator injection

Data banks

Three stores behind the engine

Knowledge is held in three separate stores. The NN Data Dossier holds everything about Neptune North, the Pursuit and Win Bank holds layers 7 to 18, and the Market Foundation Bank holds layers 1 to 6.

NN Data Dossier

Everything about Neptune North. The single firm record. Who we are, what we sell, what we have delivered, who signed it and when it was last checked.

dossier_entries

Executive Guardian (CEO / CFO sign-off)

Updated 2026-07-26

RetrievalAnswers first on any claim about Neptune North

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Pursuit and Win Bank

Layers 7 to 18. The pursuit-specific stack that turns market and firm knowledge into a scored, governed, winning response.

kb_pursuit

Bid Director

Updated 2026-07-24

RetrievalAnswers first on how to run and win a pursuit

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Market Foundation Bank

Layers 1 to 6. The sector and supply-side foundation. What is true about the market before any single buyer or bid is considered.

kb_market

Head of Research

Updated 2026-07-22

RetrievalSupports the pursuit bank, never overrides the dossier

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Defence layer

Where Neptune North is strong

Defence and national security work runs on the same governed flow with an added handling layer for classification, clearance and supply chain assurance. These are the positions the firm competes on and the proof that stands behind each one.

6 of 6 strengths

Secure by design delivery

Security architecture, assurance and accreditation built into the delivery method rather than bolted on at the end.

ProofCyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001 scoped to delivery teams, with an auditable control ledger per engagement.

BuyersMOD, national security, critical national infrastructure

Assured data handling and classification

Classification aware pipelines, redaction before any model call and a full record of who saw what and when.

ProofRedaction statistics and access records held against every file in the engine and exportable for audit.

BuyersDefence digital, intelligence support, policing

Sovereign capability and cleared people

UK based, UK cleared teams with SC and DV coverage and named continuity for long running programmes.

ProofClearance currency and availability tracked in the NN Data Dossier and surfaced in the key people plan.

BuyersMOD, Home Office, Cabinet Office

Integration without operational disruption

Modernising alongside legacy estates so capability keeps running through the transition.

ProofPhased cutover patterns and rollback evidence drawn from comparable public sector estates.

BuyersDefence enabling functions, logistics and support commands

Supply chain resilience

Subcontractor assurance held to the same evidential standard as our own, with flow down of security obligations.

ProofPartner certification, clearance and performance records versioned in the evidence library.

BuyersPrime contractors and MOD framework call-offs

Auditable governance record

Every gate, approval, AI run and reviewer decision timestamped and reconstructable after award.

ProofImmutable audit log and run snapshots exportable per bid.

BuyersAny authority operating under heightened scrutiny

Handling controls

  • Classify the opportunity at intake and set the handling rule before any document is uploaded.
  • Route OFFICIAL SENSITIVE and above away from general agents, with human only drafting where the contract requires it.
  • Confirm clearance currency for every named person before the key people plan is submitted.
  • Record the procurement regime, defence or otherwise, so gate thresholds and timelines are generated correctly.
  • Flow security obligations to every subcontractor and hold their evidence in the same library.

Financial services layer

Where Neptune North is strong

Financial services work runs on the same governed flow with an added regulatory layer for evidence currency, named accountability and model risk. These are the positions the firm competes on and the proof that stands behind each one.

Signed sources and named signatories

No claim reaches the drafting engine without a named signatory of appropriate seniority, and no unsigned source can be cited in a final response.

ProofEvery signature carries a name, role, SMF or SMCR-mapped responsibility where relevant, timestamp, and a cryptographic hash of the signed content.

BuyersFirms operating under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, ring-fenced banks, listed insurers.

Handling controls

  • Classify the opportunity at intake against the buyer's regulatory perimeter, and set the evidence-signing rule before any document is uploaded.
  • Route any material touching prudential, conduct or operational-resilience regimes through a named signatory of appropriate seniority - SMF-mapped where the buyer operates under SM&CR.
  • Confirm evidence currency for every cited source before the response is submitted, and refuse citations older than the buyer's stated recency threshold.
  • Record the procurement regime - Public Contracts Regulations, PRA outsourcing, FCA operational resilience or the buyer's own framework - so gate thresholds and timelines are generated correctly.
  • Flow assurance obligations to every subcontractor and hold their signed evidence in the same library, refreshed on the buyer's stated cadence.

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