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  "lastUpdated": "2026-05-17",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "economAIcs Group Ltd",
    "url": "https://economaicsgroup.com",
    "contact": "hello@economaicsgroup.com",
    "registeredAddress": "The Kiln, 2 Copenhagen Street, Worcester, WR1 2HB, England",
    "companyNumber": "17165141",
    "founder": "Benjamin Ross"
  },
  "system": {
    "name": "The Transport Brain",
    "category": "The operating layer for transport bidding. Bid intelligence and audit-grade compliance for UK public transport.",
    "oneLine": "An intelligence and compliance system for UK public transport operators that ensures they stay ahead of every competitor and trust every output their AI produces.",
    "pillars": [
      {
        "name": "Intelligence",
        "claim": "Know more, so you stay ahead.",
        "scope": "Live tender monitoring before competitors see opportunities. Evidence-backed bid-strength scoring with stated error bars and transparent drivers. Competitor modelling by authority. Institutional memory codified. Post-award intelligence compounding into rebid advantage."
      },
      {
        "name": "Compliance",
        "claim": "Control your AI, so you can trust its output.",
        "scope": "Every retrieval logged with source citation. Every score traceable. Every claim defensible. No hallucinations. No model training on client data. Sovereign data jurisdiction. Procurement Act 2023-aligned by design. Audit-grade by default."
      }
    ],
    "boundary": "UK public transport only. Bus, rail, ferry, transport technology, specialist advisory."
  },
  "agents": [
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      "id": "brain",
      "name": "The Brain",
      "role": "Institutional Memory and Personalised Bid AI",
      "oneLine": "A retrieval-augmented generation system built entirely from the client's own documents.",
      "capabilities": [
        "Plain-English queries return source-cited answers with confidence scores",
        "Bid DNA extraction — the language and evidence patterns of historical wins",
        "Vector-indexed retrieval across the client's full document library",
        "Versioned audit trail on every retrieval"
      ],
      "inputs": [
        "Bid history (won and lost)",
        "Fleet specifications and operational data",
        "Policy documents",
        "Mobilisation plans",
        "Evaluation criteria documents"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "Source-cited answers to natural-language queries",
        "Confidence scores per answer",
        "Versioned retrieval log"
      ],
      "compliance": [
        "No model training on client data",
        "Sovereign data jurisdiction (UK/EU)",
        "Audit-grade by default"
      ],
      "skillCardUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/skills/brain.md",
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      "tags": ["RAG", "institutional-memory", "personalised-bid-AI", "bid-DNA", "audit-grade"]
    },
    {
      "id": "scout",
      "name": "The Scout",
      "role": "Continuous Signal Intelligence",
      "oneLine": "Continuous monitoring of Find a Tender and Contracts Finder for UK transport opportunities.",
      "capabilities": [
        "Live OCDS API consumption from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder",
        "Filtering against transport CPV codes 60000000–63700000",
        "Scoring against client ICP profile",
        "Prior Information Notice monitoring — surfaces opportunities 90+ days before formal release",
        "Bid-strength ranking with stated error bars before human review"
      ],
      "inputs": [
        "Client ICP profile",
        "Find a Tender OCDS feed",
        "Contracts Finder OCDS feed",
        "Historical award and competitor data"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "Ranked pipeline of qualified opportunities",
        "Early-signal alerts from PIN monitoring",
        "Procurement Act 2023 alignment flags per tender"
      ],
      "compliance": [
        "Public OCDS data only",
        "Audit-grade by default"
      ],
      "skillCardUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/skills/scout.md",
      "publicPageUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/agents#scout",
      "tags": ["tender-monitoring", "OCDS", "PIN", "CPV", "bid-strength", "Procurement-Act-2023"]
    },
    {
      "id": "analyst",
      "name": "The Analyst",
      "role": "Quantitative Win Logic",
      "oneLine": "Evidence-backed bid-strength scoring with stated error bars and transparent plain-English drivers. Not a black box.",
      "capabilities": [
        "Bid-strength score (0–100) with stated error bars and traceable drivers",
        "Competitor modelling by authority, sector and contract value",
        "Red team mode — argues the case against the bid before submission",
        "Real-time in-flight scoring as the Ghostwriter drafts"
      ],
      "inputs": [
        "Live tender notice (from Scout or manually loaded)",
        "Client historical performance",
        "Authority award patterns",
        "Competitor public bid records"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "Bid-strength score (0–100) with stated error bars",
        "Driver-level breakdown",
        "Red team challenge report",
        "Real-time score updates"
      ],
      "compliance": [
        "Every score driver traceable",
        "Defensible under procurement audit"
      ],
      "skillCardUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/skills/analyst.md",
      "publicPageUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/agents#analyst",
      "tags": ["bid-strength", "competitor-modelling", "red-team", "in-flight-scoring"]
    },
    {
      "id": "ghostwriter",
      "name": "The Ghostwriter",
      "role": "Strategic Synthesis",
      "oneLine": "Drafts approximately 75% of the bid from the Brain's institutional knowledge.",
      "capabilities": [
        "Criteria-aware first drafts structured against evaluation weighting",
        "Compliance Guardian monitors throughout for Procurement Act 2023 alignment",
        "Live source citation on every claim",
        "Brain-linked retrieval as the draft develops"
      ],
      "inputs": [
        "Tender response template and evaluation criteria",
        "Brain retrieval results",
        "Client win narrative direction"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "Draft responses to each evaluation criterion",
        "Source citations per claim",
        "Compliance Guardian flags for evaluator alignment"
      ],
      "compliance": [
        "Every claim source-cited",
        "Procurement Act 2023-aligned by design",
        "Audit trail on every generation"
      ],
      "skillCardUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/skills/ghostwriter.md",
      "publicPageUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/agents#ghostwriter",
      "tags": ["bid-drafting", "criteria-aware", "compliance-guardian", "Procurement-Act-2023"]
    },
    {
      "id": "partner",
      "name": "The Partner",
      "role": "Consortium Intelligence and Governance",
      "oneLine": "Zero-contradiction engine for consortium bids.",
      "capabilities": [
        "Real-time scoring across all partner contributions",
        "Contradiction detection during drafting (day 3, not day -2)",
        "Full governance audit trail from day one",
        "Multi-partner submission orchestration"
      ],
      "inputs": [
        "Partner organisations and their contributions",
        "Live tender response in development",
        "Each partner's compliance and evidence base"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "Real-time contradiction alerts",
        "Cross-partner consistency scores",
        "Consortium audit trail"
      ],
      "compliance": [
        "Multi-tenant governance",
        "Audit trail by default"
      ],
      "skillCardUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/skills/partner.md",
      "publicPageUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/agents#partner",
      "tags": ["consortium", "contradiction-detection", "governance", "audit-trail"]
    },
    {
      "id": "steward",
      "name": "The Steward",
      "role": "Post-Award Intelligence and Compounding Data Moat",
      "oneLine": "Post-award intelligence where every other tool goes dark.",
      "capabilities": [
        "Live KPI monitoring against bid commitments",
        "Rebid window alerts 12–24 months before re-procurement",
        "Continuous compliance monitoring through the contract lifecycle",
        "Performance evidence base for rebid advantage"
      ],
      "inputs": [
        "Awarded contract terms and KPIs",
        "Operational performance data",
        "Mobilisation milestones"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "Live KPI dashboard",
        "Rebid intelligence pack at re-procurement window",
        "Audit-ready performance evidence base"
      ],
      "compliance": [
        "Continuous compliance monitoring",
        "Audit trail by default"
      ],
      "skillCardUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/skills/steward.md",
      "publicPageUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/agents#steward",
      "tags": ["post-award", "rebid", "KPI", "compounding-data-moat"]
    }
  ],
  "services": [
    {
      "name": "Discover",
      "type": "fixed-fee one-off",
      "tiers": [
        {
          "tier": "Qualification",
          "fee": "£1,500",
          "scope": "Five founder-hours. Go/no-go memo + ICP fit + evidence-backed bid-strength + social value posture + 3 commercial questions. Bid Consulting entry point."
        },
        {
          "tier": "Discover",
          "fee": "£5,000",
          "scope": "Brain + Analyst + Ghostwriter pass on one live tender. 7-day delivery. Brain Deployment entry point."
        }
      ],
      "publicUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/pricing#discover"
    },
    {
      "name": "Brain Deployment",
      "type": "fixed-fee deploy + monthly operate",
      "tiers": [
        { "tier": "Single", "deploy": "£5,000", "operate": "£500/month", "deployment": "≈1 week", "documents": "up to 250", "ICP": "single operator £5–25m; single-product tech vendor 5–15 bid responses/year; solo bid practice 5–15 bids/year" },
        { "tier": "Group", "deploy": "£7,500", "operate": "£1,000/month", "deployment": "≈2 weeks", "documents": "up to 1,000", "ICP": "multi-operator group £25–100m; multi-product tech vendor 15–40 bid responses/year; mid-market consultancy 15–40 bids/year" },
        { "tier": "Enterprise", "deploy": "£10,000+", "operate": "£2,000+/month", "deployment": "≈3 weeks", "documents": "unbounded", "ICP": "PLC/national operator £100m+; platform vendor / Tier-1 integrator; Tier-1 consultancy (Arup / Mott / Atkins scale)", "extras": "Procurement Act 2023 Transparency Pack included" }
      ],
      "included": {
        "coPilotHours": "2 per quarter (founder-led 60-min sessions on any live tender)",
        "buildState": "Operate fee covers all modules as activated during the term; no separate charge for module activation. See module roadmap."
      },
      "addOns": {
        "coPilotExtra": "£500/hour or 4-pack £1,800"
      },
      "publicUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/pricing#brain-deployment",
      "moduleRoadmapUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/module-roadmap"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bid Consulting",
      "type": "fixed-fee per bid",
      "principle": "Fixed fee per bid. No day rates.",
      "subTiers": [
        {
          "tier": "Qualification",
          "fee": "£1,500",
          "hours": "5 founder-hours",
          "overrun": "£350/hour OR upgrade to Bid Strategy (£3,500 net) OR stop"
        },
        {
          "tier": "Bid Strategy",
          "fee": "£5,000",
          "hours": "25 founder-hours",
          "overrun": "£350/hour OR upgrade to Full Engagement (£15,000 net) OR stop"
        },
        {
          "tier": "Full Bid Engagement",
          "fee": "£20,000",
          "hours": "80 founder-hours",
          "included": "90 days Brain Deploy + Operate access. Day-90 choice point: convert to ongoing Operate OR Brain Portability export.",
          "overrun": "£350/hour OR written scope variation"
        }
      ],
      "publicUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/pricing#bid-consulting"
    },
    {
      "name": "UK Public Transport Tender Intelligence Report",
      "type": "free",
      "cadence": "quarterly",
      "firstEdition": "Q2 2026",
      "publicUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/pricing#intelligence-report"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bid Mechanics Diagnostic",
      "type": "free",
      "format": "9-question diagnostic, ~90 seconds",
      "publicUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/diagnostic"
    }
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    "label": "Validation Cohort",
    "launchDate": "2026-07-01",
    "pilotTerm": "3 calendar months from Day 0 onboarding; Month-4 conversion-or-step-away decision",
    "fee": "£1,500 upfront, one-time",
    "included": [
      "Full Brain Deploy",
      "Operate platform access (Brain + every live module per build-state rider + Living tier alerts)"
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      "Bid Consulting (separate SKU at published rates)",
      "Co-Pilot Hours (separate SKU at published rates)"
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    "founderDiscretionFallback": "£500/month × 3 conversational fallback for cashflow concerns",
    "costTruthLine": "Off during 3-month pilot for all customers; activates at Month-4 conversion per phased rollout (consultancy + tech-vendor from FC#1; operator partners from day 90)",
    "cohortCap": "~50 founder-network contacts approached; 10–15 expected takers",
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      "earnedBy": "First 10 to convert at Month 4",
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        "Price-lock-for-life on band converted to",
        "5 Co-Pilot Hours per quarter",
        "First-crack-at-new-modules",
        "Named in case studies (with approval)",
        "Direct roadmap-input line",
        "Brain Portability explicit in T&Cs"
      ]
    },
    "cohortCloses": "FP#10-converted OR 31 Dec 2026",
    "segmentInclusion": "Operator + transport-tech vendor + consultancy segments all eligible",
    "publicUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/pricing#validation-cohort"
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    "promise": "Your Brain goes with you in 7 days. If you decide to leave, we export your indexed corpus and all derived artefacts in machine-readable form.",
    "mechanism": "No vendor lock-in. Day-90 walkthrough on Full Engagement closes choose-or-export decision. Explicit in T&Cs.",
    "publicUrl": "https://economaicsgroup.com/pricing#brain-portability"
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    "currency": "GBP",
    "vat": "Add VAT at prevailing UK rate"
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