Three phases, not six products
The six funding capabilities (readiness, strategic planning, administration, programme operations, capacity building, and data & reporting) map into three commercial phases. You engage at the phase that matches where your funding actually is.
Phase 01 · Paid entry point
Pre-Grant Phase
Readiness, programme design and funding pathway strategy before submission or delivery.
Fixed-fee or scoped project fee
- Funding Readiness assessment and scoring
- Strategic Planning and programme design
- Grant and tender opportunity review
- Budget and KPI structuring
- Governance and delivery fit assessment
- Proceed, remediate or no-go recommendation
Phase 02 · Once funding is live
Grant Administration & Compliance
Contract administration, reporting, acquittals, funder liaison and audit readiness.
Aligned to programme admin caps
- Contract administration and obligation tracking
- Periodic reporting and acquittals
- Audit preparation and evidence control
- Compliance documentation and approval flow
- Funder liaison and communications log
- Admin cost structure defence
Phase 03 · Active delivery
Programme Management & Operations
Active delivery coordination, governance, reporting systems and long-term oversight.
Sized to programme, reporting load and operating responsibility
- Programme Operations and delivery coordination
- Milestone, risk and dependency management
- Capacity Building & Governance uplift
- Data, Monitoring & Reporting Systems
- Cross-programme and multi-grant oversight
- Grant-funded management allocations where eligible
Typical inclusions across the model
The six operational capabilities sit inside the three phases. Each has a detailed scope page explaining what the work actually involves. These aren't priced separately. They're combined into the engagement phase that applies.
Funding Readiness
Eligibility, programme design, budget and KPI framework, readiness scoring and risk assessment.
PRE-GRANTStrategic Planning
Long-term direction, programme frameworks, management plans and stakeholder alignment.
PRE-GRANTGrant Administration & Compliance
Contract administration, reporting, acquittals, audit readiness and funder liaison.
ADMINProgramme Operations
Delivery coordination, milestone control, governance and operational oversight.
OPSCapacity Building & Governance
Governance frameworks, policies, quality controls, mentoring and management development.
OPSData, Monitoring & Reporting Systems
KPI tracking, reporting frameworks, dashboards, evidence systems and audit-ready documentation.
OPSHow the phases sequence
Each phase enables the next. Readiness filters risk and makes the programme fundable. Administration holds funding accountable through delivery. Operations carries the actual work.
Phase 01
Pre-Grant
Make the project fundable. Readiness, programme design, strategic planning.
Phase 02
Administration & Compliance
Keep funding alive. Reporting, acquittals, audit readiness, funder liaison.
Phase 03
Programme Operations
Run the delivery. Coordination, governance, systems, long-term oversight.
“We set pricing based on the systems and accountability required to support funded delivery. Not on whether a grant gets written, and not on fluctuating monthly activity.”
LIAM BREHME · FOUNDER, QWRKI
When pricing is fixed vs scoped
Fixed-fee pricing applies when
The work has a clear output, a defined scope, and a bounded timeline. This is how Phase 01 usually runs.
- • Single readiness assessment with a defined funding opportunity
- • Strategic planning engagement with clear deliverables
- • Budget and KPI structuring for a specific programme
- • Governance review with a scoped remit
Scoped pricing applies when
The work is ongoing, multi-stream, or tied to active programme delivery. This is how Phase 02 and Phase 03 usually run.
- • Multi-year funded programmes with recurring reporting
- • Cross-programme oversight across multiple grants
- • Programme operations with governance and systems work
- • Administration tied to programme admin cap logic
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