Have a project
to discuss?
Send us a clear outline of what it is, where it stands, and the role you have in mind for us. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.
How organisations engage with us, what we ask for, and what happens at each stage. No surprises.
The process below applies to projects brought to us by an external organisation. Its purpose is to make sure both parties know where they stand before anyone commits time, money or reputation to a piece of work.
Organisations contact us through our official channels with an outline of the project or opportunity. The more clearly that outline is set out, the faster we can give you a useful answer.
What helps most at this stage: what the project is, where it is located, what stage it has reached, who the parties are, and what role you have in mind for SamadRock. A short, specific summary is worth more than a long, general one.
Where a project originates with you, preparing and submitting that initial outline is your responsibility. We do not prepare initial proposals on behalf of third parties before an engagement exists.
Every genuine enquiry is reviewed. We look at whether the project fits our areas of work, whether it is at a stage where we could add something useful, and whether we could resource it properly alongside our existing commitments.
An enquiry or a discussion is not acceptance. Talking to us — by email, on a call, or in a meeting — does not mean we have taken your project on, agreed to provide services, or committed anything. Any engagement follows the process set out here, and is confirmed in writing.
If a project is not right for us, we would rather say so early than let it drift. That is not a judgement on the project; often it is about timing, stage or our own capacity.
Before a formal review, we need enough information to form a considered view. What that means varies with the project, but it generally covers:
We may ask for more, or for clarification. Where the information provided is incomplete or not sufficient to assess the opportunity meaningfully, we may defer or decline consideration rather than proceed on an unclear basis.
We commit resources once appropriate commercial arrangements are in place. Before we prepare technical documentation, commercial proposals, studies, business plans or project strategies for an external party, the scope of work, the terms and the funding arrangements are agreed.
This is not a barrier — it is what makes delivery possible. Work done without an agreed scope tends to be work nobody has properly specified, resourced or accepted responsibility for. Agreeing terms first protects both sides: you know what you are getting, and we can commit the right people to it.
Where appropriate, we may ask for evidence of funding arrangements or corporate authority before progressing. This is standard commercial practice and applies regardless of the size of the project.
Formal work begins once the appropriate agreements are complete. At that point the scope is defined, the responsibilities of each party are set out, and the commercial terms are settled.
From there, the engagement is governed by what has been agreed in writing rather than by expectation. If the scope needs to change — and on real projects it sometimes does — that change is agreed in the same way.
We are direct about this because misunderstanding it causes real problems later. An early conversation with SamadRock does not mean:
Any of those follow from a written agreement, and only from a written agreement. Until then, a discussion is a discussion — a useful one, we hope, but nothing more than that.
Projects fail for predictable reasons: unclear scope, unfunded work, assumed authority, and expectations nobody wrote down. Most of it is avoidable.
Our process exists to catch those problems at the beginning, when they cost a conversation, rather than in delivery, when they cost a project.
It also means that when we do say yes, you can rely on it.
Enquiries, proposals and supporting documentation should come through our official channels so that they are properly logged and reviewed.
Correspondence received outside these channels, or from individuals who are not authorised representatives of SamadRock Ltd, should not be relied upon. See Authority to Represent SamadRock.
Send us a clear outline of what it is, where it stands, and the role you have in mind for us. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.