Questions buyers ask

Whit a supplier assessment asks us

RODMENA is saxteen month auld. Thae are the questions a suitability assessment pits tae a company o that age, wi oor answers, pit oot sae ye can read them afore ye ask.

Can ye gie twa references fur contracts o similar size an scope?

We hae nae customer references yit.

RODMENA was incorporated in May 2025 an is lookin for its first engagements. If yer process asks for twa references, we cannae gie them. Ye are readin that here, afore stage twa o yer evaluation, because it is gaun tae come up either way.

Here is what we offer in their place, an will pit in a contract:

A technical session wi the engineers that wad dae the wark, afore ye commit tae onythin.
Access tae oor ain systems as a reference environment. The platforms oan this site run this company, an ye can inspect thaim.
A paid pilot at a scope ye set, wi the success test agreed in writin afore it starts.
Pye stage payments agin milestones that hae been delivered, sae ye are niver exposed ony farder nor the last thing we haundit ower.
A first contract sized tae the accounts we can shaw.

A first customer gets a supplier wi awthin tae prove an naethin else competin fur its attention.

What happens if yer director is no available?

The systems are the handover.

RODMENA is led bi its director, Farshid Ashouri, wha is forby its sole person wi signeeficant control. Ingineerin is delivered bi a bench o contract ingineers, an we expec tae employ ingineers directly as projects become sustainable.

A buyer assessin key-person risk is askin whether the wark survives ane person bein awa. Whit we can evidence is that the operatin knowledge is written doun as it is produced:

Ilka platform we rin documents itsel in oor knowledge base, which is the system o record for operational documentation athort the estate.
Ilka release o ilka platform is biggit an recordit bi oor continuous integration, sae a deployment can be reproducit withoot the bodie that made it.
Ilka credential is haudit in Haven, sae access disnae depend on ae laptop.
Ilka commercial record is in Trace, an the books is in Ledger.

That is a wee-er answer nor a muckle team, an ilka line o it is something we can shaw ye on the day.

Can ye gie thrie year o filed accounts?

No. The company is saxteen month auld an haes yin.

RODMENA is fundit by its director. Thair is nae external investment an nae debt, sae thair is nae investor timetable, nae lender, an nae third pairty whase interests sit atween us an a customer. It also means the companie isna dependent on winnin onie parteecular contract tae keep operatin.

We ken yin set o accoonts is less nor a financial staunin check uisually expects. Whaur a contract is mair nor the accoonts can support, the routes we can offer are the staunart yins:

A director’s guarantee.
A performance bond.
Escrow o source code an deployment material.
Stage peyments agin delivered milestones.
A first contract sized tae the accoonts available, wi scope growin as the record daes.

Dae ye yaise subcontractors, an whaur are thay?

Aye. Delivery is by contract engineers engaged by RODMENA in the UK.

Whaur a contract requairs it, we name ivery subcontractor that wad hae access tae yer systems or yer data afore the wark begins. They are engagit unner the same confidentiality and data-protection terms that bind us, and the same access controls.

The third pairties that process data on oor ain estate are leetit wi their purpose an location in the sub-processor table on the Trust Centre.

Haes yer staff security clearance?

No at the nou.

Nae body at RODMENA hauds BPSS, SC or a DBS check at the meenit. Whaur a contract needs clearance, we sponsor an complete it afore that wark starts, an we say sae at bid stage sae the timetable is yours tae plan roon.

If clearance is a condeetion o pairteecipation fur yer procurement, tell us at the earliest stage an we will confirm whether we can meet the timetable.

What insurance dae ye haud?

Cyber insurance is in place; professional indemnity, public liability and employer’s liability cover is bound under one policy from 1 November 2026.

Cyber insurance in place. Evidence available on request from security@rodmena.co.uk.

The policy comes wi oor Cyber Essentials certificate an runs fur the same period. Subject tae its terms an limit, it pays fur incident response, the costs o handlin a cyber incident (legal advice, IT forensics, data recovery, notifyin fowk that's affected an public relations), loss o income while oor systems is interrupted, data protection investigations an fines (whaur the law permits), an claims fae third pairties efter a data breach or security failure. It disnae cover money stown throu cyber-crime or invoice fraud, an it isnae professional indemnity or public liability cover.

Professional indemnity, public liability an employer’s liability cover is bundit unner ae policy an starts on 1 November 2026. Cover is pit tae the limits a contract requires an evidencit afore signature.

The current status o ilka policy is furthset on the Trust Centre.

Whaur the evidence bides

If yer assessment asks somethin this page disna answer, write tae sales@rodmena.co.uk an we will answer it here as weel as tae yersel.