Questions buyers ask

Whit a supplier assessment asks us

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

Can ye gie twa references for contracts o similar size and scope?

We hae nae customer references yet.

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

Here is whit we offer in their place, and will pit in a contract:

A technical session wi the engineers that wad dae the wark, afore ye commit tae onything.
Access tae oor ain systems as a reference environment. The platforms on 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 delivered milestones, sae ye are niver exposed faurer nor the last thing we haundit ower.
A first contract sized tae the accoonts we can shaw.

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

Whit happens gin 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 deliverit bi a bench o contract ingineers, an we expeck tae employ ingineers directly as projects become sustainable.

A buyer assessin key-person risk is speirin 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, that is the system o record for operational documentation across the estate.
Ilka release o ilka platform is biggit an recordit bi oor continuous integration, sae a deployment can be reproducit withoot the person that made it.
Ilka credential is haudit in Haven, sae access disnae depend on ae laptop.
Ilka commercial record is in Trace, an the beuks is in Ledger.

That is a smawer answer than a muckle team, and ilka line o it is something we can shaw ye on the day.

Can ye gie three years o filed accounts?

Na. The company is saxteen month auld and haes ane.

RODMENA is fundit by its director. Thare is nae external investment and nae debt, sae thare is nae investor timetable, nae lender, and nae third pairty whase interests sit atween us and a customer. It also means the company isna dependent on winnin ony parteecular contract tae keep operatin.

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

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

Dae ye uise subcontractors, and whaur are thay?

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

Whaur a contract requires it, we name ilka subcontractor that wad hae access tae yer systems or yer data afore the wark begins. They are engaged 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 and location in the sub-processor table on the Trust Centre.

Haes yer staff security clearance?

No at the noo.

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

If clearance is a condition o participation for yer procurement, tell us at the earliest stage and we will confirm whether we can meet the timetable.

Whit 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 and runs for the same period. Subject tae its terms and limit, it pays for incident response, the costs o haundlin a cyber incident (legal advice, IT forensics, data recovery, notifeein fowk affectit and public relations), loss o income while oor systems are interruptit, data protection investigations and fines (whaur the law permits), and claims frae third pairties efter a data breach or security failure. It disna cover money stown throu cyber-crime or invoice fraud, and it is no professional indemnity or public liability cover.

Professional indemnity, public liability and employer’s liability cover is bound under one policy and starts on 1 November 2026. Cover is placed to the limits a contract requires and evidenced before signature.

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

Whaur the evidence bides

If yer assessment speirs something this page disna answer, write tae sales@rodmena.co.uk and we will answer it here as weel as tae yersel.