Stage gates that cannot be skipped.
GovIQ maps capital delivery to the CWMF stage gate process and enforces the hard locks: a tender stage cannot start until the prior stage is approved, the estimated value locks at detailed design, and the approver can never be the author of the artefacts they sign off.
G0 to G3 — each transition governed.
Strategic + Brief
Need, brief, design team procured
Developed Design
Planning, Part M, HIQA
Detailed Design
Value locks · contractor procurement
Construct + Handover
Administration, defects, close-out
The rules the engine will not let you break.
- Stage 4 (Tender) cannot start unless Stage 3 (Detailed Design) is approved.
- Stage 5 (Construct) cannot start until tender is approved, the contract award is recorded and standstill has elapsed.
- Estimated value locks at Stage 3 approval — changes after lock require re-approval at the original threshold.
- Segregation of duties: an approver cannot be an author of the stage artefacts.
- Handover cannot advance to final until the defects clock has elapsed.
Governance and the documents of record.
Threshold routing
Config-driven approval thresholds — per-authority overrides allowed for stricter rules only, never looser.
Board returns
Stage approvals and capital governance packs generated for CHO, AND, National Director and Department review.
SharePoint artefacts
Final artefacts of record are written to the authority's SharePoint with a sensitivity label and SHA-256 hash — Convex holds drafts only.
Design Team handoff
External design team consultants author values and artefacts under scoped, per-project access — but never approve.
Handover checklist
Defects, final account and close-out tracked to completion against the defects clock.
Audit chain
Every stage advance, approval and artefact upload joins the tenant-scoped audit chain.