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Ready to partner.
Ready for tender.
Right now.

Northforge maintains a live Prime Partner Pack ready to support time-sensitive tender responses. Once a partnering agreement is in place, we can move at the speed the tender demands.

the value we bring
Why prime with Northforge

Defence tenders don’t wait. When a prime needs a sovereign secure digital capability partner, Northforge is built to respond.

Our team has spent careers inside classified Defence environments. We don’t compete with primes — we specialise in what primes typically don’t: deep sovereign cloud platform delivery, accreditation acceleration, and the classified-environment credibility that gives tender evaluators confidence.

Sovereign and cleared. 100% Australian owned, cleared personnel, no FOCI risk. Passes probity without caveats.
Deep technical credibility. SECRET-level on-premises experience applied to PROTECTED cloud delivery. Operational, not theoretical.
Accreditation acceleration. The Forge Method™ reduces time-to-accreditation by ~50% — a credible differentiator in any tender evaluation.
Microsoft specialisation. Azure, M365, Entra ID, Intune, Defender, Sentinel and Copilot for M365 — the platforms most Defence programmes are moving to.
Tender-ready pack. CVs, case studies and capability statements ready to insert once a partnering agreement is established.
Tender timelines are short. Our partner pack isn’t.
Most Defence tenders give primes days — not weeks — to lock in their subcontractor team. Northforge maintains a continuously updated Prime Partner Pack. Once a partnering agreement is in place, we can move at the speed the tender demands.
available once partnering agreement established
What’s in the partner pack
DOC
Team CVs
Cleared personnel CVs formatted for Defence tender submission.
Clearance level statedProgramme experience highlightedMicrosoft certifications
PDF
Sanitised case studies
Outcome-focused case studies from Defence and regulated programme delivery.
PROTECTED cloud deliveryIRAP accreditation outcomesQuantified metrics
PDF
Capability statement
Concise capability statement covering core offerings and sovereign credentials.
Two-page and one-page formatsISM, IRAP, Essential 8Microsoft credentials
XLS
Commercial rate card
Labour categories and indicative rates structured to map to common Defence panel formats.
Role-based categoriesDay rate & fixed-priceCleared role variants
PDF
Past performance register
Structured register of relevant programme experience for tender past performance requirements.
Categorised by capabilityClassification indicatedReferee contacts on request
DOC
Corporate credentials
Insurance, ABN/ACN, DFAT registration, Microsoft partner status packaged for tender submission.
Professional indemnityDFAT / DSR registrationMicrosoft partner
sanitised · full versions in partner pack
Case study snapshots
Federal Defence Agency
PROTECTED collaboration — IRAP accreditation
PROTECTED
Programme stalled after 9 months. Northforge redesigned, produced full IRAP artefact package concurrently and achieved accreditation within the fixed deadline.
6wk
To IRAP-ready
0
Re-assessments
5mo
Total time
Defence-aligned Regulated Agency
Sovereign Azure landing zone — PROTECTED
PROTECTED
ISM-aligned Azure landing zone with hub-spoke architecture, identity-first security model and full governance framework stood up alongside the build.
8wk
Design to live
ISM
Aligned
E8
Compliant
Defence Programme — National Security
SECRET on-premises classified infrastructure
SECRET
Air-gapped, on-premises classified infrastructure — hardened endpoints, identity architecture and operational governance under strict classification controls.
SECRET
Classification
Air
Gapped
Full
Op governance
Commonwealth Regulatory Body
Zero Trust identity — Entra ID & Essential 8
PROTECTED
Complete Entra ID zero trust architecture — conditional access, PIM, MFA enforcement and device compliance. Essential 8 Maturity Level 3 achieved.
ML3
Essential 8
Zero
Trust
10wk
Delivery
from first contact to tender
How the partnering process works
01
Make contact
Reach out to discuss the opportunity, capability fit and commercial structure.
02
Agree to partner
A teaming or partnering agreement is put in place — protecting both parties.
03
Pack dispatched
CVs, case studies, capability statement and commercial rates provided promptly.
04
We deliver
If the bid is successful, Northforge mobilises as scoped — cleared, capable and ready from day one.

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