OUR SERVICES

  • futures

    We are a futures consultancy. Preparing you today for an uncertain new world.

    > Our Future.Ctrl methodology
    > Futures techniques including forecasting and horizon scanning
    > Workshops, wargaming and redteaming

    Our approach to futures thinking

  • data

    We use analytics in everything we do, making robust policy recommendations for you founded on facts. Putting data at the heart of your work to deliver targeted change.

    > Insight and analysis
    > Visualisation
    > Collection

    How we use data

  • digital

    We deploy the latest digital tools to ensure solutions to your problems have an impact. Our user-centered approach creates something unique for you and your organisation.

    > Data dashboard
    > Platform creation
    > Agile delivery

    How we use digital tools

  • legacy

    We judge success on how well you thrive after we have left. Our legacy is to leave you and your teams up-skilled and self-sufficient.

    > Policy advisory and delivery
    > Building organisation’s futures capability
    > Government and stakeholder relations

    How we work with you

FUTURES

We have partnered with leading international organisations, including Good Judgment Inc, to deliver an end-to-end futures service. Implementing the policies now that mitigate against the threats and realise the opportunities on your horizon. Building on our Future.Ctrl methodology, we take an academic and methodological approach to joining futures thinking with policy delivery. Providing you with accurate forecasts and probability scores, and with workshop training to help your colleagues engage with the latest thinking. Stress testing your organisation to ensure you and your stakeholders are prepared. Engaging with your leadership to focus on the things you should and should not be prioritising.

We are an approved supplier of Government as part of the Futures Procurement Framework and our framework prospectus can be found here.

DATA

We are specialists in data visualisation and feedback loops. Our work is always bespoke, targeted, trackable and measurable for you, long after we have left your organisation. All ForgeFront colleagues have data expertise and are Azure and Power BI qualified. Collaborating with the best data faculties at leading universities to ensure you remain on the cutting edge. Understanding of existing data lakes that can help you to fill in the gaps we identify.

Our high-calibre quantitative and qualitative skills, including econometric analysis and Delphi-style surveys and interviews have been utilised across of diverse projects. We have collaborated with clients to produce data-based policy recommendations on national security threats, the prioritisation of promising new export markets for healthcare services and creating robust indicators for measuring different future global supply chain scenarios.

DIGITAL

We are digital natives, utilising the latest tools such as cutting edge LLM-backed research methods that have a transformational impact on you and your organisation. We partner with industry leading suppliers who understand the power of our proposition to deliver you a first-in-class digital service.

We create intuitive digital platforms to harness the insights of your stakeholders without friction. We build interactive tools to teach and upskill you and your colleagues in the power of futures and foresight.

Our policy and project professionals have worked on some of the Government’s biggest digital challenges. We have worked for the Government Digital Service (GDS) on projects including One Login for Government and the transformation of the Government’s Top 75 digital services.

legacy

We have built a unique proposition based on our deep experience as civil servants that helps us achieve this. This forms part of Future.Ctrl. It’s about identifying specific points for meaningful intervention and bringing you along with us throughout the project’s journey. Recognising throughout that our recommendations are only achievable if they can be sustainably actioned by you long after we have gone. This work is informed by our assessment of and experience working with other consultancies in Government. Our relationship is based on forging new fronts together.

We are an approved supplier of Government as part of the Low Value Purchase System (LVPS), allowing the public sector access to our research and insights and contingency labour services for below threshold values. More information about the LVPM can be found here.

Procurement information

  • Futures procurement framework


    We are an approved UK Government supplier on the Futures Framework agreement.

    This allows a wide range of public sector organisations to procure us directly for projects under £50k (excl. VAT).

    More information is available on gov.uk.

  • Procurement act 2023


    Under Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 we can be directly awarded contracts that concern the development of prototypes, are urgent, or are in relation to security and defence.

    More information is available on legislation.gov.uk.

  • Low Value Purchasing System


    Instead of advertising on Contracts Finder, we can be awarded contracts through the Low Value Purchasing System (LVPS).

    More information is available on crowncommercial.gov.uk and cabinetoffice.gov.uk.

  • Defence Procurement Frameworks

    We are approved suppliers on dstl’s ASTRID framework (including Task 411 - Universal Wargaming Construct) and on R-Cloud which provides for opportunities across the UK’s Ministry of Defence.

    More information is avaible from gov.uk and contracts.mod.uk.