Policy Workbench • The Economist Analysis

Public Procurement Values vs Capability Trade-off Evaluator

Operationalizing the UK NHS data infrastructure dilemma: How should public procurement weigh proprietary capability and transition frictions against leadership ideological alignment and sovereign data safeguards?

Policy Presets:
MCDA Criteria Weights Sum: 100%
Technical Capability 35%
Data ingestion speed, analytics depth, ontology tooling.
Data Governance & Sovereignty 25%
Ring-fencing, local IP ownership, access compartmentalization.
Switching Friction & Resilience 20%
Migration delay avoidance, live uptime protection, legacy sync.
Values & Reputational Alignment 20%
Public trust, parliamentary committee alignment, vendor neutrality.
Disqualifies contractors failing parliamentary values alignment regardless of raw technical superiority.
Contractor Trade-off Frontier Pareto Efficiency Space
Rank Contractor Approach Capability Governance Switching Values Composite Score
Strategic Procurement Assessment

Evaluating...

Optimal Choice
-
Capability Margin
+0 pts
Ethical Discount Penalty
0 pts
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