How we vet every partner before their first project
Quality is the brand. Delivery Partners, Marketing Partners, ISVs, Prime Contractors, Public Sector agencies, and MSPs each follow a structured onboarding track — protecting clients, and protecting partners' reputations too. Pick your track below to see every stage.
Choose your track
Every partner type has its own path. Pick yours to see each stage, what we ask for, and how long it takes — or use the arrows to browse all six.
🚚 Delivery Partner
Six stages from application to your first certified engagement.
Development and consulting firms that build and deliver Data Arcade packages.
Application & Company Profile
Company background, team size, platform certifications, industries served, and focus areas.
Capability & Certification Review
Technical assessment against our delivery methodology — platform certifications (Microsoft, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS), architecture depth, and QA practices.
References & Track Record
Client references and delivered-project reviews validating on-time, on-budget delivery.
Security, Compliance & NDA
Security posture review, insurance verification, background checks, and NDA execution.
Methodology Onboarding
Training on the Data Arcade delivery playbook — Azure DevOps/Jira standards, milestone cadence, QA gates, and documentation requirements.
Certification & First Engagement
Vetted badge, partner portal access, and a first project delivered with Logic Intelligence® oversight.
📣 Marketing Partner
Five stages from application to your first registered deal.
Referral and channel partners who bring projects to the marketplace and earn commission on referred project revenue.
Application
Company or individual profile, network and audience overview, and referral focus.
Brand & Audience Fit Review
Alignment check — audience quality, market segments, and brand standards.
Agreement & Deal Registration
Commission agreement — terms are shared once you’re accepted; models and levels vary by partner type and engagement — and deal-registration setup for full transparency.
Enablement
Co-branded assets, referral links, package collateral, and quote support from our team.
Activation
Partner portal access, pipeline visibility, and commissions paid on collected milestones — clean and predictable.
🧩 Independent Software Vendor
Six stages from introduction to a joint go-to-market alliance.
Platform vendors — like our current ISV partners — whose technology powers Data Arcade packages.
Alliance Application
Platform overview, partner-program details, and target customer segments.
Technical Validation
Joint architecture review — how the platform fits Data Arcade packages, reference architectures, and certification paths for delivery partners.
Commercial Alignment
Licensing and marketplace terms, co-sell registration, and incentive alignment.
Solution Integration
Packages built and certified on the platform, added to the marketplace catalog with clear scope and pricing.
Joint Go-to-Market
Marketplace listings, co-branded campaigns, and joint customer engagements.
Ongoing Alliance Review
Quarterly reviews of consumption, delivery quality, and roadmap alignment.
🏗️ Prime Contractor
Four stages from introduction to your first task order.
Systems integrators, consulting firms, cloud and software vendors, and federal or state primes that subcontract data & AI work directly to Data Arcade — one tier, no sub-subcontractors.
Introduction & Qualification
Firm profile, contract vehicles held, typical client sectors, and approximate subcontracting volume — plus the gaps on your bench we would fill.
Agreements & Compliance
Subcontract or teaming agreement with your flow-down terms, mutual NDA, insurance certificates, and our MBE/DBE and NMSDC documentation for your supplier-diversity reporting.
Package-to-SOW Mapping
Fixed-scope packages mapped to your statement-of-work structure at the Seattle hybrid workforce market rate, with the delivery model stated up front: U.S.-based Logic Intelligence® engineers, nearshore and offshore resources, and your customer’s team.
Kickoff & Governance
Named Account Manager, Logic Intelligence® sprint plan, weekly reporting cadence, Azure DevOps project board, and the first task order mobilized.
🏛️ Public Sector
Five stages from eligibility check to kickoff — no RFP required when your rules allow a direct award.
Agencies, districts, utilities and public education bodies that buy data & AI work directly, under their own direct-award or small-business threshold and subject to their procurement rules.
Eligibility Check
Your procurement office confirms the project fits under your direct-award or small-business threshold and which supplier-diversity goals it counts toward. We supply our identifiers and certifications (MBE, DBE, NMSDC, Oregon COBID, Washington OMWBE).
Contract-Vehicle Confirmation
Choose the vehicle: Washington State DES ITPS Contract 16322, Oregon Covendis, SAM.gov, or a direct purchase. Rate structures are already accepted — no new rate negotiation.
Scope Selection
Pick a fixed-scope marketplace package as the ready-made scope of work (or start with a free Data Circuit AI-roadmap assessment); we map it to your statement of work and milestones.
Purchase Order / Task Order
Your agency issues the PO or task order against the vehicle, with the milestone billing schedule attached. No change-order surprises.
Kickoff & Governance
Named Account Manager and U.S.-based project manager, sprint plan, weekly reporting, and FERPA/HIPAA-aware data handling where your data requires it.
🛠️ Managed Service Provider
Five stages from application to your first joint client.
MSPs that add Data Arcade’s data & AI packages — and Frontier Plans subscriptions — to the services they already run for their clients.
Application & Portfolio Fit
Client base, the stack you manage, current data or AI offerings, and the gaps your clients are asking you to fill.
Commercial Model
Resell under your brand, co-branded delivery, or referral only — margin and referral terms, deal registration, and who invoices whom.
Service Catalog Mapping
Which packages and Frontier Plans go into your catalog, how pricing is presented to your clients, and how quotes flow through Data Arcade.
Enablement
Co-branded assets, sales training on the packages, quote and Koi tooling, and a clear escalation path into Logic Intelligence®.
First Joint Client & Review
Named Account Manager, kickoff on the first engagement, and a quarterly review of pipeline, delivery quality and catalog fit.
The bar every partner meets
Proven Expertise
Certifications and a demonstrable track record on the platforms our packages are built on.
Security & Trust
Sound security practices, appropriate insurance, and clean compliance history.
Client-First Values
References that speak to collaboration, transparency, and follow-through.
Methodology Fit
Willingness to work inside our milestone-based, quality-gated delivery framework.
Ready to become a partner?
Submit the partner application and our partnerships team will respond within two business days.
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