Subcontract services for prime contractors
AI prototypes and decision support, with people in the loop.
Rutledge helps prime contractors explore where AI can make large amounts of program information easier to find, summarize, and brief, starting with a focused prototype your team can evaluate.
You don’t need a finished scope to start. Prefer a call? Book time with our team (opens Calendly in a new tab)
When to engage
Signs this work package could help.
You do not need a finished scope. If one of these sounds familiar, it is a reasonable time to talk.
- Your team spends significant time searching policies, requirements, or records to answer recurring questions.
- Leaders need briefings prepared from many documents and the preparation is slow or inconsistent.
- You want to demonstrate an AI-assisted approach to a client before committing to a larger build.
- You need to understand what a responsible AI workflow would look like for a specific program task.
Deliverables
What we can deliver.
Each engagement is scoped with your team. These are typical deliverables; the final list, responsibilities, and acceptance criteria are agreed in writing before work begins.
Use-case definition
A short document describing the task, users, information sources, review steps, and what a useful result looks like.
Working prototype
A focused prototype, such as document search or summarization, built on information your team is authorized to use.
Source-linked outputs
Answers and summaries that point back to the source documents so reviewers can check them.
Human review workflow
Defined review and approval steps so people check results before they are relied on or shared.
Evaluation notes
A record of what the prototype did well, where it fell short, and what would be needed to go further.
Next-step recommendation
Options for stopping, refining, or moving toward a production effort, with dependencies and open questions.
How we work as your subcontractor
Your program. Our defined scope.
We start small: one task, a defined set of documents, and agreed criteria for judging whether the prototype is useful.
We work only with information your team and client have authorized for the effort, under the data-handling terms you set.
AI outputs are treated as drafts for people to review, not as final decisions.
Questions
Frequently asked questions.
- What is a decision-support prototype?
- It is a small working tool that helps people find, summarize, or organize information for a specific task. It is built to be tested and evaluated, not deployed across a whole program on day one.
- Will AI make decisions for our program?
- No. Our approach keeps people responsible for decisions. The tools help prepare information, and reviewers check the results before they are used.
- What information do you need from us?
- A description of the task and access to a representative set of documents your team is authorized to share. We agree on handling and storage requirements before any work begins.
- What happens after the prototype?
- You receive evaluation notes and a recommendation. You can stop there, refine the prototype, or define a larger work package.
Start with what you have
Tell us about your program.
Share your delivery challenge, scope, or question and we will follow up. You retain the client relationship.
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