Project Review

Review Observed Facts And Committee Assumptions

Which project mix best advances BioCity's capability-expansion and manufacturing goals under a limited round budget? Select a row and inspect the three-layer split: observed facts, committee assumptions, and calculated outputs.

How To Use This Page

Use the project drawer on the right as the canonical interpretation layer.

1. Start With Facts

Treat public stage, public funding facts, evidence summary, and source references as the observed layer.

2. Then Review Assumptions

Requested budgets, screening passes, rubric scores, and milestone costs are committee modelling inputs used to run the simulator consistently.

3. Read Outputs Last

Quality, milestone, cost-effectiveness, need, frontier, and scenario allocations are calculated outputs derived from the formula layer.

Observed facts should never be confused with round-sized budget assumptions.
All real rows remain explicitly marked as public-fact-backed cases.
Synthetic rows exist only to make the committee simulator more stress-testable.
Hybrid allocation on this page uses the DEAP 40/35/25 weight formula plus optimal-budget caps.

Portfolio Review Grid

Select a project row to inspect observed facts, committee assumptions, and calculated outputs.

ProjectHubTypePublic StageRequestedMin ViableOptimalQualityHybrid Allocation

BioAscent protein production facility

RS1

BioCity ScotlandRealoperational capability expansion£80,000£50,000£75,0007.40£47,009

BDD OralogiK platform / GMP facility

RS2

BioCity ScotlandRealplatform commercialisation + GMP expansion£75,000£45,000£70,0007.60£45,835

CareRoute

P4

BioCity ScotlandSyntheticpilot-ready£50,000£30,000£45,0007.40£37,156

BioAscent protein production facility

RS1 · BioCity Scotland

Observed Facts

Public stage

operational capability expansion

Evidence summary

Pioneer Group reports that BioAscent opened a state-of-the-art protein production facility in February 2024, later noting GBP 3.5 million facility investment and more than 85 staff.

Public funding fact

£3,500,000

Source references

  • Pioneer Group update: BioAscent protein production facility
  • Pioneer Group update: BioAscent investment and headcount

Committee Assumptions

Budget assumptions

Requested £80,000

Min viable £50,000

Optimal £75,000

Screening checks

Mandate Pass

Team Pass

Complete Pass

Budget Pass

Milestone Pass

Compliance Pass

Criterion scores

Strategic fit 8/10

Team 8/10

Feasibility 8/10

Market 8/10

Evidence 8/10

Milestone readiness 8/10

Capital efficiency 7/10

Frontier potential 7/10

Risk penalty 4/10

Milestone assumptions

Integrate in-house protein production into customer programmes

Cost £50,000 · Importance 8/10

Readiness 8/10 · Confidence 8/10 · Unlock value 8/10

Calculated Outputs

Quality score

7.40

Milestone score

8.00

Cost-effectiveness

0.160

Need score

25,600

Frontier score

7.65

Hybrid allocation

£47,009

Weight 36.2%