Research and public documents, built to be checked.

Westmere Consulting Group delivers research, evaluation, housing needs reports, policy and accessible documents for public bodies, and works as a subcontractor to the consultancies that serve them. Every source is traceable and every deliverable is reviewed by a person before you see it.

Discuss a requirementCapability statement (PDF, 2 pages)
Sample deliverable outlineIllustrative, not client work

Housing Needs Report

  1. Summary of 5- and 20-year housing need
  2. HNR Method calculation by componentSix components, each with its data source
  3. Community and household profile
  4. Statements on key areas of local need
  5. Actions taken since the last report
  6. Data sources and method notes
  1. Data tablesExcel workbook with every calculation

Delivered as a council-ready report, accessible PDF (PDF/UA), data workbook and presentation.

What a deliverable looks like. Each service has its own outline on the Services page.
Based in
Vancouver, British Columbia
Works for
Public bodies worldwide, directly or as a subcontractor
Delivery
AI-assisted, with human review of every source and figure
Accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AA and PDF/UA on every published file

Services

Ten services, each scoped to a defined deliverable, a date and a price agreed before work starts.

Outlines for every deliverable

  • Research and evidence reviews

    Rapid and scoping reviews, literature reviews and jurisdictional scans. You receive an evidence review with a full source table.

  • Program evaluation

    Evaluation frameworks, logic models, and formative or summative evaluations. You receive an evaluation framework or report with a management response template.

  • Strategy, policy and governance

    Strategic plans, policy options analysis and governance reviews. You receive a decision-ready options paper, plan or policy set.

  • Housing needs reports and assessments

    BC Housing Needs Reports using the HNR Method, and needs assessments for funding programs. You receive a council-ready report with data tables.

  • Technical writing, editing and plain language

    Reports, manuals and procedures; structural and copy editing; plain-language rewrites. You receive clean and tracked files with an edit log.

  • Document accessibility remediation

    PDF, Word and PowerPoint remediation to PDF/UA and WCAG 2.1 AA. You receive remediated files with a checker report and manual check record.

  • Training and e-learning content

    Course design, storyboards, facilitator guides and SCORM packages. You receive a course package ready for your learning management system.

  • Grant and proposal writing

    Grant applications, post-award reports, and proposal responses with compliance matrices. You receive a submission-ready package with a compliance matrix.

  • Translation review

    Review of translated documents for accuracy, terminology and consistency. You receive a reviewed file and an issue log.

  • Cyber and IT governance documentation

    Security policies, incident response plans and control mapping to recognized frameworks. You receive a policy set mapped to your chosen framework.

How we work

AI tools make us fast. People make every judgement, check every source and sign off every file.

Process, quality checks and AI use

  1. Scope

    Agree the question, audience, deliverable, method, date and price in writing.

    Principal

  2. Research and draft

    Search, screen and draft using documented methods, with AI tools for speed.

    AI-assisted, human-led

  3. Verify

    Trace every claim to its source, recalculate every figure, check every citation by hand.

    Human review

  4. Deliver

    Accessibility-checked, in your template, with a note on where AI was used.

    Principal sign-off

Standards

Published standards and methods, named in every proposal so you can hold us to them. We follow them; we do not claim certification.

  • WCAG 2.1 AAWeb and document accessibility (W3C)
  • PDF/UA-1, ISO 14289-1Accessible PDF, checked against the Matterhorn Protocol
  • ISO 24495-1:2023Plain language principles and guidelines
  • PRISMA 2020Reporting of evidence reviews
  • OECD DAC criteriaEvaluation of programs and policies
  • BC HNR MethodProvincial method for Housing Needs Reports
  • NIST CSF 2.0 and ISO/IEC 27001Mapping for security policy documentation
  • SCORM and xAPIPackaging of e-learning content

Overflow capacity for consultancies

We work behind your brand on literature reviews, report chapters, plain-language summaries, accessible PDFs and proposals. You keep the client and the relationship.

How subcontracting works

Free 10-page trial

Scope
10 pages or one chapter of a live piece of work
Cost
None, and no obligation
Turnaround
Usually 3 to 5 business days
Request a trial

For procurement

The details you need to register, invite or pay us.

All vendor details

Business nameWestmere Consulting Group
Business number (CRA)781986112
BC incorporation numberBC1143173
Supplier portalsMERX, UNGM, Alberta Purchasing Connection, eTenders (Ireland)
Contract typesFixed-price contracts, standing offers, call-ups and subcontracts
Capability statement (PDF, 2 pages)

Have a requirement, a deadline or a solicitation?

Send the scope or the solicitation number. We reply within one business day with questions or a costed approach.

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