Corporate Project Solutions

Microsoft Power Apps Implementation and Support Services

CPS's specialist Power Platform Architects and Developers support organisations drive process improvement and automation leveraging the maximum value from Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and the Common-Data-Service. Services include Governance, Design, Development and Support across the Power Platform with accelerator solutions for speedy return on investment

Features

  • Power Platform Art of the Possible - Solution Overview
  • Power Platform - Centre of Excellence Design & Installation
  • Power Platform - Governance, Architecture, Strategy
  • Business/ End-user Requirements Capure, Definition, Workshops
  • Solution Design (Apps, Flow/Automate, BI)
  • Solution or portfolio Build (Apps, Flow/Automate, BI)
  • Solution integration
  • Support, Solution Administration and improvement
  • Training, Adoption Planning, Communication
  • Power Apps - Application Development

Benefits

  • Drives automation of Business Processes
  • Improves business efficiency/ productivity
  • Enhanced auditability of process and approvals
  • Encourages and Supports improved decision making
  • Improves accessibility within the organisation
  • Accelerated time-to-value through Low-Code/ No-Code adoption
  • Streamlines/ standardises cross/inter departmental application portfolios

Pricing

£645 to £1,170 a unit a day

  • Education pricing available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

7 9 6 3 7 8 4 7 0 4 8 1 1 3 7

Contact

Corporate Project Solutions Sales Administration
Telephone: 01628 321321
Email: sales@cps.co.uk

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
CPS provides full lifecycle project services for implementation of Microsoft Cloud-based solutions including full project planning and governance.
CPS follow a Delivery Framework, consisting of 4 key phases:
1. Understand;
2. Design;
3. Build;
4. Launch
Planning activities are undertaken during both the Understand & Design Phases. CPS Consultants and Architects work with key stakeholders to capture business requirements and design appropriate target solutions with robust phased and costed Implementation Plans.
This includes:
1. Solution Architecture and Strategic Consulting
2. Stakeholder Engagement & Planning
3. Requirements Analysis and Solution Design
4. Business Case Evaluation and Licensing Support
5. Solution Implementation and adoption Roadmap Planning
Planning service works with specific services
Yes
Hosting or software services the planning service works with
  • Office 365
  • Dynamics 365
  • Power Apps (Model Driven/ Canvas)
  • Power Automate
  • Power Virtual Agent
  • Power BI
  • Common Data Service (CDS)
  • Microsoft Teams
  • SharePoint Online

Training

Training service provided
Yes
How the training service works
CPS are a ProSci® based Business Change Consultancy. We recognise the importance of change in driving successful user adoption. A key component of this is effective training and hand-over.
We offer a range of training options, including:
1. FREE - Microsoft promoted - App in a Day Training events
2. Formal (Classroom-based) training (for both end-user and solution administrator);
3. Informal Knowledge Transfer through on-site, team-based working;
4. Regular funded Architect as a Service including up-skilling of internal resources
Training is tied to specific services
Yes
Services the training service works with
  • Office 365
  • Dynamics 365/ Microsoft 365
  • Power Apps
  • Power Automate
  • Power BI
  • Power Virtual Agent
  • Common Data Service (CDS)
  • Microsoft Teams
  • SharePoint Online

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
Yes
How the setup or migration service works
CPS follow a Delivery Framework, consisting of 4 key phases:
1. Understand;
2. Design;
3. Build;
4. Launch
Migration Planning activities are undertaken during both the Understand & Design phases. CPS Consultants and Architects work with key stakeholders to capture business requirements and design appropriate target solutions with robust phased and costed Implementation and Migration Plans.

CPS Consultants and Architects can work as part of a blended and/or stand-alone team, to undertake tactical or strategic end-to-end Power Platform Solutions including Migration. CPS conduct:
1. Workload/Application Migration Design (Dev, Test and Prod);
2. Migration Planning,
3. Test Migration,
4. Solution Cut-over
5. Legacy Decommissioning

CPS Consultants ensure that knowledge is effectively transferred to nominated client resources to enable clients to take ownership of the solution and/or continue migrations internally.
Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
Yes
List of supported services
  • Office 365
  • Dynamics 365/ Microsoft 365
  • Power Apps
  • Power Automate
  • Power BI
  • Power Virtual Agent
  • Common Data Service (CDS)
  • Microsoft Teams
  • SharePoint Online

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
Yes
How the quality assurance and performance testing works
Our clients expect Quality Assurance as part of many of our engagements and CPS routinely provide architectural oversight and QA via dedicated resources, often as part of a blended team.

In line with solution implementation, CPS will undertake rigorous performance-based System and Integration Testing as well as support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) prior to the sign-off and launch of any application.

Security testing

Security services
Yes
Security services type
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
Yes
Types of service supported
  • Buyer hosting or software
  • Hosting or software provided by your organisation
  • Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
How the support service works
Following an on-boarding process, CPS can provide support services for Power Platform Solutions. Solution/ Platform support incidents often involve managing and resolving issues through cloud-vendor support processes. CPS follow the ITIL Incident Management process.

CPS can provide ongoing SIEM event and alert monitoring, including Microsoft Sentinel.

CPS offer two levels of support:
Level 1 - Reactive Support - Something goes wrong and the customer calls or emails for help.
Level 2 - Managed Service - We monitor the environment and carry out proactive maintenance of the solution.
Both of these services are run by our dedicated Service Desk. As part of this service CPS will assign a Cloud Support Engineer.
Both Level 1 and Level 2 will have assigned Technical Account Managers as standard.

Service scope

Service constraints
Adoption of the Power Platform may require dedicated Microsoft Licenses - CPS will provide advice and guidance to customers regarding license requirements to ensure awareness of Total Cost of Ownership from the outset

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes, at extra cost
Support response times
CPS has a full Service Management offering with a dedicated UK-based support team. CPS can offer remote and/or onsite tactical support through to full outsourced managed-service. CPS adheres to defined Support SLAs based on issue severity and priority. For all customer queries, CPS provides an initial response time of under 1 hr for questions received within Standard Business Hours. Weekend questions will be responded to within 3 hrs. As standard, all CPS customers are assigned a dedicated Account Manager who will also be on hand to support and address customer queries with no charge.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AAA
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Support levels
CPS offer two levels of support:
Level 1 - Reactive Support - Something goes wrong and the customer calls or emails for help.
Level 2 - Managed Service - We monitor the environment and carry out proactive maintenance of the solution. Both of these services are run by our dedicated Service Desk. As part of this service CPS will assign a Cloud Support Engineer.
Both Level 1 and Level 2 will have assigned Technical Account Managers as standard.

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
ASCB
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
21/01/2019
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
NA
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
No

Social Value

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change

At CPS, we are taking our environmental impact seriously. We are measuring and reducing our carbon emissions and have set a progressive target to reduce emissions by 70% by 2030 and achieve Net Zero by 2040. This involves the continuation of various measures and activities, already being implemented and embraced by our people, for example: the continued maintenance of our ISO:14001 accreditation, meetings via Microsoft Teams or Zoom, a “Think Local” approach to sourcing quality suppliers, the implementation of an electric vehicle scheme and cycle to work programme, and maintaining a paperless office. Moving forward, our commitment to reduced carbon emissions will continue to grow with the implementation of further measures such as: the introduction of a Sustainable Travel Policy to support employee behavioural change to business travel, commuting and parking, introducing a remote working policy alongside the reduction of office space to encourage remote working and reduce travel to office, and the roll out of carbon training to all our colleagues. https://cps.co.uk/media/tdoj3ohu/carbon-reduction-plan.pdf
Covid-19 recovery

Covid-19 recovery

CPS constantly reviews UK Govt. guidelines to support Covid-19 recovery, and should the need arise, implement Covid-19 reduction measures e.g., social distancing and remote working. CPS has continued to support Covid-19 recovery through improved workplace conditions including effective social distancing, remote working, and sustainable travel solutions. We can provide data on the savings of remote / hybrid working for each work package. CPS supports organisations and businesses to manage and recover from the impacts of COVID-19, by supporting new ways of working to deliver services. CPS actively supports our employees with physical and mental health services provided for people affected by COVID-19, including reducing the demand on health and care services.
Tackling economic inequality

Tackling economic inequality

CPS' services create opportunities for entrepreneurship and can help new, small organisations to grow, supporting economic growth and business creation. When creating employment opportunities, CPS has a clear focus on equal opportunities and is able to support employees based anywhere in the country, reducing barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas. CPS can support educational attainment relevant to each contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications.
Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

CPS is committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity and freedom from unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, pregnancy and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, disability, religion or beliefs, age or sexual orientation. This Policy aims to remove unfair and discriminatory practices within the Company and to encourage full contribution from its diverse community. The Company is committed to actively opposing all forms of discrimination. The Company also aims to provide a service that does not discriminate against its clients and customers in how they can access the services and goods supplied by the Company. The Company believes that all employees and clients are entitled to be treated with respect and dignity. All personal data used in connection with this Policy shall be collected, held, and processed in accordance with the Company’s Data Protection Policy. Objectives of this Policy - To prevent, reduce and stop all forms of unlawful discrimination in line with the Equality Act 2010. - To ensure that recruitment, promotion, training, development, assessment, benefits, pay, terms and conditions of employment, redundancy and dismissals are determined on the basis of capability, qualifications, experience, skills and productivity.
Wellbeing

Wellbeing

CPS can demonstrate actions that support the health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, of CPS' employees that we bring to each contract, to demonstrate how the way we work can have a positive impact on individuals, teams and organisations. Actions include: - hybrid working - work form anywhere in the UK - 9 day working fortnight (every other Friday off-work) - Healthcare, including mental health support. CPS use Microsoft Viva to support employee engagement.

Pricing

Price
£645 to £1,170 a unit a day
Discount for educational organisations
Yes

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at sales@cps.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.