OCF LIMITED

OCF - UCit OKA

OKA is web-based platform that allows for detailed visualisation of your on-premises or cloud HPC/AI cluster's performance, utilisation, energy consumption and carbon footprint. Drive decision-making and troubleshooting with precise data and analysis of your infrastructure.

Features

• HPC workloads high-level and detailed analytics
• Cluster Load visualisation
• Throughput and submission patterns
• Resources consumption profiling
• Concurrent users monitoring
• Software licenses analytics
• Energy and carbon insights
• Cloud cost optimisation
• Multi‑cluster dashboards and export
• Periodic HPC cluster reporting and health checks

Benefits

• Visualise HPC cluster performance to optimise resource allocation decisions.
• Monitor job status instantly to reduce wasted compute time.
• Analyse workload patterns to improve scheduling efficiency and throughput.
• Track energy consumption to support sustainability and cost savings.
• Compare multi-cluster usage to streamline capacity planning effectively.
• Identify resource bottlenecks quickly to enhance operational responsiveness.
• Integrate scheduler data seamlessly to centralise performance insights.
• Export KPI dashboards easily to share actionable reports.
• Optimise cloud spending by aligning usage with budget.
• Detect abnormal user behaviours early to maintain system stability.

• Education pricing available
• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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 Tenders@ocf.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

564669539068927

Contact

Megan Stroud
0114 257 2200
Tenders@ocf.co.uk

About your service

• Service categories:

  Systems Infrastructure Software

  System and service management

  • IT operations management
  • IT service management

  IT automation and configuration management

  • Workload management
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Community cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: No constraints
• System requirements:
  • OKA supports all major job schedulers.
  • Full requirements can be found on https://doc.oka.how/3.0.1/admin_guide/requirements/index.html

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Response times vary based on case severity, ranging from within 2 business hours for emergencies to within 2 business days for standard guidance. Please refer to our UCit SLA policies for details.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 A
• Phone support: No
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Support terms and conditions are presented in https://ucit.fr/documents/Support_EN.pdf
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Administrator and User guide, onsite or online training, UCit knowledge base.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Customer have full ownership and access to their data. Data generated by the program remains on user facilities.
• End-of-contract process: The product license is still owned by the customer according to the purchasing terms (subscription, perpetual license).
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: UCit OKA’s onboarding and offboarding documentation is provided in standard digital formats (PDF and HTML) that can be accessed using common assistive technologies. Customers can use their own accessibility tools, such as screen readers or text-to-speech software, to navigate and read the documentation.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
  • Other
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: No
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Description of service interface: UCit OKA provides a locally deployed interface within the customer’s environment for system configuration, user management and log review. Access is restricted to authorised users and remains entirely within the customer’s infrastructure.
• Accessibility standards: None or don’t know
• Description of accessibility: UCit OKA is accessed locally within the customer’s environment. Administrators can configure the system, manage users and view logs, while end users are limited to actions allowed by customer-defined roles.
• Accessibility testing: UCit OKA has not undergone formal testing with assistive technology. However, as a locally deployed system, accessibility features can be managed and supported by the customer’s environment and tools.
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Authenticate; Manage users, clusters; Access all OKA modules and metrics; Export data
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: OKA provides the notion of Data Enhancers to customise the way data is ingested and interpreted by OKA.; Buyer can also customise reporting and health checks.; UCit provides Professional Services to further customise the interface and provide specific dashboards, or help in the creation of specific Data Enhancers or Health check rules.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: OKA is not a SaaS, each server is deployed on a single host. The scalability constraints is delegated to the hardware backend.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: UCit OKA

Staff security

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

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Supplier-defined controls
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: In-house
• Protecting data at rest: Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: UCit OKA is installed in the customer’s environment, so data-at-rest protections like physical access control and media encryption are managed by the customer’s systems.
• Data sanitisation process: No
• Equipment disposal approach: In-house destruction process

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Technical data, such as logs, can be accessed on the host where the product is installed. All ingested data are stored in databases (ElasticSearch + PostGreSQL) managed by the buyer.
• Data export formats: CSV
• Data import formats: CSV

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • Private network or public sector network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)
  • Other
• Other protection between networks: OKA is not a SaaS. It is installed within the buyer's facilities and therefore inherits their security configurations.
• Data protection within supplier network: Other
• Other protection within supplier network: OKA is not a SaaS. It is installed within the buyer's facilities and therefore inherits their security configurations.

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: OKA is not a SaaS. It is installed within the buyer's facilities and therefore inherits their SLA agreement upon purchasing.
• Approach to resilience: OKA is not a SaaS. It is installed within the buyer's facilities. High availability can be achieved by deploying an active/passive solution
• Outage reporting: OKA is not a SaaS. It is installed within the buyer's facilities and can be integrated with custom reporting tools.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Users can be simple users or administrators of OKA (configurable in the user-management interface)
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: User-defined
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: User-defined
• How long system logs are stored for: User-defined

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: No
• Security governance approach: UCit manages security governance through internal policies covering secure development, vulnerability management and risk assessment. Best practices like code reviews, threat modelling and security testing are applied, while customers control operational security within their environment.
• Information security policies and processes: All employees are required to comply with UCit’s Information Systems Security Policy and hold the ANSSI SecNum certification. The policy defines the reporting structure, requiring any security incidents or issues to be reported to the CSO. All service and software development follows UCit’s development guidelines, which incorporate the OWASP Top 10 and integrate automated tools to scan for vulnerabilities.
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: OKA follows a Software Development Lifecycle process that includes ; - Feature requests and bugs gathering/tracking to feed our roadmap; - Quarterly minor/major releases + patch versions whenever needed (e.g., CVE, bugs); - All developments go through; + version control; + automated and manual testing; + code scanning for bugs and vulnerabilities (e.g., Snyk and other static code analysis tools)
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: OKA follows a Software Development Lifecycle process that includes ; - Feature requests and bugs gathering/tracking to feed our roadmap; - Quarterly minor/major releases + patch versions whenever needed (e.g., CVE, bugs); - All developments go through; + version control; + automated and manual testing; + code scanning for bugs and vulnerabilities (e.g., Snyk and other static code analysis tools)
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: OKA is deployed within the customer’s own environment rather than as a SaaS service. Protective monitoring is performed by the customer using their existing security controls. Any identified issues are handled according to the customer’s established incident response procedures, with response times defined by their internal security policies.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Users can report incidents through our ticketing system, where they are tracked, prioritised and resolved according to UCit’s incident management procedures.
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: A demo license valid for a 15-days trial period. An online demo is accessible.
• Link to free trial: Trial and demo can be requested through https://oka.how/

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

• Less than £250,000: 0%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 10%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 10%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 15%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 15%
• Over £5,000,001: 15%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Citation ISO Certification Limited
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Saturday 21 December 2024
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: OCF Limited has determined the scope of the Information Security Management System and this is recorded on the ISO 27001:2022 Certificate as follows: 'The design, build, deployment and support of high performance compute, storage, cloud and AI solutions to all sectors'. Activities outside of this scope are not covered by the certification.
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: British Assessment Bureau Limited
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Friday 19 September 2025
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: OCF Limited has determined the scope of the Quality Management System to cover the provision of IT solutions and related services designed to add value to clients’ businesses through the use of innovative technology, highly skilled personnel, effective project management, and strong partnerships with leading IT vendors. Activities outside of this scope are not covered by the certification.
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: 0ee0256a-ccf2-4edb-9079-046e14f12f56
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Cyber Essentials Alternative: In relation to the services you do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies but you are working towards gaining it, and will be in a position to confirm that you have been awarded a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate by one of the government approved accreditation bodies within 12 months of the date of award.
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

    • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering
    • Delivery of apprenticeships, supported internships and T Level industry placement opportunities (Level 2, 3 and 4+) in relation to the contract

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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 Tenders@ocf.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.