CHESS ICT LIMITED
Chess Microsoft Azure Consultancy, Professional and Support Services
We provide expert professional and support services to enable organisations to plan, deliver, manage, optimise, and secure their Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud environments.
Features
- Understand the capabilities of Microsoft technologies
- Design and implement enterprise-ready, best-practice Microsoft Azure/hybrid cloud solutions
- Integrate existing applications, data and systems
- Define and implement controls and policies to govern and secure
- Define processes to support administration, management, monitoring and reporting activities
- On-demand advice, guidance and support
- Cost Optimisation
- Improve Governance, Security and Compliance and Adoption
- Migrate files and data between systems
- Design Applications, Flows and Dashboards
Benefits
- Flexible engagement approach aligned to the needs of your organisation
- Expert advice and guidance from established subject matter experts
- Gain skills and knowledge to deliver Microsoft Services
- Gain knowledge to-administer, govern, optimise Microsoft technologies
- Gain skills to administer, govern, optimise, secure Microsoft technologies
- Gain visibility and insights into the Microsoft roadmap
- Power Platform Care. Microsoft Pathfinder, M365 Value Navigation Service
- Managed Support and Managed Service
- Support Points
- Microsoft Azure Support and Azure Monitoring
Architecture roles
Business architect
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
Data architect
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
Enterprise architect
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
Network architect
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
Security architect
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
Solution architect
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
Technical architect
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
| £1,325.00 |
£1,325.00 |
Cyber security roles
Cyber security audit and assurance
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
Cyber security governance and risk management
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
Cyber security monitoring
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
Cyber security incident response
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
Cyber security vulnerability management
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
Cyber security digital forensics
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
Cyber security testing
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
Cyber security secure design
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
IT operations roles
Change and release manager
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
End user computing engineer
| £630.00 |
£630.00 |
| £875.00 |
£875.00 |
| £1,205.00 |
£1,205.00 |
| £1,205.00 |
£1,205.00 |
| £1,225.00 |
£1,225.00 |
Problem manager
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
Service desk manager
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £995.00 |
£995.00 |
Service transition manager
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles
Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
Test engineer
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
Test manager
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
Software development roles
Development operations (DevOps) engineer
| £700.00 |
£700.00 |
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £995.00 |
£995.00 |
| £1,095.00 |
£1,095.00 |
| £895.00 |
£895.00 |
| £995.00 |
£995.00 |
| £1,225.00 |
£1,225.00 |
| £1,350.00 |
£1,350.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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Yes
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Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
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BSI
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ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
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Tuesday 21 February 2023
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What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
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N/A
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
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ISO 9001 certification
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Yes
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Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
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BSI
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ISO 9001 accreditation date
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Tuesday 28 November 1995
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What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
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For 9001 Group Financial Accounts and Measurement Traceability are excluded
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Quality management systems (QMS)
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Yes
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CSA STAR certification
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No
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PCI certification
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Yes
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Who accredited the PCI DSS certification
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PCI
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PCI DSS accreditation date
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Tuesday 24 June 2025
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What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover
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For PCI DSS requirements 2, 6, 8 and 11 are wholly not applicable and requirement 9 is partially applicable
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Cyber essentials
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No
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Cyber Essentials Alternative
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None of the criteria
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Cyber essentials plus
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Yes
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Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
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2f0b96fa-10f8-457a-9ec4-1bb93ae978ea
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Other security certifications
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No
Social value
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Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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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 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority
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New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
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New apprenticeships on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b
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Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
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Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
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Ensuring new workers are informed of their right to join a trade union
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Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
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Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
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Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
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Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
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Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
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Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
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Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
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Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
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Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
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Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
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Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
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Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
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Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
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Volunteering opportunities for staff
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Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
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Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
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Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling
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How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
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How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
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How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
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Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract
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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.
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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
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Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
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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
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Delivery of apprenticeships, supported internships and T Level industry placement opportunities (Level 2, 3 and 4+) in relation to the contract
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Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero
Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.
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Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
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Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
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Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment
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Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
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Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
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Offering a range of quality opportunities with routes of progression if appropriate, e.g. T Level industry placements, students supported into higher level apprenticeships.
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Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
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Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
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Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
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Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.
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Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
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Understanding of the underlying factors affecting improvements to reduce barriers to entry and training schemes for the target cohort(s) related to the contract workforce
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Other measures to offer development opportunities for the target cohort(s) in the contract workforce
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Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
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Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
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Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
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Content of the outreach activity is designed to suit the target cohort
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Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
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Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.
Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.
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Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
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Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
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Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
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Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce
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