4THOUGHTDIGITAL LTD
Cloud Migration Planning
Defence and government cloud migration planning for maritime and C5ISR services. We baseline business capabilities and military capability, then develop TOGAF aligned enterprise architecture. We complete cloud gap assessments, evaluate sovereign private hybrid public options, and deliver costed roadmaps with assured governance, security, and accreditation readiness for controlled transition.
Features
- Defence business capability mapping captures as is services, processes, constraints.
- Future business capabilities model defines priorities, outcomes, measures, governance.
- TOGAF enterprise architecture links C5ISR data, applications, technology layers.
- Cloud gap assessment targets capability gaps with best fit services.
- Architecture optioneering compares sovereign, private, hybrid, public cloud patterns.
- Dependency mapping spans platform, shore, sensor, maritime, coalition integration.
- Security, compliance, accreditation traced into designs, decisions, artefacts early.
- Roadmaps sequence migration waves around operational availability and readiness.
- Costed options analysis quantifies benefits, risks, effort, and timelines.
- Assurance pack delivers audit ready traceability, metrics, and decision logs.
Benefits
- Aligns cloud decisions to business capabilities and military capability outcomes.
- Protects operational readiness by sequencing change around operational commitments carefully.
- Improves C5ISR interoperability via standards led, coalition ready architectures.
- Reduces maritime delivery risk using edge tolerant connectivity patterns.
- Strengthens security posture with early accreditation alignment and controls.
- Closes business capability gaps with targeted cloud services and governance.
- Cuts rework by clarifying dependencies, data flows, and constraints.
- Optimises spend with right fit platforms and phased migration.
- Builds buyer confidence through auditable evidence, decisions, and artefacts.
- Delivers executable roadmaps that sustain services through transition safely.
Pricing
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 15
Service ID
2 5 3 1 5 0 2 2 9 0 0 1 0 3 4
Contact
4THOUGHTDIGITAL LTD
Jonathan Collacott
Telephone: 07971537759
Email: info@4thoughtdigital.com
About your service
- Service categories
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Cloud Support Services
Cloud Migration Planning
- Capability analysis
- Enterprise architecture
- Cloud gap assessment
- Architecture options analysis
- Delivery Road-mapping
Service scope
- Service constraints
- No Service Constraints
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Yes, at extra cost
- Support response times
- We acknowledge P1 within 1 hour and all other tickets within 1 business day, with prioritisation by impact and urgency. This is weekdays support only.
- User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- No
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
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We provide a single, business-hours support level delivered by an experienced Cloud Support Engineer (with access to senior consultancy input when needed). Support covers incident resolution, service requests, configuration guidance, and advice to maintain and improve your cloud services.
Support is charged at our published consultancy day rate (pro-rata where agreed). Rates are exclusive of VAT, which will be charged at the prevailing rate at the time of invoice. A working day is 7.5 hours, exclusive of travel and lunch. Support is provided Monday to Friday, excluding national holidays, within normal office hours 09:00–17:00.
Travel and subsistence (including mileage) is included in the day rate for work within Bristol and is payable at the department’s standard travel and subsistence rates for work located outside Bristol.
Invoices are raised according to a mutually agreed Milestone Payment Plan and are payable within 30 days of receipt. Professional Indemnity Insurance is included in the day rate.
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Developed Vetting (DV)
Pricing
- Discount for educational organisations
- No
Architecture roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee business architect | £441.00 | £541.00 |
| Associate business architect | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Business architect | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Lead business architect | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Data architect | £441.00 | £541.00 |
| Senior data architect | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Chief data architect | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise architect | £441.00 | £541.00 |
| Senior enterprise architect | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Lead enterprise architect | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Principal enterprise architect | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
IT operations roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Business relationship manager | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Senior business relationship manager | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Lead business relationship manager | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration analyst | £441.00 | £541.00 |
| Change and release analyst | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Change and release manager | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| IT service analyst | £441.00 | £541.00 |
| IT service manager | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Senior IT service manager | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Head of IT service management | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Service desk analyst | £541.00 | £441.00 |
| Senior service desk analyst | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Service desk manager | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Head of service desk | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Service acceptance analyst | £541.00 | £441.00 |
| Service readiness analyst | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Service transition manager | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Lead service transition manager | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
Product and delivery roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee business analyst | £341.00 | £441.00 |
| Junior business analyst | £441.00 | £541.00 |
| Business analyst | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Senior business analyst | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Lead business analyst | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
| Head of business analysis | £1,075.00 | £1,175.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate delivery manager | £441.00 | £541.00 |
| Delivery manager | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Senior delivery manager | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Head of (Agile) delivery management | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Digital portfolio analyst | £441.00 | £541.00 |
| Digital portfolio manager | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Senior digital portfolio manager | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Head of portfolio | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Programme delivery manager | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Service owner | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
User-centred design roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate service designer | £350.00 | £400.00 |
| Junior service designer | £441.00 | £541.00 |
| Service designer | £441.00 | £541.00 |
| Senior service designer | £579.00 | £679.00 |
| Lead service designer | £744.00 | £844.00 |
| Head of service design | £909.00 | £1,009.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- No
- ISO 28000:2022 certification
- No
- ISO 9001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
- United Registrar of Systems
- ISO 9001 accreditation date
- Thursday 11 December 2025
- What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
- None
- Quality management systems (QMS)
- Yes
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
- 7af07124-2b8d-4446-9971-79c7710702cc
- Cyber essentials plus
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
- Fccd4e68-8706-4c2c-92fd-279d3f43efae
- Other security certifications
- No
Social value
- 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
- New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
- New apprenticeships on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b
- 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
- Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
- 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
- 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
- Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
- Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
- Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
- Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
- Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
- 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
- Plans for an appropriate income replacement policy for staff who are required to spend time away from work to care for a sick dependent or close relative
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
- Volunteering opportunities for staff
- 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
- Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
- 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
- How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
- How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
- How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
- 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.
- 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
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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 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
- Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
- Plans for engaging a diverse range of businesses in engagement activities prior to appointing subcontractors (including activities prior to award of the main contract and during the contract term)
- Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
- Ensuring accessibility to contracting and subcontracting opportunities for disabled business owners and employees
- Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
- Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
- Methods for engaging with different parts of the community (including the education system and charities representing the community) and how communities come together to inform decisions, strategy and projects to leave a positive legacy for future generations
- Plans for positive actions with community groups.
- Plans to respond flexibly and adapt approaches to community engagement and initiatives
- Collaborating with anchor institutions and community groups to make facilities available for education, training or community events
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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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
- Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it
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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
- Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
- Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
- 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
- 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.
- Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
- Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
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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.
- Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
- Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
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Service documents
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