CGI

On Demand Digital Design Agile Architecture Support

On-demand Architecture Support service offers a flexible, proven capability providing you with a full range of design, delivery and services to meet your needs in architecting traditional and digital solutions. We leverage our global experience using risk based decision methods to deliver confident decisions linked to business objectives.

Features

• Compliant with GDS, GSM and NIST policies and principles
• Access CGIs global pool of skilled technical, enterprise architects, consultants
• Architectural options assessments guide design, provide vision, inform business cases
• Multi and Omni channel designs and solutions
• Capability Maturity Model used to identify gaps in technical skills
• Proven specialisms, methods to monitor change and report on improvements
• Scalable, on demand access to digital resources
• Advisory services to implement data governance and data quality improvements
• Public Sector: Justice, Defence, Environment, Agriculture, Education, Transport, Environment
• Agencies: Space, Intelligence, Tribunals, Policing, Prosecution, Prisons, Courts, Probation

Benefits

• Client access to wide range and depth of architectural skills
• Not subject to IR35 restrictions
• Uses proven OpenGroup Approved Risk and Cost Driven Architecture (RCDA)
• Skills transmission through KT and training to your technical staff
• Defendable strategy to support review and audit
• Agile approach - focus on outcomes and business objectives
• Refresh existing solutions to extend life, increase investment returns
• Feasibility assessment to devise governance models that realise planned benefits
• Individual service designs with blended architectural skills to maximise efficiencies
• Fully documented decisions capturing clear requirements and expected outcomes

£919 to £1,498 a unit a day

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  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 uk.gen.ccsframeworks@cgi.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

270973468674897

Contact

CCS Frameworks Team
08450707765
uk.gen.ccsframeworks@cgi.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: One of the roles of our most senior architects is to plan and guide the transformation of your legacy estate into a set of dis aggregated cloud native services.
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with:
  • Public and private cloud hosting
  • Cloud native application support, monitoring and maintenance

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: We offer a arange of on-line cyber security courses.; ; Our training department can create and bespoke trainer led and online training packages
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: One of the roles of our most senior architects is to plan and guide the transformation of your legacy estate into a set of dis aggregated cloud native services or to assist you in the physical migration of your applications and or data between hosting and/ or storage service providers.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: No

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security testing
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications:
  • CHECK
  • CREST
  • Tigerscheme
  • Cyber Scheme

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: We have a range of services backed by a skilled staff base that can assist you in the procurement, implementation, hosting support and decommissioning of cloud based services.

Service scope

• Service constraints: None

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: No
• Phone support: No
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: This service does not provide support

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Intertek Certification Limited
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 07/04/2021
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: Nothing. The certification covers "The provision of outsourcing, project and consultancy services including development and delivery activities plus the management of people, technologies and physical security in accordance with the Statement of Applicability version 6, dated 24th August 2020."
• 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

  CGI is passionate about protecting the environment. Our UK corporate policy, backed by Science Based Targets (SBTs), is to be Net Zero by 2026 and to be operationally Carbon Neutral by the end of 2022.; ; We commit to:; - Achieving Net Zero, based on SBT measures, no later than 2026.; - Extending the climate change commitment into our supply chain such that 50% of our suppliers, by spend, will have set their own SBTs to reduce their climate impact by 2026.; - Applying our environmental programme ‘No Planet B’ to each opportunity. As part of ‘No Planet B’ we engage with our members, clients, suppliers and communities, to identify and deliver additional benefits including tree planting and canal restoration projects.; ; We have appointed a UK programme manager to deliver against our Net Zero targets. Alongside our absolute emission targets for operations (Scope 1 and 2) and business travel (Scope 3), we have set a supplier engagement SBT. We will engage with and support all UK suppliers ensuring they are on a Net Zero journey. We will include clients and suppliers in our No Planet B programme to collaborate and develop new initiatives aligned with their priorities. ; ; A contract specific Sustainability Plan and reporting metrics will be developed for each engagement, aligned to the targets in our overall Carbon Reduction plan. Using established data gathering and reporting processes, we will report annually against our commitments and metrics. ; ; Improvement plans will be driven in part by the reporting metrics and feedback from clients and suppliers. We find that our ‘No Planet B’ initiative is the biggest source of innovation.; ; We are proud of our Net Zero ambitions. With SBTs, contract specific sustainability plans, our reporting commitments and involvement in our ‘No Planet B’ programme, our approach and progress will be fully visible.
• Tackling economic inequality:

  Tackling economic inequality

  CGI is committed to ensuring careers in STEM are accessible for all. We will continue to provide a range of new employment and training opportunities which include professional, graduate and apprenticeships. To create new skills in the IT industry, we offer a range of IT-based apprenticeships and partner with various university training partners to deliver our Technology Industry Gold accredited Degree Apprenticeships.; ; We proudly support social enterprises FastFutures and Bounceback, providing mentoring, CV writing and interview skills to young people and prison leavers, enabling them to become work-ready. CGI’s EmployABILITY programme helps underrepresented students to build skills needed to pursue a successful career in STEM, through mentoring provided by our members. ; ; CGI is supporting the Government’s priority to grow and diversify supply chains by working with a variety of partners. The majority of the 1,600 suppliers we use to support the delivery of services to our clients are UK based organisations, with over 600 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). We are a Member of the Business Disability Forum and are signatories of the Prompt Payment Code.; ; We select our suppliers based on not just technical merit and capability but also alignment with our vision and goals. Our procurement process develops a deep understanding of each new supplier through a materiality rating checklist. All our preferred suppliers are audited against these checks annually, and actions are taken if a supplier’s rating drops.; ; Throughout our engagements, any change control will include a check on potential inclusion of SME, Social Enterprises or new businesses. This will include advertising opportunities on Contract Finder. We also welcome input from our clients, as they are often approached directly and have valuable insight in supplier offerings. ; ; For transparency we will report on the number, value and proportion of contract spend being undertaken by SMEs and Social Enterprises.
• Equal opportunity:

  Equal opportunity

  At CGI we encourage diversity in our workplace and inclusivity at work is one of our priorities.; ; We commit to:; - Continuing to measure and reduce our Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap; - Publishing our disability metrics; - Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices; - Investing in training and progression ; ; CGI are proud of the progression with our Gender pay gap figures. While our ethnicity pay gap is relatively small, we know that a higher representation of minority ethnic employees at senior levels will reduce it further. This is now one of our main objectives. We recently updated our systems, enabling our members to declare whether they consider themselves to have a disability. We will publish this data through the Voluntary Reporting Framework.; ; We will invite all employment applicants to complete a Clear Talents profile, an easy-to-use tool that helps us to treat candidates fairly; accommodating any requirements they may have. We revisit Clear Talents once candidates join to identify potential further adjustments to their working environment, providing Disability Passports if a long-term adjustment is required. We will promote our vacancies with specialist business communities including networking hub for LGBT+ professionals, myGWork, and disability job board, Evenbreak.; ; CGI invests in a minimum of two weeks training and personal development each year for every member. Using Academia, our platform of comprehensive learning content and tools, members can follow various learning pathways leading to certified qualifications. ; ; We will report our mean and median percentage pay gaps annually and provide confirmation of publishing of disability metrics via the Voluntary Reporting Framework annually.; ; We do not tolerate modern slavery in any part of our business or supply chains. This is reflected in our published Modern Slavery Statements.; ; Our reporting commitments, both contractual, statutory and voluntary will deliver significant transparency against our Equal Opportunity responsibilities.
• Wellbeing:

  Wellbeing

  At CGI, we are proud to care about our members. However, wellbeing isn’t an issue exclusively concerning our business; we are equally committed to supporting the wellbeing of the communities in which we operate too. We achieve this by:; - Training our members in Mental Health First Aid; - Extending health and wellbeing initiatives with our clients and suppliers; - Collaboratively identifying initiatives to support local communities; ; CGI are a signatory of the 'UK-wide Mental Health at Work Commitment' curated by the mental health charity 'Mind'. We will continue to invest in training to expand upon our 300 plus UK members who are already certified Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAs). These certified members have developed a strong support network for their colleagues. To supplement this and drive the integration of best practice for physical and mental health, we will provide all our members with access to ‘Oxygen’, our online wellbeing centre of expertise. ; ; We will invite our clients; suppliers and communities to participate in our health and wellbeing initiatives, such as our ‘MoveSpring’ step challenge (measuring steps taken) and delivering tree planting and canal restoration days to local communities. ; ; CGI provide all our members with at least one day’s volunteering to support local initiatives or charities, making a significant difference to the communities in which we live and work.; ; We will work collaboratively with our clients and suppliers to identify opportunities to support local communities. An example of our commitment to wellbeing in the community is the way in which we support and sponsor local community groups and sports clubs nominated by our members. Over the last year we have sponsored kits for more than 500 different clubs and groups.

Pricing

• Price: £919 to £1,498 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  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 uk.gen.ccsframeworks@cgi.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.