Open Book Contracting
Our solution is focused on bringing the benefits of Open Book Contracting & Pricing to Cloud Solutions. This allows for the development of transparent and collaborative relationships with suppliers. We specialise in helping buyers contract this innovative approach, ensuring clarity in financial models and ensuring payment is linked to performance.
Features
- Transparent collaboration on costs and risks.
- Focused on partnership and business outcomes.
- Transparent, honesty-driven contracting processes.
- Partnership-driven approach enhancing trust.
- Value addition through performance-based financial outcomes.
- Effective cost management to avoid overspend.
- Ensures compliance and optimal delivery throughout.
- Facilitates strong, clear financial models.
- Continuous support and iterative improvement.
- Tailored solutions catering to unique business needs.
Benefits
- Enhances financial transparency and trust.
- Fosters cooperative problem-solving and decision-making.
- Reduces unexpected costs, secures budget.
- Aligns payments with performance and goals.
- Drives optimal commercial value with transparency.
- Builds long-term, trust-based relationships.
- Proactively addresses financial risks.
- Adapts strategies for specific client needs.
- Provides ongoing support for sustained success.
- Empowers clients to manage contracts independently.
Pricing
£400 to £950 a unit a day
- Education pricing available
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 14
Service ID
3 2 3 2 6 9 3 2 7 7 9 6 4 5 8
Contact
ATHENA COMMERCIAL LIMITED
Lloyd Stafford
Telephone: 07835025725
Email: lloyd@athena-commercial.co.uk
Planning
- Planning service
- No
Training
- Training service provided
- Yes
- How the training service works
- We provide various courses and on-the-job training, more detail is available upon request.
- Training is tied to specific services
- No
Setup and migration
- Setup or migration service available
- No
Quality assurance and performance testing
- Quality assurance and performance testing service
- No
Security testing
- Security services
- No
Ongoing support
- Ongoing support service
- No
Service scope
- Service constraints
- Services are mainly delivered remotely but can be on-site as required (including where requirements are driven by specific security clearances),
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Email or online ticketing
- Support response times
- Within 24 hours if during the week. Where a query is raised at the weekend response are within 48 hours.
- 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
- We provide ad-hoc support as determined by the customer's specific requirement.
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Other security clearance
- Government security clearance
- Up to Security Clearance (SC)
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- No
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- No
- Cyber essentials plus
- No
- Other security certifications
- No
Social Value
- Social Value
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Social Value
WellbeingWellbeing
Our commitment to improving health and wellbeing extends to our contract workforce and staff. We demonstrate this by offering flexi-time and remote working options and fostering a work-life balance that supports physical and mental health. Additionally, we provide subscriptions to the meditation app Calm, promoting mental wellness. These initiatives not only enhance the wellbeing of our workforce but also set a positive example. Our approach integrates wellbeing into our business model, benefiting all involved in our contracts.
Pricing
- Price
- £400 to £950 a unit a day
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes