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Professional Data Management Services Limited

Umbraco CMS Websites

We can help implement a content managed website of any size in Umbraco Content Management System: the friendly CMS. PDMS is an Umbraco Partner with many years experience planning, designing, developing, testing and supporting bespoke Umbraco CMS websites for public sector bodies.

Features

  • Intuitive, easy to use editor in Umbraco
  • Umbraco workflow can be configured for client's purpose
  • Full Umbraco service - design, build, support & train
  • Mobile & tablet preview mode with Umbraco CMSv
  • Umbraco CMS offers Multilingual support
  • Granular permissions in Umbraco
  • Page versioning, scheduled date publishing and rollback in Umbraco
  • Scalable, extensible: integrations possible with Umbraco
  • Migration from legacy Umbraco or other CMS to Umbraco
  • Cloud hosting for Umbraco websites available

Benefits

  • Time savings for editors as Umbraco is easy to use
  • Umbraco offers an audit trail and full roll back option
  • With Umbraco you can create forms quickly and easily
  • Efficiency: Umbraco workflow and permissions enables teams to work collaboratively
  • Umbraco Help site owners meet public sector accessibility regulations
  • One Umbraco Certified supplier for all aspects of your website
  • Large and well established Umbraco developer community
  • Umbraco websites meet W3C WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards
  • Umbraco supports multi-site approach
  • Umbraco is cost effective as it's open source

Pricing

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

3 2 6 4 9 8 4 6 0 0 3 9 9 6 9

Contact

Professional Data Management Services Limited Catriona Watt
Telephone: +44 (0) 1624 664000
Email: tenders@pdms.com

About your service

Service categories

Applications

Content workflow and management

  • Document
  • Media Services
  • Creative

Content services

  • Enterprise Content Management Applications

Persuasive content management

  • Website Software
  • Product Content Management Applications

Enterprise portals and digital workspaces

  • Multi-Audience Portals
Multi cloud support
Yes

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
Service constraints
No
System requirements
  • Microsoft Windows Server
  • Microsoft .NET
  • Internet Information Services (IIS)
  • Microsoft SQL Server

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes
Support response times
A response to a support request can typically be expected to be received within four working hours of the support call being raised, however PDMS will work to agree SLAs with the buyer and can provide higher levels of service where required.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
None or don’t know
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
As standard, PDMS provide support 09.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday excluding UK bank holidays. The support level depends on the type and scope of the solution being supported, and the support hours required. Please see the rate card for our standard rates. Technical account management / support engineers are available where required.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Support can be offered via any of the following methods:
- Documentation (online)
- Webinar
- Onsite training (additional cost)
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
As standard PDMS will supply:

- Backup of Umbraco CMS SQL database, taken from the live website unless otherwise requested.

- Compressed (.zip) folder containing all website folder structure and files therein

The cost of this is included in your Subscription to the Service except where extra services are required.

Bespoke data extract requirements can also be provided and would be considered a new service request.
End-of-contract process
If the Service is terminated either by the Customer or by PDMS, PDMS will contact the Customer to establish your off-boarding requirements.
Documentation accessibility standard
WCAG 2.2 AA

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
The service is responsive and supported on mobiles, tablets and desktops. There are no functional differences between the desktop and mobile service.
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA
API
No
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Our Umbraco website service can incorporate a wide range of custom elements, including feeds/integrations and forms.

Scaling

Independence of resources
We provide Umbraco hosting and support which features load balancing, monitoring, backups and security auditing as standard and an average uptime in excess of 99.9%. We are also able to arrange and deploy via Umbraco Cloud hosting. Each instance of Umbraco is allocated dedicated resources which are not impacted by other users. PDMS holds ISO 27001:2022 Information Security Management System standard certification and Cyber Essentials Plus.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
The system stores compliance data in respect of the document history, versions, uploads, downloads and user interaction.
Reporting types
Reports on request
Resource tagging
No
FOCUS resource tagging
No

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Security Clearance (SC)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
United Kingdom
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
Secure Tier 3 Data centres Secure containers, racks or cages Physical access control Encryption of Physical media Safe destruction of physical media
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Equipment disposal approach
Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
Data sanitisation type
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed / Cryptographic Erasure
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Any required exports can be discussed at onboarding.
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
CSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
The Service Availability is set at 99.9% The Service Availability stated above is the percentage of the time the Service is available for use when measured over any one calendar month subject to Exceptions (see below) calculated according to the formula: (The number of minutes the service is available to the Customer PLUS The number of minutes the service is unavailable to the Customer due to exceptions) DIVIDED BY The total number of minutes in the month If the Service availability over any one calendar month is less than the above defined Service Availability, the Customer may request financial recompense. The financial recompense shall be calculated as a portion of the monthly Subscription fee to the Customer proportionate to the unavailability of the system, i.e. {1 MINUS [(The number of minutes the service is available to the Customer PLUS The number of minutes the service is unavailable to the Customer due to exceptions MINUS The number of minutes the service is unavailable to the Customer due to other reasons) DIVIDED BY The total number of minutes in the month]} TIMES BY The monthly Subscription fee. Further information can be found in the Service Definition Document
Approach to resilience
PDMS Software-as-a-Service is hosted on a highly resilient infrastructure using multiple storage, memory and processing units across multiple locales in multiple Data Centres on the Isle of Man – an architecture aimed at achieving extremely high availability. The Data Centres adhere to best practices described by the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centre Operations, and meet the Uptime Institute Tier Level 3 classification. PDMS holds ISO 27001:2013 Information Security Management System standard certification alongside Cyber Essentials certification. Further information is available on request and also within the Service Definition document.
Outage reporting
Email alerts inform PDMS of any unplanned outage. Planned outages are communicated to customers via email and telephone well in advance of the outage.

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
Access (to management interfaces and support channels) is restricted by least privilege access using active directory accounts with strong username and password combinations. Access is restricted on both a need and time basis with the default being that support staff do not have access.
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
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
At least 12 months

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security policies and processes
As part of its ISMS, PDMS have the following policies and processes; Information Security Policy, Secure Development Process, Acceptable Use Policy, Change Control Policy, Data Classification and Handling Policy, Data Protection Policy, Business Continuity Policy and an Incident Management Process, all of which are governed, managed and audited through our ISO certifications. All policies are owned and regularly reviewed by the relevant departmental manager. It is the responsibility of each departmental manager to ensure that all of their staff follow the information security policies and processes, however compliance is audited by the Quality and Standards Manager, with any issues identified reported to the relevant manager, for rectification. Operationally, Information Security is jointly managed by the IT Manager and the Quality and Standards Manager, both of whom report directly to the Chief Executive Officer, who has overall ownership at Board Level for Security, allowing issues that require immediate escalation to be reported to the Directors. Operational Issues that do not require immediate escalation are discussed at the monthly management meetings, where it is a standing issue. All issues discussed during these meetings that require escalation are reported upwards to Board of Directors for it to be discussed, where appropriate.
Software Security Code of Practice
Yes

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
We have change management processes in place for both system and software changes. These processes are part of the lifecycle of each system or service. They involve the use of tools and technical controls, as well as policies and procedures for our engineers to follow.

All changes are documented and tracked. This includes peer review and approvals before any changes are implemented in our environments.

We control changes and releases through automated pipelines. This provides repeatable, audited, and secure methods for introduction of environment changes.

Notifications from the change management process ensures that relevant stakeholders are aware of the changes.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Firstly, we promptly apply updates from the providers/manufacturers of devices and operating software that constitute our hosting platform. Updates are typically applied within a 14-days of release, barring any exceptional circumstances hindering successful deployment.

Secondly, we employ vulnerability management tools to scrutinise the installed software/configuration within our environments. The data generated is aggregated and examined by our engineers. If modifications are deemed necessary, they are managed through change management processes.

Lastly, through our software development lifecycle, we use code analysis and vulnerability scanners to detect known vulnerabilities within our developed software. This proactive approach addresses potential issues before impacting systems/services.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
We operate systems that gather/process telemetry from a range of aspects related to our hosting/service offerings, extending the scope of vulnerability management system monitoring.

Telemetry provides valuable insight to our operations teams, who maintain security/stability of hosted systems. Identified issues/operational enhancements are prioritised/delegated/resolved appropriately.

Security findings are overseen by qualified engineers, allowing for a customised response/remediation process.

Where telemetry indicates potential compromise, it’s escalated through incident management procedures.

The tools/methods we use continually evolves. As new insights/remediations are discovered, they contribute to ongoing improvement of operational procedures and overall environment. This iterative process ensures systems remain secure, efficient and up-to-date.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
PDMS allow all staff the ability to report security incidents through a number of methods, including email, telephone, and system based forms. Ultimately all reported incidents are managed by the Chief Operating Officer, who follows the Incident Management Process, which identifies how the incident should be managed, including when to provide updates to any customers that may be affected. Customer Incident Reports are normally provided in a written document. All incidents are reviewed following their satisfactory conclusion, in order to determine what lessons can be learned, in order to improve the process or prevent future occurrences.
Post-quantum cryptography secure
No

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v4.0)

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Pricing

Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
No

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

Less than £250,000
0%
Between £250,000 and £500,000
1%
Between £500,001 and £1,000,000
2%
Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000
3%
Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000
4%
Over £5,000,001
5%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Limited
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
Tuesday 25 March 2003
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
Provision of specialist business application development, software framework and products, application hosting, managed services
and support, IT consultancy, design and project management. (Information Security only - Statement of Applicability v 5.x)
ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
ISO 9001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Limited
ISO 9001 accreditation date
Tuesday 25 March 2003
What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
Provision of specialist business application development, software framework and products, application hosting, managed services
and support, IT consultancy, design and project management. (Information Security only - Statement of Applicability v 5.x)
Quality management systems (QMS)
Yes
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
F639af6e-af84-4553-963d-6547357f1f17
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
A9278ccd-092b-4f14-936f-2c030a3e1ca6
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 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
    • 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

Service documents

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