ACUITY APPLIED LIMITED
Agile Discovery Phase as a Service
Acuity Applied Limited provides Discovery services for the UK public sector, focusing on problem-solving and adherence to GDS guidelines. We work with organisations to define new or improved digital services based on user needs, current operations, and existing conditions.
Our service supports thorough assessment and preparation for Alpha Service Assessment
Features
- Redefine or clarify the problem to solve.
- Engage stakeholders: client, users, suppliers.
- Conduct user research and persona analysis for needs assessment.
- Examine current operations, processes, policies, and technologies.
- Examine key legislation, policies, business, and technical constraints.
- Create custom artefacts: user journeys and service blueprints.
- Develop project plan for all delivery phases: Alpha, Beta, Live.
- Outline Alpha plan with costs, outcomes, timescales, and team.
- Align with Technology Code of Practice (TCop) Service-Standard and principles.
- Identify risks and opportunities through comprehensive problem analysis.
Benefits
- Define the problem clearly and identify users' goals.
- Outline constraints for the new or redesigned service.
- Align with and understand the core policy contex
- Adhere fully to the GDS Service Standard.
- Thorough preparation for GDS Alpha phase.
- Maintain continuous, open, and consistent collaboration.
- etailed plan for Alpha, including cost, outcomes, timescales.
- Experienced, Product, Content, Service-Design, User Research and Delivery Specialists.
Business architect
| £300.00 |
£150.00 |
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £795.00 |
£400.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
Data architect
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £925.00 |
£465.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Enterprise architect
| £795.00 |
£400.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Network architect
| £650.00 |
£225.00 |
| £895.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Security architect
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Solution architect
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £795.00 |
£400.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Technical architect
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £795.00 |
£400.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Chief data officer
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Chief information security officer
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Chief technology officer
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Cyber security audit and assurance
| £1,050.00 |
£625.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£625.00 |
Cyber security governance and risk management
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£625.00 |
Cyber security monitoring
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Cyber security incident response
| £725.00 |
£365.00 |
| £995.00 |
£498.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Cyber security vulnerability management
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Cyber security digital forensics
| £650.00 |
£325.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£625.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Cyber security testing
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Cyber security secure design
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Analytics engineer
| £350.00 |
£175.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £875.00 |
£440.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£625.00 |
Data analyst
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
Data engineer
| £795.00 |
£400.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Data ethicist
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£675.00 |
Data governance manager
| £795.00 |
£400.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£625.00 |
Data scientist
| £350.00 |
£200.00 |
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £795.00 |
£400.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£625.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£625.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£725.00 |
Machine learning engineer
| £1,050.00 |
£575.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£675.00 |
Performance analyst
| £350.00 |
£175.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Application operations engineer
| £425.00 |
£215.00 |
| £650.00 |
£325.00 |
| £825.00 |
£415.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Business relationship manager
| £695.00 |
£450.00 |
| £895.00 |
£575.00 |
| £995.00 |
£675.00 |
Change and release manager
| £425.00 |
£215.00 |
| £725.00 |
£365.00 |
| £925.00 |
£465.00 |
Command and control centre manager
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£625.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£725.00 |
End user computing engineer
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £675.00 |
£340.00 |
| £895.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£575.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£675.00 |
IT service manager
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £795.00 |
£400.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£725.00 |
Incident manager
| £725.00 |
£365.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Infrastructure engineer
| £495.00 |
£250.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Infrastructure operations engineer
| £425.00 |
£215.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £895.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£575.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£675.00 |
Problem manager
| £550.00 |
£265.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
Service desk manager
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
Service transition manager
| £500.00 |
£250.00 |
| £600.00 |
£370.00 |
| £875.00 |
£440.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
Business analyst
| £350.00 |
£225.00 |
| £450.00 |
£275.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Delivery manager
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Digital portfolio manager
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £750.00 |
£375.00 |
| £900.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,195.00 |
£600.00 |
Product manager
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£575.00 |
Programme delivery manager
| £850.00 |
£425.00 |
Service owner
| £850.00 |
£425.00 |
Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
Test engineer
| £650.00 |
£350.00 |
| £725.00 |
£365.00 |
| £875.00 |
£440.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
Test manager
| £850.00 |
£425.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£625.00 |
Development operations (DevOps) engineer
| £450.00 |
£250.00 |
| £650.00 |
£325.00 |
| £850.00 |
£425.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£600.00 |
| £1,150.00 |
£600.00 |
Frontend developer
| £350.00 |
£225.00 |
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
Software developer
| £350.00 |
£225.00 |
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £725.00 |
£365.00 |
| £875.00 |
£440.00 |
| £875.00 |
£440.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
| £995.00 |
£500.00 |
Accessibility specialist
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £695.00 |
£275.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Content designer
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Content strategist
| £845.00 |
£475.00 |
Graphic designer
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Interaction designer
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Service designer
| £450.00 |
£225.00 |
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£475.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Technical writer
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£475.00 |
User researcher
| £395.00 |
£225.00 |
| £550.00 |
£275.00 |
| £695.00 |
£350.00 |
| £845.00 |
£425.00 |
| £950.00 |
£475.00 |
| £1,050.00 |
£525.00 |
Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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No
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
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ISO 9001 certification
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No
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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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No
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Cyber essentials
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Yes
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Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
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1827f07e-5aed-4568-a5cb-3a174bf1c9fc
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Cyber essentials plus
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Yes
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Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
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41489fcf-9d01-48b6-be28-053459d7e96e
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Other security certifications
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No
Social value
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Mission: Kick start economic growth
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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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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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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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Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future
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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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Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce
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