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GENERATION DIGITAL LIMITED

Smartsheet Collaboration & Work Management

Smartsheet is a software as a service offering for collaboration and work management, developed and marketed by Smartsheet Inc. It is used to assign tasks, track project progress, manage calendars, share documents, and manage other work, using a tabular user interface.

Features

  • Cloud-Based Work Management Platform
  • Multiple Sheet Views
  • Workflow Automation
  • Forms for Data Collection
  • Dashboards & Real-Time Reporting
  • Portfolio & Programme Governance (Control Center)
  • Resource Management (formerly 10,000ft)
  • Integrations & APIs
  • Enterprise Security
  • Mobile & Offline Access

Benefits

  • Improved Visibility Across Projects
  • Enhanced Collaboration
  • Better Project Delivery Consistency
  • Increased Efficiency Through Automation
  • Faster Decision Making
  • Better Resource Allocation and Planning
  • Reduced Tool Fragmentation
  • Supports Remote and Hybrid Work
  • Strong Governance and Compliance
  • Scalable for Departments and Entire Organisations

Pricing

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

3 8 9 9 3 5 5 3 5 7 4 5 8 5 7

Contact

GENERATION DIGITAL LIMITED Thomas Sutton
Telephone: +44 020 3951 3986
Email: gcloud@gend.co

About your service

Service categories

Applications

Collaborative

  • Enterprise community
  • Team collaboration
Multi cloud support
Yes

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
No
System requirements
  • Smartsheet supports the two most recent major versions of:
  • Windows
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Mac
  • Chrome
  • Safari Linux
  • Firefox ChromeOS: Chrome

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes
Support response times
We provide expedited support and aim to respond quickly to questions. Available during business hours Monday to Friday, we will respond to enquiries within one business day or twenty four hours from the date of the receiving the inquiry.
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
Yes
Web chat support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard
WCAG 2.2 AA
Web chat accessibility testing
N/A
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
We provide the following support levels: Onboarding plans: Work hand-in-hand with an expert on a custom onboarding plan, timeline, and kickoff. Customer success managers (CSMs): A dedicated partner familiar with your goals, helping you hit them with coaching, calls, and training. Professional services: Additional consulting sessions for on-site training, digital transformations, custom integrations, and more. Custom resources: From onboarding to feature tips, we can provide the right content at the right time to help answer your team’s questions and needs.
Support available to third parties
Yes
AI chatbot
No

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
We provide Online Training, Onsite Training, User Guides, etc. To help your team start using Smartsheet, we’ve analyzed what the most successful teams in Smartsheet have in common, channeled the expertise of our Customer Success Managers, and incorporated proven change management strategies all to craft the “Smartsheet onboarding” framework outlined in this article. Smartsheet Help: Get how-to help and step-by-step instructions for specific features in Help. Smartsheet Forum: Ask questions, get answers, and join our large community of Smartsheet experts. Learn how to use Smartsheet through trainings, webinars, and interactive courses hosted by Smartsheet's Customer Success team. Smartsheet Guide: Learn how to onboard your team and use Smartsheet to its full potential with quick and easy tips. Smartsheet Use Cases: Learn how other teams like yours use Smartsheet and how to build out projects specific to your team. Smartsheet Developer’s Guide: Learn how to customize the Smartsheet experience, leverage your data with the Smartsheet API, and join our developer community.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
You can export your own data, per project to the text-based file formats JSON or CSV, the latter of which can be viewed in a spreadsheet application like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. This can be done via the admin console or by contacting support.
End-of-contract process
At the end of the contract, licences can be renewed or terminated.
Documentation accessibility standard
WCAG 2.2 AA

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
  • Android
  • IOS
  • MacOS
  • Windows
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Use Mobile app for:
To enter your location into a sheet or form field.
Take a photo with your device and upload it.
Scan a barcode or QR code.
Access your forms quickly.
Submitting forms when offline.

Use Desktop for:
Build automated workflows
Create and edit sheet filters
Manage your users or plan information
Manage project settings in a sheet
Create and edit dashboards
Create new reports or edit the report builder
Viewing a published Calendar view in a Dashboard
Utilize the freeze column functionality
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AAA
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
The Smartsheet API enables licensed Smartsheet users to programmatically access and manage their organization's Smartsheet account and data. It is designed to be simple and intuitive, and is based on widely accepted standards and conventions, including REST, JSON, and HTTP success and error codes
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
HTML
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Anyone can Customise:

The home screen,
Triggers,
Branding,
Welcome Messages,
Help pages,
Fields,
URLs,
Colours,
Form,
Sections,
Alerts,
Views.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Smartsheet has a status page. In the last 90 days it was 99.97% up time. Smartsheet guarantee scale through planning and analytics on a variety usage metrics. . As such, when getting started, we recommend leveraging the bulk
user import feature in our Admin Center, which easily adds up to 1,000 users at a time to your Smartsheet
organization. Similarly, you can also use bulk update to edit roles en masse for existing users.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Customers can access detailed event logs covering past actions that have taken place across the organisation. 'Event Reporting' is available as an extra costs add-on for advanced Smartsheet Customers.
Reporting types
  • API access
  • Reports on request
Resource tagging
Yes
FOCUS resource tagging
Yes

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Smartsheet

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Security Clearance (SC)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
European Economic Area (EEA)
User control over data storage and processing locations
Yes
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v4.0
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
  • Encryption of all 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
In the Smartsheet app, you can export any sheet or report to the following formats:

Microsoft Excel
PDF
Image (PNG) (Gantt Chart Only)
Google Sheets
Microsoft Project (Gantt Chart Only as XML)
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • ODF
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • ODF
  • Other
Other data import formats
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Project
  • Google Sheets
  • Atlassian Trello board
  • Monday.com
  • Trello

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
There is no guarantee on the level of availability. In the past year Smartsheet always had an uptime of more than 99%.
Approach to resilience
See Smartsheet Whitepaper and Terms of Service
Outage reporting
Smartsheet provides a live, public status dashboard at means, as status.smartsheet.com or status.smartsheet.eu. Smartsheet will continuously log, monitor, and keep system records of the Covered Service’s accessibility on a minute basis and will make commercially reasonable efforts to communicate outages and events impacting accessibility on the Status Page.

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
Securing systems, applications, and data begins with identity-based access controls. The identity and access management features that are built into Smartsheet help protect your organizational and personal information from unauthorized access, while making it available to legitimate users whenever and wherever they need it. Synchronize existing enterprise directory services with Smartsheet to provision and deprovision users, and share user metadata.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • 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 have access to real-time 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
Reporting structure:
Ultimate responsibility for SPI's Information Security rests with the Managing Director of SPI. This includes the business Information Risk Register and recommendations of appropriate risk management measures.
Information Security Employees and HR Manager are responsible for managing and implementing the policy and related procedures.
.
The Policy is reviewed by the Information Security Management Forum annually, or more often if appropriate.
Line Managers are responsible for ensuring that their permanent, temporary staff and contractors are aware of applicability in their role, personal responsibility for information security and how to access advice on information security matters

Information Security Awareness training is included in the staff and contractors induction process and Training Plan
Users are made aware of the procedures applicable to them and refreshed regularly.
An on-going awareness programme is established and maintained in order to ensure that staff and contractors awareness is refreshed and updated as necessary.

Adequacy of SPI's Security System si tested via regular audits. All breaches of this Policy and other information security incidents or suspected weaknesses are reported to the IT Manager immediately. These are logged and investigated to establish their cause and impacts with to avoid similar events.
Software Security Code of Practice
No

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
Smartsheet offers a number of configuration controls that allow you to set up plans and users in a way that best supports your business objectives. Globally configure user types to designate what individuals can and can’t do with your Smartsheet account, automatically add users to an enterprise account with automated user provisioning, or adjust account settings for features and working days.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Information available on request. Non-disclosure agreement (NDA) required from Smartsheet. Smartsheet's security statement is available at: https://www.smartsheet.com/trust/security
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
This information is available on request. We were advised by Smarthseets that an NDA has to be signed to receive this information. Full Security Statement from Smartsheets is available from: https://www.smartsheet.com/trust/security
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Information available on request. Non-disclosure agreement (NDA) required from Smartsheet. Smartsheet's security statement is available at: https://www.smartsheet.com/trust/security
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
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
A 30 day free trial is available.
Link to free trial
https://www.gend.co/contact

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

Less than £250,000
0%
Between £250,000 and £500,000
5%
Between £500,001 and £1,000,000
10%
Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000
10%
Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000
15%
Over £5,000,001
20%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
ISO 9001 certification
No
Quality management systems (QMS)
Yes
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
No
Cyber Essentials Alternative
In relation to the services you do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials certificate which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies but you are working towards gaining it, and will be in a position to confirm that you have been awarded a current and valid Cyber Essentials certificate by one of the government approved accreditation bodies within 12 months of the date of award.
Cyber essentials plus
No
Cyber Essentials Alternative
In relation to the services you do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies but you are working towards gaining it, and will be in a position to confirm that you have been awarded a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate by one of the government approved accreditation bodies within 12 months of the date of award.
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
    • 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
    • Ensuring new workers are informed of their right to join a trade union
    • 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
    • Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
    • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    • Advertising of supply chain opportunities openly and to ensure they are accessible to a diverse range of businesses, including advertising all subcontracting opportunities on Contracts Finder
    • 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
    • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
    • Plans for positive actions with community groups.
    • Measures for making facilities used in the delivery of the contract available for community groups, education or training
    • Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered
    • Plans to respond flexibly and adapt approaches to community engagement and initiatives
    • Support for community-led initiatives relevant to the contract. Illustrative examples: improving transport links; reducing loneliness; helping with English language proficiency; and facilitating social mixing among people with different backgrounds
    • Collaborating with anchor institutions and community groups to make facilities available for education, training or community events
  • 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
  • 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
    • Creation of employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment, such as prison leavers, care leavers and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors
    • Delivery of training schemes and programmes to address any identified skills gaps and under-representation in the workforce for the contract (e.g. prison leavers, care leavers, kinship carers, disabled people)
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
    • Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
    • Offering a range of quality opportunities with routes of progression if appropriate, e.g. T Level industry placements, students supported into higher level apprenticeships.
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
    • Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
    • 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
  • 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 the underlying factors affecting improvements to reduce barriers to entry and training schemes for the target cohort(s) related to the contract workforce
    • Other measures to offer development opportunities for the target cohort(s) in the contract workforce
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
    • Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
    • Content of the outreach activity is designed to suit the target cohort
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
  • 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
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
    • Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce

Service documents

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