SThree Partnership LLP

Architecture-as-a-Service - SThree trading as Computer Futures & Real Public Sector

SThree-Architecture-as-a-Service operates as a strategic partner providing guidance, governance, & assurance across domains including Business & Enterprise Architecture, Digital Solution Architecture, Agile Digital Architecture, & Architecture Health-Check.

This service provides flexible architecture services for cloud programmes and portfolios.

Sectors: Healthcare/NHS, Local/Central Government, Defence, Education, Bluelight, Transport, Combined Authorities, Devolved Administrations.

Features

• Sectors: Healthcare, Bluelight, Transport, Local Government, Central Government, Higher Education
• Service Delivery: T&M, Work Packages, Project/Managed Services and Milestones
• Technical/ Cloud/ Solutions/ Enterprise Architecture & Architecture Healthcheck
• Definition of Architecture Principles & Governance aligned to organisational need
• Development of strategy, key milestones, and architecture roadmap
• Integration, replacement, or replatforming of legacy systems
• Delivery of architecture design, planning, delivery, evaluation, review
• Digital platform development, implementation and support
• Ongoing service demand planning, resource planning and work scheduling
• Architecture models focused on grounded, pragmatic deliverables / solutions

Benefits

• Provision of Technical/Cloud/Solutions Architecture as an end-to-end service
• Development of architecture patterns/blueprints which support innovation
• Better governance of architectural standards & regulatory requirements
• Service ensures architectural roadmap is aligned to business need
• Increased performance of platform, creating foundation for software enhancements
• Optimisation of existing legacy systems delivers value
• Definition of clear, comprehensive architecture strategy, milestones, & roadmap
• SC Cleared and DV Cleared Consultants available for deployment
• Knowledge transfer to develop in-house capability
• Cost effective and transparent pricing with a focus on Value-for-Money

£350 to £1,500 a unit a day

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 b.milligan@sthree.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

403528816396196

Contact

Bethany Milligan
02074695033
b.milligan@sthree.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: We design and plan our services to allow the delivery to meet business requirements in a controlled, but collaborative and innovative way. As part of this service, we work with our clients to collect requirements; develop a detailed design for the capability (including the people, process, technology and data components); select appropriate tools and develop an implementation plan. ; Our Planning services include an onsite/remote assessment to determine the most appropriate solution. This service is delivered via our dedicated PMO function to support our clients in the implementation of Cloud-based Services. Approach: business and technology requirements gathering, service design, SOW, resource plan and schedule, on-boarding plan. The planning process considers multi-vendor environments.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: We work collaboratively with our clients throughout the project and service lifecycle to understand their training needs and build a customised approach to ensure your transition to cloud services is successful. ; • on-site one-to-one and group coaching ; • video tutorials ; • training documentation ; • Creation of Knowledge Repository; • Mentoring existing and new internal staff
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: We provide expert migration services to help buyers review, assess, and evaluate cloud solutions and the best options to migrate to a cloud environment from the current estate. As part of the migration process our specialist consultants will complete an assessment with clients to determinate requirements and provide a detailed overview of the steps needed in order for the process to be successful. Specialist consultants can also assist in performing gap / risk analysis on your current infrastructure setup ensuring that the migrations performed minimise outage times and ensure business continuity for your applications.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: We provide a flexible service including on-going demand planning process that enables us to plan optimum resource levels at all times to meet peak demand. Our expert consultants work closely with the customer and our internal PMO service to support and/or deliver the full testing lifecycle from test strategy and planning through execution.

Security testing

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

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: N/A

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Responses will be within 24 hours, unless individual SLA set with client. We provide long & Short term support solutions that are directly related to our projects. The subject matter expects deployed can be integrated physically or virtually into existing Service desk structures and processes within your organisation.
• 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 agree a support level according to the Client's requirements and allocate an Account Manager, with additional support as required for the solution. We provide every account a dedicated Service Delivery Manager to ensure the service provided to your business is of quality and is available by telephone during office hours and by email at any time to ensure that any operational support is provided in an effective and efficient manner. This is provided at no additional cost to the Client.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  We take our role in tackling the climate emergency seriously. By actively working to reduce our own emissions targets we can make positive long-term commitments to the environment and society. ; ; We are recognised as a climate leader by the Financial Times in its inaugural listing of European Climate Leaders, which details the top 300 companies that achieved the greatest reduction in their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity between 2014 and 2019, placing 69th.; ; We set transparent and measurable targets to manage our own carbon emissions whilst also working to influence suppliers, customers, and communities alike to ensure support of the right talent is available to deliver the low carbon transition.; ; SThree commits to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by 2050. Aligned to the SBTi net-zero standard, this commitment is a long-term target to reduce absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% by 2050 from a 2019 base year.; ; Our current carbon reduction actions include:; •Over 1000 hours volunteered in environmental projects; •Reducing our business travel by at least 30% and prioritising low carbon travel; •Removing single use plastics from our supply chain; •Prioritising suppliers who share our values and ambitions, including reducing their carbon emissions and managing their environmental impact; SThree is also a carbon neutral business, as we offset our absolute carbon footprint each year through VCS carbon credit projects.; ; Our credentials include:; •Carbon Disclosure Project – ‘B’ score; •Early adoption of the Taskforce for Climate-Related Financial Disclosure; •Ranked 69th in the FT Climate Leader Listing for carbon reduction action between 2014-2019; • “Sustainable Recruitment Agency of the Year” – Recruiter awards 2020

  Covid-19 recovery

  SThree’s STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) sector focus enabled the company to provide critical support during the pandemic, when customers needed life scientists and technologists to develop vaccines, and engineers to build factories to produce those vaccines. ; ; SThree Project Services and Solutions rapidly deployed project teams to support NHS trusts transform critical data reporting capability, scale-up internal PMO capacity to manage portfolio growth to support transformation, infrastructure deployments to enable remote working and moved many projects off-site to provide much needed business continuity.; ; SThree’s initiatives to support recovery from the pandemic also include:; • #STEMSeries virtual events designed to help support STEM professionals through the uncertainty of Covid-19. These sessions cover everything from practical guides on virtual processes to roundtable discussions on what the future will look like. ; • Global research based on feedback from over 1,500 clients, consultants and industry exerts worldwide uncovered how the pandemic is impacting STEM skills demand. This continues to inform how we partner with our stakeholders, including clients, consultants, and local communities; • Supporting underserved communities who are further marginalised due to the pandemic through two community programmes:; 1. Career Support programmes through education and non-profit partners, to support those at risk of unemployment and underemployment through the delivery of employability interventions. Last year, SThree supported 4,210 people through this programme; 2. SThree develops STEM Communities to support those who experience barriers to enter and progress in STEM careers. We develop programmes with clients and community partners to help people overcome barriers through education, mentoring and industry insights.

  Tackling economic inequality

  SThree responds to the critical need for skills to face challenges of climate emergency, natural resource scarcity, inequality, urbanisation, health care needs, breakthroughs in life sciences, artificial intelligence, energy storage and quantum computing. Without access to STEM skills, businesses will be unable to grow, build resilience and support the low carbon transition.; SThree contributes to economic growth by delivering employment opportunities and empowering business growth. ; ; The company positively impacted over 25,000 lives last year, through delivering talent resourcing/project solutions and community programmes. Through its CSR/ESG programme, SThree’s goal is to positively impact 150,000 lives by 2024. Since 2019, we have impacted 106,116 lives by working to grant 67,770 people access to STEM work, supporting 10,224 people through career support volunteering, and granted 11,697 STEM professionals access to our community programming.; ; We work with a range of community organisations to deliver interventions that support people into employment, including employability workshops, mentoring, internships, and career coaching. Our programmes are designed to deliver positive employment outcomes for specific demographics.; ; We leverage our network of trusted suppliers to ensure we are supportive of new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, and SME’s that we can incorporate into our service in order to develop the most economical and future proofed solutions. This model and our reach across our vast talent base gives us the agility and flexibility that we can pass onto our customers to assure we support a more balanced economic landscape & tackle economic inequality.

  Equal opportunity

  “Building an inclusive workforce for the future” is a core objective of SThree’s ESG programme – a goal which we will achieve by delivering inclusive solutions, cultivating diverse talent communities, and delivering outcome-led community programmes that help people from marginalized communities to access STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) career paths.; ; We understand the current and growing skills gap in STEM. We also understand that the STEM industries we partner with need to become more accessible and diverse to thrive. And we understand education and employment inequality is only being exacerbated by the health crisis. In response, we launched our first STEM Career Pathways programme in 2020. Through the programme we bring education and training providers together with our clients and talent communities, to empower a diverse talent pipeline. We have mobilised our talent communities to act as mentors to these students, our own colleagues to act as career coaches, and our clients to provide employment opportunities.; ; We currently deliver programmes targeting race, gender, and socio-economic disparity. Our Elevate Careers community is designed to make STEM industries more inclusive through workshops. The communities we serve are:; - Women in STEM; - Representation in STEM; - Pathways into STEM; - Reskilling in STEM; ; As an equal Opportunities Employer, we do not discriminate against staff, clients, or customers on the basis of their gender, sexual orientation, marital or civic partner status, gender assignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age. The principles of non-discrimination and equality also apply to the way in which staff treat visitors, clients, customers, and suppliers. ; ; Our awards and accolades include:; - Company of the Year, 2021 - European Diversity Awards; - American Staffing Association Elevate Award for our "STEM Equity Coalition"

  Wellbeing

  Our people vision is to create an environment that enables our colleagues to be at their best. We do this by building a truly inclusive culture to drive diversity, collaboration, and engagement, where people can flourish as individuals and as part of the team. ; ; As the Covid pandemic impacted all of us, protecting and caring for our people was our priority. We provided support primarily through our ‘THRIVE’ programme, designed to ensure the wellbeing of our colleagues both at work and at home. Working in consultation with our people, THRIVE has been developed to provide support and resources in four areas of wellbeing: body and mind, self-purpose, personal growth, and financial stability. ; ; The THRIVE programme provides staff with access to local support helplines, useful apps and online information and resources for personal and confidential use.; ; We also strengthened our focus on the health and wellbeing of our people by, for example:; • Increasing leave for paid caregivers to support those with caring responsibilities; • Implementing remote working with Health & Safety assessments; • Implementing D&I focus groups to understand the lived experiences of colleagues on our four pillars of D&I (age, race and ethnicity, nationality, and gender) and to centre the strategy on the voice of our people; • Providing training to people managers on how to support remote teams.

Pricing

• Price: £350 to £1,500 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

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 b.milligan@sthree.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.