Secure Large Language Model Platform Deployment
This service establishes a secure large language model capability within customer-owned Azure environments. We configure cloud-native AI services, identity controls and integration patterns to enable safe experimentation and use of LLMs with organisational data, aligned to governance, security and operational requirements within complex public sector estates.
Features
- Deployment of LLM capabilities within customer-owned Azure environments
- Configuration of Azure OpenAI and supporting cloud services
- Secure identity, access and role-based controls
- Integration with organisational data sources and systems
- Selection of LLM models and consideration of open/closed data sources
- Environment separation for development, testing and production
- Governance and control patterns for responsible AI usage
- Secure API and application integration patterns
- Monitoring and usage controls for AI services
- Documentation and handover for ongoing internal operation
Benefits
- Enables safe experimentation with LLMs using organisational data
- Maintains full control of data, models and infrastructure
- Reduces risk through secure, governed AI platform deployment
- Supports multiple use cases without supplier lock-in
- Aligns AI adoption with existing security and governance controls
- Scales AI capability up and down as required
- Establishes reusable patterns for future AI initiatives
- Informed by experience delivering cloud platforms in public sector environments
Pricing
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 15
Service ID
4 5 9 0 2 4 3 3 0 7 9 8 7 0 1
Contact
Aten Consultancy
Ed McCulloch
Telephone: 07747692535
Email: ed.mcculloch@atendco.com
About your service
- Service categories
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Cloud Support Services
Set Up and Migration
- Data/information structure design
- Engagement and communication planning
- Project management and governance
- Mobilisation coordination
Service scope
- Service constraints
- No
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Yes
- Support response times
- Next working day
- 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
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Support levels provided
We provide standard support during UK business hours (Monday to Friday, excluding UK public holidays). Support is available via email and telephone. Support requests are logged and prioritised based on severity, with escalation to senior technical staff where required.
Enhanced support arrangements, including extended hours or increased responsiveness, can be agreed with the buyer at call-off stage where required.
Cost of support levels
Standard support is included within the service price.
Any enhanced or bespoke support requirements, such as extended support hours or dedicated support resources, are agreed with the buyer at call-off stage and priced proportionately based on the scope and duration of the contract.
Technical Account Manager / Cloud Support Engineer
A named technical contact is provided for the service. Where appropriate, a technical account manager or cloud support engineer can be made available as part of the contract, with details agreed at call-off stage based on the buyer’s requirements.
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Staff screening not performed
- Government security clearance
- Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
Pricing
- Discount for educational organisations
- No
Architecture roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee business architect | £50.00 | £99.99 |
| Associate business architect | £75.00 | £125.00 |
| Business architect | £200.00 | £300.00 |
| Lead business architect | £400.00 | £850.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate technical architect | £350.00 | £400.00 |
| Technical architect | £500.00 | £750.00 |
| Senior technical architect | £650.00 | £850.00 |
| Lead technical architect | £750.00 | £950.00 |
| Principal technical architect | £1,200.00 | £1,500.00 |
IT operations roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate infrastructure engineer | £300.00 | £400.00 |
| Infrastructure engineer | £550.00 | £650.00 |
| Senior infrastructure engineer | £650.00 | £850.00 |
| Lead infrastructure engineer | £950.00 | £1,200.00 |
| Principal infrastructure engineer | £1,200.00 | £1,500.00 |
Product and delivery roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Business analyst | £450.00 | £650.00 |
| Senior business analyst | £650.00 | £850.00 |
| Lead business analyst | £850.00 | £1,000.00 |
| Head of business analysis | £1,200.00 | £1,500.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- No
- ISO 28000:2022 certification
- No
- ISO 9001 certification
- No
- Quality management systems (QMS)
- No
- 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
- None of the criteria
- Other security certifications
- No
Social value
- Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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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
- 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
- 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
- Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
- Volunteering opportunities for staff
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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
- 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
- Plans for positive actions with community groups.
- Collaborating with anchor institutions and community groups to make facilities available for education, training or community events
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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 barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
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