TPG THE PROJECT GROUP LTD

Microsoft Power Platform PPM Consulting Services

TPG provide consulting and support services for Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) delivered using the Microsoft Power Platform. We design, build and optimise PPM solutions using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Dataverse, enabling secure delivery, strong governance, improved visibility, and better investment decision-making aligned to organisational priorities.

Features

• Power Apps solution design and delivery
• Power Automate workflow design and optimisation
• Power BI / Fabric reporting and analytics development
• Dataverse data modelling and configuration
• Secure environment setup and governance frameworks
• Application lifecycle management and deployment support
• Integration with Microsoft 365 and third-party systems ETL SAP
• Data auditing, structure design and optimisation
• Project and programme governance support
• Performance optimisation and platform right-sizing

Benefits

• Faster delivery of secure, scalable business applications
• Reduced manual effort through intelligent automation
• Improved visibility through reliable, actionable reporting
• Improved visibility through reliable, actionable reporting
• Strong governance reducing risk and technical debt
• Controlled releases with minimal operational disruption
• Integration with existing business systems ETL SAP
• Higher data quality supporting better decision-making
• Accountability and predictable delivery outcomes
• Optimised platform usage and lower long-term costs

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

503974249654075

Contact

Christopher Pond
07958131341
ChristopherP@TheProjectGroup.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Cloud Support Services

  Set Up and Migration

  • Data auditing and organising
  • Data/information structure design
  • Engagement and communication planning
  • Project management and governance
  • Service optimisation/right sizing
  • Mobilisation coordination
  • Other

Service scope

• Service constraints: The service is delivered primarily remotely, using Microsoft Teams and secure online collaboration tools.; ; On-site delivery is available by prior agreement and may incur additional cost.; ; Support is limited to Microsoft Power Platform technologies (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Dataverse) and Microsoft 365 capabilities, alongside TPG software.; ; The service relies on the buyer providing appropriate Microsoft licences and tenant access.; ; Availability is subject to agreed support hours and service levels defined in the contract.; ; Change requests outside the agreed scope are handled through formal change control.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Standard SLA is Monday to Friday 0900-1700 UK time, excluding public holidays. Extended SLAs also available.; ; P1 (Critical/Major Outage): Complete business outage affecting all users and mission-critical systems. Response within 15 minutes, continuous effort with hourly updates.; ; P2 (High/Major Impact): Significant group of users affected or major system degradation with a workaround. Response within 30 minutes, updates every two hours.; ; P3 (Medium/Standard): Single user or non-critical issue. Response within 1 hour.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: Yes
• Web chat support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Web chat accessibility testing: NA
• Support levels: Standard Support – from £1,000 per month; • Coverage: 09:00–17:00, Monday to Friday; • Scope: Incident management, service requests, break/fix support for Power Apps, Power Automate and Power BI; • Delivery: Remote support during business hours; ; Enhanced Support – from £1,500 per month; • Coverage: 08:00–18:00, Monday to Friday; • Scope: Prioritised incident handling, escalation management, proactive technical guidance; • Delivery: Remote support with a named technical contact or cloud support engineer; ; Premium Support – from £3,000 per month; • Coverage: As Enhanced, plus P1 incident support during weekends and UK public holidays; • Scope: Critical incident response, senior escalation, service coordination; • Delivery: Named Technical Account Manager or Cloud Support Engineer; ; Minimum 12-month contract
• AI chatbot: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

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

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Architecture roles

Business architect

Role level	UK Rate	Offshore Rate
Trainee business architect	£880.00	£800.00
Associate business architect	£1,045.00	£1,045.00
Business architect	£1,155.00	£1,155.00
Lead business architect	£1,265.00	£1,265.00

Data architect

Role level	UK Rate	Offshore Rate
Data architect	£1,045.00	£1,045.00
Senior data architect	£1,155.00	£1,155.00
Chief data architect	£1,265.00	£1,265.00

Enterprise architect

Role level	UK Rate	Offshore Rate
Enterprise architect	£1,045.00	£1,045.00
Senior enterprise architect	£1,100.00	£1,100.00
Lead enterprise architect	£1,155.00	£1,155.00
Principal enterprise architect	£1,265.00	£1,265.00

Solution architect

Role level	UK Rate	Offshore Rate
Associate solution architect	£1,045.00	£1,045.00
Solution architect	£1,045.00	£1,045.00
Senior solution architect	£1,100.00	£1,100.00
Lead solution architect	£1,155.00	£1,155.00
Principal solution architect	£1,265.00	£1,265.00

Technical architect

Role level	UK Rate	Offshore Rate
Associate technical architect	£1,045.00	£1,045.00
Technical architect	£1,045.00	£1,045.00
Senior technical architect	£1,100.00	£1,100.00
Lead technical architect	£1,155.00	£1,155.00
Principal technical architect	£1,265.00	£1,265.00

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: The Certification Body of TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Wednesday 8 July 2026
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: NA
• Quality management systems (QMS): No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: 6e137074-1059-462b-b875-d0b9e42ae320
• 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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.
    • 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
    • Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract

  • 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

  • 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)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce

  • 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

Service documents

• Pricing document

  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 ChristopherP@TheProjectGroup.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.