DATAQUEST GROUP LIMITED
Cloud Cost Management and Monitoring
Deploying your services into the Cloud can be more than just overcoming the technical hurdles. Cloud payment models today mean that there is constant opportunity to optimise your spend. The correct governance will help keep costs under control and deliver greater value.
Features
- Ongoing cost optimisation
- Ongoing cost monitoring
- Cost Reporting
- Regular workshops looking at the impact of cost changes
- Defining and managing KPIs and SLAs
- Cost review and change recommendations
- Work with team on application and implementation of cost changes
Benefits
- Promote financial visibility and predictable budgeting
- Work with client to align financial and operational goals
- Contract validation and assurance with vendors
- Justification of cloud spend
- Cost savings where viable with technical and business strategy
- 24/7 point of contact for ongoing support
- Promote strategic management and optimisation of cloud costs
- Build processes and strategies that promote long-term value creation
- Unlock potential for reinvestment in other areas where applicable
Pricing
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Framework
G-Cloud 15
Service ID
5 3 4 0 3 1 7 0 0 0 3 1 5 6 6
Contact
DATAQUEST GROUP LIMITED
Michael Lyons
Telephone: 07799894781
Email: mlyons@dqgroup.com
About your service
- Service categories
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Cloud Support Services
Cloud Financial Management Services
- FinOps Services
- GreenOps Services
Service scope
- Service constraints
- Service provided within the UK and it's territories.
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Yes
- Support response times
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We triage and set priority levels to inbound issues within 15 minutes. We set our response times based on priority levels. All support is included within the scope of our service agreement.
P1 - 15-minute response with 30-minute resolution target
P2 - 1-hour response with 2-hour resolution target
P3 - 4 Hour response with same day resolution target
Change - Same business day response and resolution target
We provide a dedicated technical account manager, commercial manager, and cloud support engineer with every service engagement. - User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- Yes
- Online ticketing support accessibility
- WCAG 2.2 AAA
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Web chat support
- Yes
- Web chat support availability
- 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Web chat support accessibility standard
- WCAG 2.2 AAA
- Web chat accessibility testing
- None
- Support levels
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We triage and set priority levels to inbound issues within 15 minutes. We set our response times based on priority levels. All support is included within the scope of our service agreement.
P1 - 15-minute response with 30-minute resolution target
P2 - 1-hour response with 2-hour resolution target
P3 - 4 Hour response with same day resolution target
Change - Same business day response and resolution target
We provide a dedicated technical account manager, commercial manager, and cloud support engineer with every service engagement. - AI chatbot
- Yes
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Reseller (no extras)
- Organisation whose services are being resold
- Microsoft , AWS
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Security Clearance (SC)
Pricing
- Discount for educational organisations
- No
Architecture roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee business architect | £375.00 | |
| Associate business architect | £1,500.00 | |
| Business architect | £1,100.00 | |
| Lead business architect | £1,100.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Associate technical architect | £1,100.00 | |
| Technical architect | £975.00 | |
| Senior technical architect | £1,000.00 | |
| Lead technical architect | £1,100.00 | |
| Principal technical architect | £1,500.00 |
IT operations roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| IT service analyst | £375.00 | |
| IT service manager | £650.00 | |
| Senior IT service manager | £850.00 | |
| Head of IT service management | £1,100.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Service desk analyst | £475.00 | |
| Senior service desk analyst | £850.00 | |
| Service desk manager | £975.00 | |
| Head of service desk | £1,100.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Service acceptance analyst | £475.00 | |
| Service transition manager | £1,100.00 | |
| Lead service transition manager | £1,500.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
- BSI
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- Monday 23 June 2025
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- N/A
- ISO 28000:2022 certification
- No
- ISO 9001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
- BSI
- ISO 9001 accreditation date
- Wednesday 24 December 2025
- What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
- N/A
- Quality management systems (QMS)
- Yes
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
- 5ba31597-0b17-45d6-9b70-40bd8742891e
- Cyber essentials plus
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
- 7fcd2286-5145-46c3-9c6d-9b77a37b1340
- Other security certifications
- Yes
- Any other security certifications
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- Waste Carrier Licence
- Safe Contractor Approved
- Data Protection Registration
- SafePQQ Verified Business
- ISO 14001
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 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
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Service documents
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 mlyons@dqgroup.com.
Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.