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GLOWAR LTD

Cloud, Platform and Engineering Enablement

Glowar provides cloud, platform and engineering enablement to help organisations establish effective ways of working, standards and capabilities. The service supports teams to adopt modern cloud, platform and DevOps practices, improving delivery flow, reliability and consistency without taking on operational responsibility for platforms or services.

Features

  • Cloud and platform capability assessment and enablement planning
  • Engineering standards and ways of working definition
  • DevOps and platform operating model enablement
  • Guidance on CI/CD, automation and cloud-native practices
  • Platform team and responsibility model design
  • Enablement of secure-by-design and compliant engineering practices
  • Coaching for engineering and platform leadership
  • Alignment of platform, product and delivery teams

Benefits

  • Improves consistency and quality of cloud and platform delivery
  • Reduces delivery bottlenecks through clearer engineering practices
  • Enables teams to adopt modern DevOps ways of working
  • Improves collaboration between platform, engineering and delivery teams
  • Reduces risk through clearer standards and responsibilities
  • Accelerates adoption of cloud-native and automation practices
  • Builds sustainable internal engineering capability
  • Reduces reliance on external suppliers for day-to-day enablement

Pricing

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 g.whitehouse@glowar.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

5 9 3 1 1 7 4 0 9 0 0 5 2 3 2

Contact

GLOWAR LTD Graham Whitehouse
Telephone: 07940180281
Email: g.whitehouse@glowar.co.uk

About the service

Service categories

Cloud Support Services

Training

  • Function/service optimisation skills

Service scope

Service constraints
The service is primarily delivered remotely and is dependent on access to relevant teams, documentation and stakeholders. On-site engagement can be provided by agreement where required. The service focuses on enablement and advice and does not include operational ownership of platforms or services.

User support

Email or online ticketing support
No
Phone support
No
Web chat support
No
Support levels
Support is provided through agreed engagement periods via scheduled meetings, workshops and written outputs. The service does not include ongoing operational support, helpdesk services or incident management.

Supplier type

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Pricing

Discount for educational organisations
No

Architecture roles

Enterprise architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Principal enterprise architect £1,150.00
Solution architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Principal solution architect £1,050.00
Technical architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Principal technical architect £1,100.00

Product and delivery roles

Business analyst
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Lead business analyst £900.00
Delivery manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Senior delivery manager £950.00

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

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

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
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
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

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 g.whitehouse@glowar.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.