| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Principal solution architect | £1,044.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Principal technical architect | £1,044.00 |
TALK THINK DO LIMITED
DevOps Delivery and Enablement for Cloud-Native Teams (AI-Accelerated)
DevOps delivery and enablement for cloud-native teams using Microsoft Azure. We design and implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and secure DevOps platforms. We also enable teams to adopt AI-accelerated development practices, improving delivery speed, quality, and governance for public sector digital services.
Features
- CI/CD pipeline design and implementation on Microsoft Azure
- GitHub Enterprise and Azure DevOps setup or migration
- Infrastructure as code using Bicep or Terraform
- Secure software supply chain configuration
- AI-assisted development enablement and governance
- DevOps readiness assessment and delivery roadmap
- Automation of build, test, and deployment workflows
- Support for inner-source and multi-supplier environments
- Remote delivery with regular demonstrations and reporting
- Structured handover to internal teams or support services
Benefits
- Faster and more reliable software delivery
- Reduced deployment risk through automation
- Improved developer productivity using AI tools
- Stronger security embedded in delivery pipelines
- Consistent delivery practices across teams
- Clear governance for AI-assisted development
- Lower operational risk for digital services
- Faster onboarding of new delivery teams
- Scalable DevOps practices for future growth
- Clean transition from delivery to live support
Pricing
- Education pricing available
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 15
Service ID
6 2 2 9 2 4 7 1 5 9 9 6 4 1 5
Contact
TALK THINK DO LIMITED
Matt Hammond
Telephone: 07477002302
Email: bids@talkthinkdo.com
About the service
- Service categories
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Cloud Support Services
Set Up and Migration
- Engagement and communication planning
- Project management and governance
- Service optimisation/right sizing
- Mobilisation coordination
- Other
Service scope
- Service constraints
- This service is delivered remotely and does not include on-site support unless explicitly agreed. It is a delivery and enablement service and does not include ongoing monitoring, incident management, or operational support beyond a defined hypercare period. The service is limited to DevOps platform delivery, automation, and team enablement and does not include application feature development. Successful delivery requires timely access to platforms, repositories, and stakeholders. Dependencies on third-party suppliers, security approvals, or internal governance processes may impact delivery timelines. Ongoing live service support is available under a separate G-Cloud support service.
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Yes
- Support response times
- We respond to questions and requests in line with the delivery engagement agreed in the Order Form. During UK business hours (Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays), queries are typically acknowledged within one business day, with response times aligned to the project plan and delivery milestones. As this is a delivery and enablement service, response times are managed through regular checkpoints, workshops, and delivery ceremonies rather than operational SLAs. At weekends, responses are not guaranteed unless explicitly agreed as part of the engagement. Ongoing operational response times are provided through a separate managed support service if required.
- 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
- This is a delivery and enablement service rather than a managed operational service. Progress is managed against agreed milestones, scope, and delivery outcomes. Ongoing operational support is provided via a separate G-Cloud support service if required.
Supplier type
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Other security clearance
- Government security clearance
- Security Clearance (SC)
Pricing
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Chief technology officer | £1,044.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Change and release analyst | £620.00 | |
| Change and release manager | £744.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Incident manager | £744.00 | |
| Major incident manager | £744.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure engineer | £744.00 | |
| Senior infrastructure engineer | £744.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Service desk manager | £744.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Business analyst | £620.00 | |
| Senior business analyst | £744.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery manager | £744.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Programme delivery manager | £893.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Test engineer | £620.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Test manager | £744.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps engineer | £744.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend developer | £620.00 | |
| Senior frontend developer | £744.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | £620.00 | |
| Senior developer | £744.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior graphic designer | £517.00 |
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- ISO/IEC 27001 accredited by
- British Assessment Bureau (UKAS)
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- Monday 11 August 2025
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- N/A
- ISO 28000:2022 certification
- No
- ISO 9001 certification
- No
- Quality management systems (QMS)
- Yes
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- Yes
- Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
- 4b7e48df-0177-44fe-a1dd-017ba5e6852e
- Cyber essentials plus
- Yes
- Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
- 8a6ab9c8-c2ec-479c-9810-b9c545d8e075
- Other security certifications
- No
Social value
- Mission: Kick start economic growth
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
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
- Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
- Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
- Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower
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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: Break down barriers to opportunity
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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
- 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
Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.
- Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
Service documents
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