OTTIMO CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED

Commercial and Contract management service

Provision of experienced, adept and pragmatic subject matter experts to lead commercial planning, business analysis, programme, contract and service management, tender support from planning through to supplier negotiation, selection and contract execution. Post contract supplier management and optimisation of legacy contracts and exit strategy planning and execution.

Features

• Capture and development of specifications and requirements for cloud services
• Supply chain and contract management strategies for cloud services
• Lead complex sourcing initiatives, working alongside key stakeholders and suppliers
• Stakeholder engagement, risk and cost analysis, management, government governance protocol
• Contractual constructs, contract arrangements, negotiation and business case preparation
• Supplier exit, transition, solution migration and change management
• Procurement Strategy development aligned to client organisation objectives
• EPOS procurement specialist including InSourcing, Outsourcing and Multi-Sourcing
• Negotiation strategy development and execution
• Legacy and technology innovation in supplier sourcing and commercial models

Benefits

• Experienced central government IT procurement delivery
• On-demand contract management professionals to embed commercial capability
• In-depth cloud knowhow and specialist contract management expertise
• Disaggregation of monolithic cloud structures into market-aligned services
• Full commercial lifecycle delivery, from requirements, ITT, contract/schedule drafting
• Experienced government procurement governance capability
• Ensures cloud supply chain contract management complexities are managed
• Realisation of cloud benefits and reduction of business costs/risks
• Greater agility, transparency and value for money optimisation (VFM) initiatives
• Alignment of digital and commercial strategies through contract delivery

£420 to £1,800 a unit a day

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  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 admin@ottimo-consulting.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

641803465773975

Contact

Nick Ravenscroft
07841596343
admin@ottimo-consulting.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Ottimo works alongside programme teams to embed cloud commercial and contractual technology and digital industry expertise to ensure supply chain, commercial and procurement complexities are identified and managed efficiently and effectively.; ; We manage complex supplier contracts for you, working with your stakeholders to achieve the outcome you need at pace, in the timescales you've committed to.; ; We provide on-demand commercial and contract management professionals to fill interim gaps in your team, build your capability or support your programme demands where additional expertise is required or an increase in velocity of delivery is needed.; ; We support buyers to structure or renegotiate flexible and adaptable contracts and services, establish and manage simplified operating models, get full pricing and cost transparency from their supply base, clearly express and articulate liabilities so risks are understood and build internal capability. All of which contribute towards significant savings and efficiencies.; ; We facilitate knowledge transfer to build and support internal contract management capability and allow a deeper understanding of benefit generation to be enabled.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: We offer comprehensive commercial and contract management training covering all aspects of; private and hyperscale cloud-based commercial and contract management strategy definition,; contract construction and negotiation, supplier management, exit and transition management,; change transformation management, project and programme management, risk/issue; assessment and management and stakeholder management.; ; We provide industry practitioners with key commercial, sourcing, technology/ digital; experience to support contract management internal teams in major private and hyperscale; cloud transformations, covering the following:; ; • Platform as a Service (PaaS); • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS); • Software as a Service (SaaS); • Function as a Service (FaaS); • Device as a Service (DVaaS); ; We specialise in creating multifunctional contract management, commercial and procurement teams by creating transformational contract management delivery teams and capabilities.; ; We create short term capacity and increase delivery velocity during demand peaks in core commercial and contract management activity, where our skilled practitioners, with relevant leadership and training experience fill in buyer gaps and provide training and mentoring to internal buyer resources.; ; Our consultants help train contract management teams to allow them to challenge ‘build’ vs ‘buy’ technology/digital solutions.; ; Our engagement model naturally creates increased contract management internal commercial and procurement capability through continuous knowledge transfer.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: Ottimo structures and manages arrangements with third parties to ensure risk managed migration with clear time and cost commitments. ; ; We work with customers to construct a comprehensive delivery path, leveraging our end to end contract management and commercial expertise and covering everything from legacy supplier contract management, financial & legal constructs, supply base navigation, route to market optimisation, exit arrangements including disputes and service issues. ; ; Our commercial and contractual leads bring deep industry and technology experience across all disciplines (including private and hyperscale cloud application services, hosting, desktop, software, network, telephony and security) to ensure a robust migration approach. ; ; Our approach is to be inclusive of all key stakeholders and plainly communicated between Human Resources, Technology/Digital, Commercial, Finance and Legal.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: No

Security testing

• Security services: No

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: There are no constraints

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: No
• Phone support: No
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: Support is included in the consultancy service deliverables that are supplied and within the programmes we deliver.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  Ottimo has a working from home policy by default to limit the need to travel; where onsite presence is required, public transport is promoted wherever possible. Ottimo also operates a digital by default policy to reduce to the absolute minimum the need for printed output and avoids single use plastics, limiting the impact of waste on the environment.

  Covid-19 recovery

  Ottimo supports remote and hybrid working as appropriate for our employees. Ottimo has a working from home policy by default to limit the need to travel; where onsite presence is required, public transport is promoted wherever possible.

  Tackling economic inequality

  Ottimo supports the UK Governments levelling up agenda, through providing the opportunity to work flexibly from any location. There are no locational or educational restrictions on the people and educational qualifications that they have when applying for roles with Ottimo. ; Ottimo also offers our staff one day’s paid leave per year to volunteer with community projects and charities.

  Equal opportunity

  Ottimo adopts a strict anti-discrimination policy and practices equal opportunities at all levels in the way that we recruit and conduct ourselves in business. We ensure that all employees and subcontractors are treated equitably and fairly with the same rights and access to opportunities.

  Wellbeing

  Ottimo takes the well-being of its staff and customers very seriously - we proactively support our staff in the maintenance and improvement of both their physical and mental health. Flexible remote and hybrid working practices are encouraged to ensure continued support for our employees’ and subcontractors’ work life balance.

Pricing

• Price: £420 to £1,800 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  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 admin@ottimo-consulting.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.