EVOLVE COMMERCIAL LIMITED

Evolve Defence Technology Acquisition Support

Effective procurement is a team sport, especially when the requirements are complex or innovative, which is often the case with cloud technology procurements. Evolve offers Public Sector clients an Acquisition Support service to support highly technical procurements, using subject matter experts to complement your core procurement and commercial expertise.

Features

• Business Case development (Green Book / 5 Case Model)
• Procurement Strategy development, in accordance with Define, Procure, Manage
• Commercial Strategy development and Commercial/Contract Management Plans
• Service Requirements engineering and design, with ITIL qualified SMEs
• Contract Management, including technical and financial performance
• Technical writers draft documentation, including requirements and industry materials
• Administrative support, inc. NDA management, data rooms, export licenses (ITAR)
• Procurement project management, including scheduling, cost management
• Commercial analysis including contract due diligence, Ts&Cs, DEFCONS, novations, FOIA
• Social Value planning, evaluation criteria, assessment, and reporting

Benefits

• Accelerated procurement schedules by removing bottlenecks in your organisation
• De-risks procurement activity, reducing probability of challenge or procurement failure
• Provides additional capability and capacity to internal teams
• Access to Subject Matter Experts for specific issues
• Contracts design for agile delivery, based upon service points
• Commercial robustness aligned with agile delivery, e,g. sprints/epics
• Extensive tech market expertise, covering licensing, contracts, and KPIs
• • Understanding of Public Sector regulations including PCR, DSPCR, DEFCONs
• Pre-vetted Security Cleared specialists including SC, DV, NPPV3 & CTC
• Experts in procurement, negotiation, supplier resource management, and category management

£475 to £1,495 a unit a day

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 alan.riordan@evolvecommercial.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

658908300673022

Contact

Alan Riordan
07593897579
alan.riordan@evolvecommercial.co.uk

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Evolve provides tailored planning support to enable context understanding and assessment of acquisition requirements in line with the technical requirements. We also provide planning an appraisal of all parts of the acquisition cycle involved to ensure robust implementation and successful outcomes for our clients.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: We provide acquisition training and knowledge transfer based on the services being delivered in order to ensure that clients have the information, knowledge and support needed at the point of transition of the services.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: We provide end-to-end procurement and commercial services to support the robust and successful migration of cloud hosting or cloud software services. We work closely with stakeholders to ensure that all elements of the procurement cycle work synergistically with all other areas involved in order to migrate clients to new cloud services on time and to the agreed cost and quality standards.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: Evolve uses a rigorous quality management plan and process to ensure the quality of its own deliverables, and of all procurement documentation.Our comprehensive quality assurance is offered throughout the full procurement lifecycle, providing our clients with robust and compliant solutions to meet their requirements. Please refer to our Service Definition Document.

Security testing

• Security services: No

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported:
  • Buyer hosting or software
  • Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
• How the support service works: We provide the acquisition support related to Buyer hosting requirements and contracts. We deliver services to ensure the quality, performance, value for money and continuity of contract coverage of Buyer hosting arrangements.

Service scope

• Service constraints: Flexible and adaptable services offered. Any specific constraints to be agreed prior to Call-Off Contract being placed.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Email support available with response times usually within 24 hours.
• 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: Technical commercial and procurement support levels with associated SLA's may be agreed.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

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: Yes
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  Tackling economic inequality

  Tackling economic inequality

  Evolve Commercial is proud of its efforts to tackle economic inequality. We actively reduce barriers to entry posed by those living in disadvantaged areas through offering a digital first, fully remote-working model. The flexibility of home-working and financial support for appropriate furniture and materials, allows those with disabilities to feel supported within their role as well as further reducing barriers to employment faced through commuting and lack of accessibility in transport. ; We are currently implementing an Evolve Social Value strategy, in which support to Reservists and Cadets will be a critical element.; Evolve are currently engaging with Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK to facilitate a corporate partnership. We recognise the growing requirement for skilled procurement and commercial professionals within defence, and that, largely, Procurement professionals have fallen into roles. However, to promote our profession, Evolve want to work with young cadets to provide employment insight and showcase the opportunities available, coupled with skills mentoring to support multiple future career choices.; For call-offs under this service description, we will work with Buyers to identify further opportunities to work towards tackling economic inequality. We will offer ‘Knowledge Lunches’ to the Authority, covering framework overview, tender documents, contracts, and negotiation. Further, we will work with Buyers to increase awareness of Procurement in schools and colleges in disadvantaged areas. Recently, Evolve collaborated with a charity, Ablaze Bristol, to deliver a 6-week program to a secondary school. The sessions covered exploring career opportunities, overcoming barriers, setting, and achieving goals, and enhancing employability. Within the next six months, our target is to have successfully delivered one talk with a direct link to a G-Cloud 14 Buyer, with scope to extend this to an additional two sessions in the following six months. With a final goal of offering four per annum by the 2025/26 academic year.

Pricing

• Price: £475 to £1,495 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

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 alan.riordan@evolvecommercial.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.