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CERTUS ADVISORY LTD

Exit and Transition Management

Certus Advisory is able to support clients through the exit of large contracts and the process of transitioning to new operating models, working in multi-supplier environments. We are able to develop disaggregation strategies, support contract exit negotiations and assist clients in managing supply chains, including dispute management and resolution.

Features

  • Programme Management and Governance
  • Exit and Transition Planning and Execution
  • Commercial Strategies Supporting Exit and Disaggregation
  • Development of Current and Target Operating Models and Roadmaps
  • Contract Exit Negotiation and Restructuring
  • Supply Chain Analysis and Management
  • Dispute management and resolution
  • Transition Management
  • Supplier Performance
  • Transition Assurance and Testing

Benefits

  • Smooth and efficient exit and transition to new operating models
  • Commercial structures aligned to desired outcomes
  • Contractual exit regimes that ensure successful exit and disaggregation
  • Extensive Public Sector experience supporting transition to multi-supplier environments
  • Effective strategy and preparation for transition to cloud based services
  • Clear and achievable exit roadmaps and timescales
  • Structured approaches that minimise operational and contractual risk
  • Delivery of stable cloud based operating models

Pricing

  • Education pricing available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

7 0 1 6 4 9 0 8 5 1 8 9 3 9 6

Contact

CERTUS ADVISORY LTD Mark Heyes
Telephone: +44 (0)207 164 6029
Email: mark.heyes@certusadvisory.co.uk

About the service

Service categories
  • Cloud Support Services
    • Cloud Migration Planning
      • Other
        • Other

Service scope

Service constraints
Not applicable

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes, at extra cost
Support response times
1hr, Mon-Fri 0900-1700
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
Support levels are dependent on the specific service procured and implemented

Supplier type

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Developed Vetting (DV)

Pricing

Discount for educational organisations
Yes

Architecture roles

Business architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate business architect £900.00
Business architect £1,000.00
Lead business architect £1,100.00
Data architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Data architect £1,000.00
Senior data architect £1,100.00
Chief data architect £1,400.00
Enterprise architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Enterprise architect £1,000.00
Senior enterprise architect £1,100.00
Lead enterprise architect £1,200.00
Principal enterprise architect £1,400.00
Network architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate network architect £900.00
Network architect £1,000.00
Lead network architect £1,200.00
Security architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Security architect £1,000.00
Lead security architect £1,200.00
Principal security architect £1,400.00
Solution architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate solution architect £900.00
Solution architect £1,000.00
Senior solution architect £1,100.00
Lead solution architect £1,200.00
Principal solution architect £1,400.00
Technical architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate technical architect £900.00
Technical architect £1,000.00
Senior technical architect £1,100.00
Lead technical architect £1,200.00
Principal technical architect £1,400.00

Chief digital and data roles

Chief data officer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Chief data officer £1,800.00
Chief information security officer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Chief information security officer £1,800.00
Chief technology officer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Chief technology officer £1,800.00

IT operations roles

Business relationship manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Business relationship manager £1,000.00
Senior business relationship manager £1,100.00
Lead business relationship manager £1,200.00

Product and delivery roles

Business analyst
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Business analyst £800.00
Senior business analyst £900.00
Lead business analyst £1,000.00
Delivery manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate delivery manager £900.00
Delivery manager £1,000.00
Senior delivery manager £1,200.00
Programme delivery manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Programme delivery manager £1,400.00

Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles

Test manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Test manager £1,000.00
Head of test £1,200.00

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
ISO 9001 certification
No
Quality management systems (QMS)
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
3a296ce2-7377-4fb9-a8a2-fc8d045f683a
Cyber essentials plus
No
Cyber Essentials Alternative
None of the criteria
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

  • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
  • 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
  • Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
  • Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
  • 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
  • Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
  • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
  • Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
  • Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting 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 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
  • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
  • 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
  • How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
  • How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain

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

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

  • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
  • 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
  • Plans for engaging a diverse range of businesses in engagement activities prior to appointing subcontractors (including activities prior to award of the main contract and during the contract term)
  • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
  • Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
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
  • Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
  • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
  • Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity

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

  • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
  • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
  • 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 the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
  • Understanding of the underlying factors affecting improvements to reduce barriers to entry and training schemes for the target cohort(s) related to the contract workforce
  • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
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
  • Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion

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 mark.heyes@certusadvisory.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.