BAYWATER CONSULTING LTD
Cloud Support(Set Up and Migration Services)
This service supports cloud(AWS, Azure and GCP) set up and migration through structured data auditing, information architecture design, and service optimisation. It includes engagement planning, project management, and governance to ensure controlled delivery. Mobilisation coordination ensures teams, systems, and suppliers are aligned for efficient migration and right-sized cloud operations.
Features
- Data auditing and organisation to assess quality, ownership, migration readiness
- Information structure design aligned to cloud platforms and business usage
- Cloud set up and migration planning with phased execution approach
- Engagement and communication planning across technical, business, and delivery stakeholders
- Project management governance ensuring controlled delivery, reporting, and risk management
- Service optimisation and right sizing to balance performance, cost, scalability
- Aligning teams, suppliers, timelines, and technical dependencies effectively
- Migration readiness assessment covering data, systems, processes, and operational impacts
- Cutover and transition planning to minimise disruption during cloud migration
- Post migration optimisation planning for stabilisation,continuous improvement activities
Benefits
- Reduces data migration risk through structured auditing and organisation
- Improves data quality and usability across cloud platforms
- Enables smoother cloud migrations with clear coordination and governance
- Reduces delivery delays through effective mobilisation and dependency management
- Improves stakeholder communication and engagement throughout migration activities
- Optimises cloud costs through right sizing and service optimisation
- Minimises operational disruption during system cutover and transition
- Improves project visibility through clear governance and reporting
- Accelerates stabilisation with planned post-migration optimisation activities
- Supports sustainable operations through improved data structures and processes
Pricing
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Framework
G-Cloud 15
Service ID
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Contact
BAYWATER CONSULTING LTD
Baywater Consulting Sales Team
Telephone: 07780530119
Email: info@baywaterconsulting.com
About your service
- Service categories
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Cloud Support Services
Set Up and Migration
- Data auditing and organising
- Data/information structure design
- Engagement and communication planning
- Project management and governance
- Service optimisation/right sizing
- Mobilisation coordination
Service scope
- Service constraints
- The service is primarily delivered remotely and focuses on planning, coordination, and governance activities rather than long-term operational support. Successful delivery depends on timely access to data, systems, and stakeholders. On-site support, extended delivery phases, or out-of-scope implementation activities require separate agreement.
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Yes
- Support response times
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Here’s our standard support SLA for questions and incidents:
Hours
Mon–Fri, 09:00–17:00 GMT and BST time, excluding public holidays.
Response targets
P1 (service outage or security incident): 30 mins.
P2 (major degradation, high user impact): 1 hour
P3 (minor degradation, limited impact): 4 hours
P4 (how-to, change, advice): 1 business day
Resolution times; P1, 4 hours, P2, 8 hours, P3, 2 business days, P4, 5 business days.
How to contact
Ticket portal or email. Auto-acknowledgement on receipt. Escalation to duty manager if targets are at risk. - User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- Yes
- Online ticketing support accessibility
- WCAG 2.2 AAA
- Phone support
- No
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
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Support levels
We offer the following tier.
Standard (business hours)
Mon–Fri, 09:00–17:00 GMT and BST time. Response times; P1, 30 mins, P2, 1 hour, P3, 4 hours, P4, 1 business day. Ticket portal and email.
Resolution times; P1, 4 hours, P2, 8 hours, P3, 2 business days, P4, 5 business days.
Named roles
Enhanced and Premium include a named Technical Account Manager and a Cloud Support Engineer. The TAM handles reviews, roadmaps, risk and compliance actions, and is your escalation point. The CSE owns technical triage, runbooks, automation and fixes. Standard customers get a pooled Service Desk with access to engineers as needed.
SLAs apply to our managed scope; third-party limits and provider outages are excluded.
Resellers
- 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
- No
Architecture roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior data architect | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Lead network architect | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Lead security architect | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior solution architect | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
Data roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior data engineer | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Principal data scientist | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
Product and delivery roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior business analyst | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior delivery manager | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior test engineer | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Test manager | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
Software development roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior DevOps engineer | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior frontend developer | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior developer | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
User-centred design roles
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior accessibility specialist | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior content designer | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Lead technical writer | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
| Role level | UK Rate | Offshore Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Senior user researcher | £2,500.00 | £200.00 |
Non-mandatory 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
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
- 957ad3c8-1583-4a1b-8bcb-eb3747a01b82
- Cyber essentials plus
- No
- Cyber Essentials Alternative
- You do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate, or will not have in place within 12 months of the date of award but have an IASME certified equivalent.
- Other security certifications
- No
Social value
- Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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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
- New apprenticeships on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b
- 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
- Ensuring new workers are informed of their right to join a trade union
- 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
- Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
- 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
- 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
- Plans for an appropriate income replacement policy for staff who are required to spend time away from work to care for a sick dependent or close relative
- 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
- 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
- Volunteering opportunities for staff
- 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
- Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
- 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
- How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
- Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract
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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 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
- Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering
- Delivery of apprenticeships, supported internships and T Level industry placement opportunities (Level 2, 3 and 4+) in relation to the contract
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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 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
- Advertising of supply chain opportunities openly and to ensure they are accessible to a diverse range of businesses, including advertising all subcontracting opportunities on Contracts Finder
- Ensuring accessibility to contracting and subcontracting opportunities for disabled business owners and employees
- Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
- Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
- Methods for engaging with different parts of the community (including the education system and charities representing the community) and how communities come together to inform decisions, strategy and projects to leave a positive legacy for future generations
- Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
- Plans for positive actions with community groups.
- Measures for making facilities used in the delivery of the contract available for community groups, education or training
- Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered
- Plans to respond flexibly and adapt approaches to community engagement and initiatives
- Support for community-led initiatives relevant to the contract. Illustrative examples: improving transport links; reducing loneliness; helping with English language proficiency; and facilitating social mixing among people with different backgrounds
- Collaborating with anchor institutions and community groups to make facilities available for education, training or community events
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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
- Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it
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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
- Creation of employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment, such as prison leavers, care leavers and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors
- Delivery of training schemes and programmes to address any identified skills gaps and under-representation in the workforce for the contract (e.g. prison leavers, care leavers, kinship carers, disabled people)
- Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
- 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
- Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
- Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
- Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
- 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
- Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
- 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
- Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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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 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
- Other measures to offer development opportunities for the target cohort(s) in the contract workforce
- Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
- Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
- Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
- Content of the outreach activity is designed to suit the target cohort
- Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
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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
- Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
- Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce
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