EXCEPTION LIMITED
Digital Maturity Assessment
Exception assist organisations in achieving successful and cost-effective digital transformations. Through our Digital Maturity Assessment, we evaluate organisational/service maturity, establish a baseline for transformation, and identify areas for improvement. Our assessment covers infrastructure, policy, compliance, and service delivery mechanisms, focusing on foundational aspects like leadership, capabilities, governance, and change-readiness.
Features
- Discovers and evaluates critical digital transformation activities across the organisation
- Provides an assessment of current digital strategy and management vision
- Evaluates existing culture and processes against the Government Service Manual
- Performs deep analysis of existing data governance practices and processes
- Reviews digital transformation principles against the GDS Service Toolkit
- Evaluates Agile delivery practices and processes against GDS governance principles
- Examines leadership roles & responsibilities and digital decision-making processes
- Performs a skills audit against SFIA levels and DDaT roles
- Evaluates digital security measures against NCSC guidance and legislative requirements
- Delivers a comprehensive maturity assessment report and prioritised recommendations
Benefits
- Assesses organisational or service maturity, providing a baseline for transformation
- Establishes a sustainable and achievable digital transformation programme
- Ensuring the balance between transformation and delivering business as usual
- Instructs and educates organisation on digital transformation best practice
- Identifies digital transformation activities and governance
- Places users at the heart of transformation to ensure success
- Provides a holistic approach with high level communications strategy
- Focuses organisation on effective data governance and collaboration
- Helps drive positive outcomes to support strategic plans and goals
- Access to our bespoke CDDO aligned Digital Readiness Check tool
Architecture roles
Business architect
| £350.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Data architect
| £500.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Enterprise architect
| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Network architect
| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Security architect
| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Solution architect
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Technical architect
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Chief digital and data roles
Chief data officer
| £1,050.00 |
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Chief information security officer
| £1,500.00 |
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Chief technology officer
| £1,500.00 |
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Data roles
Data analyst
| £300.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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Data engineer
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Data scientist
| £300.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Machine learning engineer
| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Performance analyst
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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IT operations roles
Application operations engineer
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Business relationship manager
| £500.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Change and release manager
| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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Command and control centre manager
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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End user computing engineer
| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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IT service manager
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Incident manager
| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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Infrastructure engineer
| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Infrastructure operations engineer
| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Problem manager
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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Service desk manager
| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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Service transition manager
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Product and delivery roles
Business analyst
| £300.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Delivery manager
| £500.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Digital portfolio manager
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Product manager
| £350.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Programme delivery manager
| £1,050.00 |
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Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles
Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Test engineer
| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Test manager
| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Software development roles
Development operations (DevOps) engineer
| £300.00 |
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| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Frontend developer
| £300.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Software developer
| £300.00 |
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| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £500.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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User-centred design roles
Content designer
| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £550.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Content strategist
| £900.00 |
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Graphic designer
| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £550.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Interaction designer
| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £550.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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Service designer
| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £550.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Technical writer
| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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User researcher
| £350.00 |
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| £400.00 |
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| £550.00 |
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| £750.00 |
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| £900.00 |
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| £1,050.00 |
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Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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No
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
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ISO 9001 certification
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No
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Quality management systems (QMS)
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No
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CSA STAR certification
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No
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PCI certification
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No
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Cyber essentials
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No
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Cyber Essentials Alternative
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None of the criteria
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Cyber essentials plus
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Yes
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Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
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895a2182-7996-48e4-8cce-c0ef878d80d1
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Other security certifications
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No
Social value
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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
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Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
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Volunteering opportunities for staff
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
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Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
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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
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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.
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Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
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Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
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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.
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Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
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