Avantis Performance Ltd
Contract Negotiation
Avantis can support or lead contract negotiations on behalf of the authority. Utilising our wealth of experience, we can undertake end to end contract negotiations using a clear and transparent approach; we ensure the best deal is achieved for the authority.
Features
- Negotiation reference points agreed in advance
- Stakeholder mapping & engagement internally & externally
- Negotiation planning documented and agreed
- Timeline documented and agreed by all parties
- Negotiation tolerances understood and agreed
- Negotiation roadmap produced against plan and stakeholder engagement
Benefits
- Rehearsed negotiation approach, improving likelihood of success
- Negotiation principles agreed and documented
- Negotiation tolerances agreed prior to negotiation commencement
- Rehearsal for negotiation via 'red-team' reviews
- Clear roles & responsibilities articulated prior to negotiations and agreed
- Expectation management to ensure objectives are understood by all parties
Pricing
£350 to £1,150 a unit a day
- Education pricing available
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 14
Service ID
7 7 2 7 3 6 0 6 8 8 9 2 3 3 7
Contact
Avantis Performance Ltd
Tony purpuri
Telephone: 07535612630
Email: tony.purpuri@avantisperformance.com
Planning
- Planning service
- Yes
- How the planning service works
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Avantis supports our customers plan and implement cloud hosting or software systems and services.
We help organisations define their vision, scope, and strategic goals, for the cloud service, analysing the user and business needs and develop robust User and System Requirements. We use best practice planning methodologies to define the activities to be undertaken, logically linking and time phasing these to develop a baseline plan. The baselines are subsequently used to measure and monitor performance and actively managed through our RAIDO and costs control processes.
We have significant experience of delivering planning and project controls to complex digital programmes, we will use this experience in the delivery of your projects to ensure the successful delivery of our outcomes. - Planning service works with specific services
- No
Training
- Training service provided
- Yes
- How the training service works
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As a dedicated learning and development organisation, we have significant experience in developing and delivering bespoke training to a varied portfolio of clients across various market sectors. Training is delivered by our inhouse Learning & Development (L&D) Consultancy team.
Our L&D team have delivered Risk & Planning graduate programme for a MOD client and delivered career pathways for project delivery, engineering and logistics competencies.
We work with the clients Subject Matter Experts (SME) to develop a range of targeted training outcomes, course content, coaching, mentoring interventions and delivery methods.
We provide informal training in the form of mentoring, Coaching, upskilling and knowledge transfer. This ensures that the best practice methods applied during the delivery of our service are adopted by the customer, so key skills and knowledge are retained. - Training is tied to specific services
- No
Setup and migration
- Setup or migration service available
- Yes
- How the setup or migration service works
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Avantis supports customers setting up and migrating to or between cloud hosting or software systems and services.
We initially support you by identifying and analysing the needs of your users. We document these requirements, providing enough detailed to define the type of cloud system that fulfils the need.
Our decision support capability supports you to decide which cloud options meet your needs and determine which is the best value for money option.
After selecting the preferred cloud supplier, we start planning and implementing the migration to the new supplier. Using an agile and iterative approach we plan and implement the most effective way to migrate your services whilst minimising impact to live service.
We develop Integrated Test, Evaluation and Acceptance strategy and plans to undertake comprehensive testing and evaluation before formal acceptance, paving the way to realising the business case benefits of the new technologies.
We maintain and manage schedules, managing risk and dependencies, and monitor performance against established baselines. - 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
-
Avantis is ISO 9001: 2015 certified, we will use our Quality Management System (QMS) to define the quality standards assigned to each contract, track, test and measure key delivery/performance metrics and provide rectification should non-conformances be identified.
For each engagement, and utilising our significant experience in delivering client outcomes, we will:
- undertake an engagement initiation meeting
- plan and delivery monthly delivery governance reviews, where monthly deliverables are reviewed and jointly approved; and
- Undertake risk reviews to identify, log and manage risks to our delivery
This will provide each customer the assurance that each contract will be delivered to quality standard.
Security testing
- Security services
- Yes
- Security services type
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- Security risk management
- Security design
- Cyber security consultancy
Ongoing support
- Ongoing support service
- No
Service scope
- Service constraints
- None
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Email or online ticketing
- Support response times
- Email repsonse within 2 working days (Not including weekend and bank holidays)
- 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
- For each GCloud service procured, Avantis will provide an Account Manager to lead each contract. The account manager will provide telephone and email support and will reply within 24 hours of receipt of support request. This service will be available from 0900hrs to 1700hrs Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- 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
- No
- Other security certifications
- No
Social Value
- Social Value
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Social Value
- Fighting climate change
- Covid-19 recovery
- Tackling economic inequality
- Equal opportunity
- Wellbeing
Fighting climate change
At Avantis we believe that small businesses play a crucial role in the battle against climate change.
We aim to support local businesses, in particular environmentally friendly ones, building an ethical supply chain. We evaluate suppliers and collaborators against their environmental impact and their commitment to continuous improvements. By ensuring that we collaborate with responsible businesses, we can reduce the overall carbon footprint of the business.
At Avantis we encourage low-carbon commuting using public transport and car sharing where possible. As a business we are continuously reviewing how we can reduce our carbon footprint.
We have established an annual green campaign where we encourage all our staff to take part in, we ask them which environmental targets they care about most and if practicable create a scheme to hit these goals. Our campaign is created each December and rolled out the following year.
Energy performance is at the heart of our buying decisions, and we will monitor modern technology efficiencies and ensure that the team has suitable IT equipment to do their work. We commit to recycling old equipment, extending the use of assets.Covid-19 recovery
Avantis understands that the impacts of COVID 19 have been long lasting and far reaching. At Avantis we are committed to supporting SMEs overcoming the economic strain placed on them through the disruption that COVID 19 had on business. We do this by guiding small businesses to develop and deliver on growth strategies and gain entry to the defence sector.Tackling economic inequality
One of Avantis’ Values is “Fairness,” where we ensure that everyone has the same opportunities. This is reflected in the hiring process at Avantis, where the business is comprised of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and specialisations. As part of the Armed forces Covenant, we are committed to supporting military leavers to establish a prosperous career on their retirement from the forces, presenting opportunities for social and economic mobility.
Avantis plays a key role in the Southwest Regional Defence and Security Cluster, where the founders have engaged with similar Small Medium Enterprise (SME) companies sharing knowledge of how to access government contracts and grow their business. Supporting small businesses brings a wide range of benefits to the Southwest region, including the creation of jobs and opportunities for people living in the area.
We support local initiatives, such as the promotion of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) to young people. We encourage people from all economic backgrounds to pursue a career in a STEM field and promote a level playing field for all.Equal opportunity
Avantis strives to create a diverse workforce that recognises both the need for equal opportunities as well as recognising the strengths in its differences and remaining inclusive. Discrimination in any form is unacceptable. Equality of opportunity and respect for others is synonymous with Avantis Group’s values and standards. To reinforce this, we have adopted a formal Diversity, Inclusion and Equality policy which is communicated to all employees, associates, and recruitment agencies.
At Avantis we understand that people are at the heart of a business and recognise the necessity for a diverse workforce to bring innovative ideas and perspectives to solve business and social problems. We are committed to ensuring that everyone’s voice is heard at Avantis and provide everyone with the same opportunities.
As a corporate sponsor of Women Empowering Defence, Avantis is committed to fostering diversity within its workforce and the wider defence sector.Wellbeing
Avantis understands that an individual's health and wellbeing contribute to their ability to perform at their best to deliver results to clients. By establishing a flexible working arrangement and remote working options, the team at Avantis can deliver on client projects and programmes while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Individuals are encouraged to set boundaries on working time, to ensure that time is made for the important things in life.
We recognise that it is important for individuals to spend time with their families, and they are encouraged to work around family commitments. Avantis strongly believe that everyone needs to make use of their entitled annual leave, and we urge the team to take at least one two-week block of leave a year to ensure that they can pursue their passions, spend time with family and are suitably rested and relaxed.
Avantis promotes healthy lifestyles and provide their employees and associates with opportunities to take part in healthy, social, activities as a team outside of work, including family days, to improve the wellbeing of the individuals, and build greater bonds within the team.
Our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of our team has resulted in a fit, healthy, and motivated group of individuals who are able to perform at their best to support clients achieving their objectives.
Pricing
- Price
- £350 to £1,150 a unit a day
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
Service documents
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