Ernst & Young LLP (EY)

Gen AI Enabled Application Development

EY’s Gen AI-Enabled Application Development Service is designed to build AI enabled applications from scratch following the UK GDS Service Standards. This includes discovery, developing proof of concepts for concepts and scaling applications through Alpha and Beta phases before go-live. The delivery model ensures alignment with customer needs throughout.

Features

• Generative AI Discovery
• Generative AI Governance and Responsible AI
• Generative AI enabled prototype, build and scaled application development

Benefits

• Ensures responsible deployment of AI capabilities
• Follows the National AI strategy and GDS Service Standards
• Delivers in an agile manner to achieve business outcomes quickly

£200 to £2,600 a unit a day

Service documents

• Pricing document

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• Service definition document

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• Terms and conditions

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

864162594306256

Contact

EY Tenders
+44 (0) 20 7951 2000
EYTenders@uk.ey.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: EY has experience in providing end to end planning services that cover people, process, and technology. This is done using frameworks, methods, tools, accelerators, and operating models underpinned by the EY Cloud Transformation Toolkit. These services cover all elements starting with current state & readiness assessment which help to enable business transformation, modernise the IT estate, derive financial benefits, increase security, reduce environmental impact and develop the application catalogue, . A target state for the applications is then developed using our decision trees, classified into Rehost, Rearchitect, Rebuild etc (7Rs). The gaps between current state and target state are evaluated to build a holistic cloud adoption roadmap. Additionally, the roadmaps are supplemented by Risk, Security and Financial factors
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with:
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft 365
  • Google Cloud Services
  • Oracle Cloud Services
  • IBM Cloud(formerly known as Bluemix)
  • Private Cloud using RedHat, OpenShift, Dell Hybrid Cloud

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: To ensure a smooth roll-out, we offer comprehensive training programs tailored to meet the needs of both internal and external users. Our approach is centred around collaborative learning, leveraging a blend of traditional and innovative learning methods. We can provide support to conduct a training needs analysis for the roles and skillsets required, based on the new operating model and government's Digital, Data & Technology (DDaT) capability assessment framework. We can support you to evaluate the current and future state, specifically around roles and skillsets, to understand the gap in roles and skillsets specifically for those groups.; ; Using the outcome of this analysis, we can analyse training needs (experiential; formal; informal), define detailed training requirements, blended training plans (in-person / classroom-based; self-study – online / virtual; self-study – offline), an approach for training-the-trainers, and addresses training environment requirements. Customised training materials, including user guides and quick reference sheets, are also provided to enhance understanding and engagement.
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with:
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft 365
  • Google Cloud Services
  • Oracle Cloud Services
  • IBM Cloud(formerly known as Bluemix)
  • Private Cloud using RedHat, OpenShift, Dell Hybrid Cloud

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: EY Cloud Migration services helps in the implementation of automated and structured plan after the roadmap for target state has been identified. EY’s Cloud Migration and Modernization toolkit is used to kickstart on Migration of applications upon getting business stakeholder approval on workflows and business continuity planning. ; Migration Plan that considers application inter-dependencies on cloud security, privacy and compliance challenges is aligned with enterprise data and integration strategy. Migration plan is then fed into EY Cloud Migration Factory (a web portal-based accelerator to schedule, track, and automate cloud migrations) to ensure a successful delivery of the plan. Underpinning the migration is the use of EY Cloud Infrastructure Library ensuring zero downtime and cloud native architecture, (reusable Infra-As-Code scripts supporting all other cloud services); The provisioning of cloud resources and movement of digital assets (Data, Workloads, IT resources or applications) to cloud infrastructure takes place followed by integration and validation stage. Validation stage covers from Functional, Integration, Security, Compliance, Quality Assurance to performance testing. Once the Cloud Migration Factory team completes all the testing, the final step of cutover is performed during post migration support and operations handover phase performed where the application owners’ reviews target application state before signing-off.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: Yes
• List of supported services:
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft 365
  • Google Cloud Services
  • Oracle Cloud Services
  • IBM Cloud(formerly known as Bluemix)
  • Private Cloud using RedHat, OpenShift, Dell Hybrid Cloud

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: EY full life cycle implementation services incorporate quality assurance in all aspects of project delivery and performance testing can be included if required by the customer. We use EY’s Testing framework focussing on two different aspect business and Technology based. The Test Execution involves four types of Tests from Functional, DevOps Integration, Unit Tests to Performance testing. Using the above, we then list down some of the potential risk areas and its respective mitigation activities that need to be taken into consideration during the Cloud Transformation on.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security testing
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications: CREST

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported:
  • Buyer hosting or software
  • Hosting or software provided by your organisation
  • Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
• How the support service works: EY offers a range of ongoing support services for its own Cloud Software Services which are built on top of Native Cloud Software Services. EY's ongoing support is provided by 2 levels of programme from a basic fixed ticketing arrangement through to a premier service which includes unlimited tickets, a dedicated service manager, inclusive minor roll ups, and increased reporting. Support services are provided for the following Cloud Compute and Software Services · Amazon Web Services · Microsoft Azure · Microsoft 365 · Google Cloud Services; ; · Oracle Cloud Services · IBM Cloud (formerly known as Bluemix) · Private Cloud using RedHat, OpenShift, Dell Hybrid Cloud

Service scope

• Service constraints: EY is a regulated provider of audit services. In the event of conflict with regulatory provisions, EY may not be able to provide services. We will work with you during the proposal stage to identify any such constraints.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: We operate on several different bespoke SLA models across our client base and are happy to work with you to tailor the offering suitable for your understanding the criticality and risks involved.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: Web chat
• Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support accessibility standard: WCAG 2.1 AAA
• Web chat accessibility testing: Standard tools will meet most common accessibility needs and can be further tailored for client needs.
• Support levels: EY provides end-to-end Cloud Operation support, starting from ticketing and monitoring (L1/ L1.5) to L2/L3 (Advanced Technical support). Our approach to managed support service is aligned with the industry standard ITIL framework. The goal of this process is to maintain and improve IT service quality through a constant cycle of planning, creation, implementation, monitoring and reporting, initiation of actions, and continuous improvement activities designed to improve service delivery in line with your business requirements. The pricing can vary dependant upon customer needs and licensing agreements. A cloud operations management team is responsible for the ongoing management, maintenance, and support of cloud services and infrastructure. Typical roles included in such a team are: Cloud Operations Manager, Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Security Engineer, Network Engineer, Database Administrator, System Administrator The cost for support are ‘price on application’ because they are customer/project specific, and dependent on which combination of products are covered , what level of EY customisations, and what service time window coverage is provided

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: BSI
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 28/03/2023
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: Covers ISMS that covers systems, assets and processes related to all client data that is stored, processed and transferred to EY
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications: SOC 2 Report

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  EY is committed to fighting climate change. Our ethos is to go beyond ‘just working sustainably’ – we continuously work with governments and businesses towards a more sustainable future. We are part of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and our environmental strategy is aligned with the UNGC environmental principles. We will implement the following for G-Cloud 14: ; • Carbon neutral projects: We pledge to deliver each G-Cloud 14 project as carbon neutral. To do this, we will use our engagement carbon calculator tool. This enables us to monitor and reduce different impacts, e.g., travel emissions. The data from the tool also supports employee training and awareness raising on sustainable behaviours. ; • Reducing our carbon footprint: In January 2020, EY announced a global commitment to become carbon neutral. We achieved this in December 2020. We became carbon negative in 2021 and we are forecast to reach net zero in FY25. We are reducing emissions and offsetting or removing more than he remaining amount annually. We are forecast to reduce emissions by 40% by FY25, against a FY19 baseline, consistent with our 1.5°C Science Based Target. ; • Purchasing renewable energy: We confirm all work delivered for G-Cloud 14 from an EY office will be powered by 100% renewable energy. We have purchased zero-carbon electricity since 2009 and reduced global consumption by 5.5%. In December 2020, we signed a 10-year power purchase agreement with Lightsource to provide us with solar energy. ; • Sustainability volunteering: In proportion to the length and size of each framework contract, we will allocate staff volunteering days to support local environmental projects. These could include litter picking and general upkeep of nature reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest and free advisory sessions for small community organisations caring for the environment.

  Covid-19 recovery

  EY is committed to helping our people and communities to recover from the impact of COVID-19. In response to the pandemic, we moved to a remote working model for over 17,000 UK-based staff, increased special leave and provided meaningful mental health support. ; People in the 18-24 age group were disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and EY has worked with an independent charity, the EY Foundation (EYF), to improve opportunities for this group. In response to travel restrictions all EYF activities were converted to a virtual platform. In 2023, EYF supported over 2,500 young people. ; Examples of existing EYF programmes to support COVID-19 recovery are shown below. We will extend these programmes for contracts awarded to us via G-Cloud 14 in proportion to the scale and scope of each contract. ; • Smart Futures: A 10-month programme for young people eligible for free school meals or a college bursary. The programme develops employability skills and offers a paid, two-week work experience placement. Students achieve a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 2 Qualification and receive 10 months of mentoring support. ; • Our Future: A six-month programme for young people, qualifying for free school meals, who face barriers entering the labour market. Students develop transferable skills, receive paid work experience, gain a CMI Level 2 adult qualification and six months mentoring support. The students also take part in an ‘Entrepreneurship Day’, for example, they have designed mobile apps looking at solving social issues such as ‘tackling isolation and loneliness in the community’. ; • Support via the Neuro-Diverse Centre of Excellence (NCoE). Through EY’s UK NCoE and our external ecosystem of organisations, we are supporting a team of neurodivergent staff with additional adjustments, above and beyond our existing support, to promote psychological safety in the office and whilst working at home.

  Tackling economic inequality

  Through our work with EYF, we have developed an in-depth understanding of the challenges experienced by those who face barriers to employment and training and/or who are in deprived areas. We are already providing new learning and employment opportunities to these populations via EYF programmes; we will extend these to G-Cloud 14 contracts in proportion with the scale and scope of each contract. Examples of these are: ; • EY Ripples is our global Corporate Responsibility programme that helps our people use their skills, knowledge, and experience to positively impact the lives of 1 billion people by 2030. The focus areas of Ripples are to 'accelerate environmental sustainability', 'support the next generation workforce' and 'work with impact entrepreneurs’. Our staff currently get two days a year each to provide skilled volunteering on EY Ripples activities. ; • EY Ripples also provides support to small businesses. For example, our Digital Boost programme matches a small business with an IT mentor who guides them to adopt new technology. ; • EY Accelerate helps social enterprises to grow and thrive, increasing their impact on local economies and creating social change. It provides in-depth business support and mentoring, with access to skills and training from business coaches, workshops, networking opportunities and 35 hours of pro-bono support. ; • Employability Workshops provide Year 10/11 students the opportunity to build knowledge of careers and develop soft skills within a business environment. Each workshop introduces 25-35 young people to a range of careers, employability skills training, and employer connections. ; • Driving recruitment and employment via the NCoE. The Neurodivergent community can be underrepresented in the workforce, with only 29% of autistic adults in employment according to the ONS. We are advising clients on new strategies to retain neurodiverse talent.

  Equal opportunity

  EY is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment in which all people have equal and equitable opportunities to succeed. We continually collect, analyse and review diversity monitoring data (diversity characteristics, not limited to the protected ones in the Equality Act) across the employee lifecycle, to create initiatives and understand which ones are working. As a firm, in support of equal opportunities, we: ; • Voluntarily exceed statutory reporting obligations. Our annual UK&I Pay Gap Report has reported on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability pay gaps since 2017. ; • Use skills-based recruitment for graduates to eliminate minimum degree/A-Level requirements thus remove barriers to entry. ; • Run award-winning sponsorship programmes to build our leadership pipeline, helping our women and ethnic minority population progress. ; • Offer Inclusion & Belonging learning/training to develop staff skills to establish inclusive, open, and safe environments. ; For contracts awarded under G-Cloud 14 we will: ; • Provide equal access to project opportunities, using technology to ‘blindly’ match individuals to roles based solely on skills, experience, and availability. ; • Use the National Equality Standards (NES), which EY helped to create, a set of standards by which businesses can measure their equality and diversity policies and performance. The NES provides a list of standards and competencies which organisations can follow and embed to promote diversity and act as standard bearers for a more inclusive working world. ; • Use our NCoE to ramp up recruitment of people who identify with cognitive differences and who may have had challenges gaining employment. The NCoE environment provides additional adjustments for those with cognitive differences such as autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and others and fuels technology innovation through creative diverse thinking.

  Wellbeing

  EY is committed to enabling our staff to be healthy. We have a long-established programme called HealthEY, which looks to understand and provide practical support for employees’ mental, physical, financial, and social wellbeing. Our offering is comprehensive and aspects such as our domestic abuse support, health knowledge programme and financial wellness offerings are considered market leading. We support wellbeing for our people, clients, and communities in the following ways, and we will extend these initiatives to any G-Cloud 14 contracts that we are awarded as appropriate: ; • Health knowledge and prevention: Enhancing understanding so staff can be at their best, for example: a monthly webinar programme, eLibrary, newsletters and WellPoint kiosks (to regularly help staff self-assess their own health metrics). Staff also get an annual wellbeing allowance, as part of their reward package, which can be spent on health and wellbeing interventions, e.g., gym memberships. ; • Health sessions: We run regular exercise and yoga sessions for staff, along with regular webinars on subjects such as mental health, work/life balance and childcare. ; • Mental health support: Our approach called ‘Thinking Differently’ aims to educate and build awareness of mental health and wellness, including stories/videos, a specific psychological care pathway (plus psychiatric fast track treatment through Aviva), mental health first aid, employee counselling, and Mental Health Network. ; • Supporting neuro-diverse requirements: Though the NCoE, we are creating psychologically safe working environments for existing employees, new recruits, clients, and where possible, our local communities. For example, we have introduced an adapted four step recruitment process culminating in a four day ‘superweek’ work simulation which provides the opportunity to experience a working day and EY culture. This allows us to understand candidates’ needs and inform on adjustments that we may need to make to help them thrive at EY.

Pricing

• Price: £200 to £2,600 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 EYTenders@uk.ey.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.