Ashton Court Group Limited
Responsible AI Enablement & Assurance for Microsoft Cloud Platforms
Ashton Court provides responsible AI enablement and assurance services for Microsoft cloud platforms. The service supports public sector organisations adopting assistive, human-in-the-loop AI within Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Azure, including Copilot-style capabilities, focusing on governance, explainability, integration, operational readiness and safe deployment, with no autonomous decision-making systems provided.
Features
- Responsible AI enablement on Microsoft cloud platforms
- Assistive, human-in-the-loop AI design
- Copilot-style AI capability implementation
- AI readiness and suitability assessments
- AI governance and assurance frameworks
- Explainability and auditability design
- Integration with Dynamics 365 and Dataverse
- Power Platform AI and automation support
- Azure AI and OpenAI integration support
- AI operational readiness and knowledge transfer
Benefits
- Safer adoption of AI in public services
- Reduced risk of unintended AI outcomes
- Improved efficiency through assistive automation
- Greater confidence in AI-enabled services
- Clear governance and accountability
- Better alignment with public sector expectations
- Faster value from existing Microsoft platforms
- Improved transparency and auditability
- Sustainable, supportable AI implementations
- Avoidance of autonomous decision-making risk
Architecture roles
Business architect
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,250.00 |
£1,250.00 |
Data architect
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Enterprise architect
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,250.00 |
£1,250.00 |
Network architect
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Security architect
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Solution architect
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,250.00 |
£1,250.00 |
Technical architect
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,250.00 |
£1,250.00 |
Chief digital and data roles
Chief data officer
| £1,250.00 |
£1,250.00 |
Chief information security officer
| £1,250.00 |
£1,250.00 |
Chief technology officer
| £1,500.00 |
£1,500.00 |
Cyber security roles
Cyber security audit and assurance
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Cyber security governance and risk management
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Cyber security monitoring
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Cyber security incident response
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Cyber security vulnerability management
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Cyber security digital forensics
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Cyber security testing
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Cyber security secure design
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Data roles
Analytics engineer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Data analyst
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Data engineer
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Data ethicist
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Data governance manager
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Data scientist
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,250.00 |
£1,250.00 |
Machine learning engineer
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,250.00 |
£1,250.00 |
Performance analyst
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,250.00 |
£1,250.00 |
IT operations roles
Application operations engineer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Business relationship manager
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Change and release manager
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Command and control centre manager
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
End user computing engineer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
IT service manager
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Incident manager
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Infrastructure engineer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Infrastructure operations engineer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Problem manager
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
Service desk manager
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Service transition manager
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Product and delivery roles
Business analyst
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Delivery manager
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Digital portfolio manager
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Product manager
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Programme delivery manager
| £1,250.00 |
£1,250.00 |
Service owner
| £1,500.00 |
£1,500.00 |
Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles
Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Test engineer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Test manager
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Software development roles
Development operations (DevOps) engineer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Frontend developer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Software developer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
User-centred design roles
Accessibility specialist
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Content designer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Content strategist
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
Graphic designer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Interaction designer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Service designer
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Technical writer
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
User researcher
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £560.00 |
£560.00 |
| £735.00 |
£735.00 |
| £855.00 |
£855.00 |
| £980.00 |
£980.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
-
ISO/IEC 27001 certification
-
Yes
-
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
-
Citation
-
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
-
Sunday 6 October 2024
-
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
-
None.
All services and supporting activities provided by Ashton Court fall within the scope of our ISO/IEC 27001-certified Information Security Management System (ISMS).
-
ISO 28000:2022 certification
-
No
-
ISO 9001 certification
-
Yes
-
Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
-
Citation
-
ISO 9001 accreditation date
-
Tuesday 24 February 2004
-
What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
-
None.
All services and supporting activities provided by Ashton Court fall within the scope of our ISO/IEC 0001-certified Quality Management System (QMS).
-
Quality management systems (QMS)
-
Yes
-
CSA STAR certification
-
No
-
PCI certification
-
No
-
Cyber essentials
-
Yes
-
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
-
107dc17f-d8b0-49e8-a957-39763939c65a
-
Cyber essentials plus
-
Yes
-
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
-
72fb28ac-2d87-4370-bdb5-685d1264c78b
-
Other security certifications
-
No
Social value
-
Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
-
-
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 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
-
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
-
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 to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
-
Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract
-
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
-
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
-
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
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
tenders@ashtoncourt.com.
Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.