ATKINSRÉALIS UK LIMITED

Business Case Development for Cloud

Following HM Treasury’s Green book and supplementary guidance, AtkinsRéalis assess investments in technology transformations and initiatives against the total business impact. This whole-life cost perspective includes strategic alignment, detailed options analysis, and assessment of achievability (recognising cloud cost variability). We particularly focus on deliverability and benefits realisation of Cloud solutions.

Features

• HM Treasury Business Case preparation conforming to Green Book standards.
• Strategic alignment to organisation objectives considering innovation and scalability.
• Options analysis considering customisation, scalability, evolving technology.
• Supporting assurance reviews of Whole Life Costs analysis and planning.
• Recognising trade-off between bespoke internal solutions and universal Cloud features.
• Commercial and financial risk analysis, management, and mitigation planning.
• Strong supply chain evaluation, contract management and commercial delivery.
• Financial modeling incorporating FinOps, reflecting dynamic nature of cloud expenditures.
• Immediate financial aspects and long-term financial sustainability of Cloud considered.
• Iterative development and adaptation to evolving standards and organisational needs.

Benefits

• Detailed Approvals Strategy, increasing the probability of business case approval.
• Experienced and expert stakeholder management of approvers and scrutineers.
• Robust options analysis providing a sound, deliverable preferred way forward.
• Experienced assessment of Supplier Performance and development of Performance Enhancements.
• Value for Money analysis including options, cost-benefits, and risk analysis.
• HM Treasury Cost-effective, value focused, compliancy at all stages.
• Evidence and factual based decision making using thorough analysis.
• Alignment across the organisation of stakeholders of programme deliverables.
• Understanding of the potential associated benefits, risks, dependencies, and constraints.
• A commercially viable, affordable, and deliverable successful Cloud programme.

£600 a unit a day

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  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 ccs@atkinsrealis.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

945826862573484

Contact

Martin Yeoman
+44 1372 75 2023
ccs@atkinsrealis.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Implementation of Cloud hosting/software requires robust, timely business cases to ensure the reasoning and expected return on investment is fully understood by all stakeholders. ; ; Whether formulated in response to financial, political or market pressures, robust business cases underpinned by evidence and agreed business assumptions is required (especially for complex technology, politically sensitive or high value projects). Building strong stakeholder support is critical to successful delivery, with transparency approaches to benefits and their realisation. ; ; Our experienced business case specialists, many of whom are qualified HM Treasury Better Business Case Practitioners can support business engagement and technical optioneering to clearly state:; ; • The case for change ; • The right approach, thorough options analysis, and best value options; • The right procurement and commercial strategy; • How delivery will be funded and affordability; • Whether the project is feasible and achievable; • How business change and benefits will be delivered and recorded.; ; In our experience, investment in a robust business case reaps significant dividends as the project progresses, improving prospects of identifying and securing the best value solution and its ultimate benefits. AtkinsRealis’ validated five-step approach to Business Case Development is tailored to suit your internal and external policies and approvals processes.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: We can provide instructor led training for users and technical staff to ensure rapid adoption of and smooth transition to new software and cloud hosting. In addition to training, we work closely with our customers to deliver tailored knowledge transfer. We see knowledge transfer as an integral element of our assignment delivery so that our customers can continue to realise benefits after the assignment is complete. It is for that reason that we prefer to work as an integral part of the client team, building knowledge and familiarity within the client team as we go. We believe that one of our key strengths is imparting our knowledge and experience throughout the lifecycle of a project. By engaging with clients in this way, we are able to transfer a firm understanding of the work being undertaken, the techniques being employed, and the deliverables being created.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: In developing a Business Case for Cloud adoption, we set out a rigorous management case, providing assurance that the migration is realistic and achievable. Considerations include:; ; • Security and access control: Will data be protected? What measures are in place preventing other customers accessing our data?; • Reliability/Availability: Will data be accessible when needed?; • Integrity: What measures are in place to avoid permanent data loss? What recourse exists if the worst happens? ; • Avoiding lock-in: Is there a risk of being tied to a Cloud provider for long periods? ; • Location: Is it guaranteed that data will be stored in acceptable locations e.g., within the UK or EU?; ; We also consider wider contractual implications i.e., is TUPE applicable to dedicated resources?; ; AtkinsRéalis Business Cases for Cloud services are rooted in sound, realistic objectives, applying structured and appropriately governed approaches, bringing comprehensive understanding of Programme and Project Management methodologies and Agile practices. We ensure your investment is technically feasible, managed efficiently from initiation to delivery, allowing for iterative and adaptive development in the rapidly evolving landscape of Cloud technology. ; ; Our specialists work alongside you, developing your Business Cases, and are available, responding to questions, from development through to sign off.
• 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: Our Business Case development service provides measurements for how the cloud service will benefit the business and therefore how valuable it will be. Our Business Case service will continually review this justification in view of actual consequences and impacts of the development and implementation. ; ; In addition, the Business Case will specify in its Management Case how aspects such as performance testing and quality reviews will be followed and will, where possible, include the test strategy and quality plan. The Business Case will need to show who is responsible for the delivery and how it will be implemented to ensure minimum risk.; ; Our Business Cases include details on testing such as:; ; • how such repetitious testing shall be scripted and automated where appropriate; • how customer journeys will be tested by both testing engineers and sampled end users, where practicable; • Performance will be tested in conditions as close as possible to real-world conditions, including network/internet traffic and transactional load, as well as under exceptional loads such as the running of large MI reports.

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: No

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: Capacity constraint – our Business Case consultants are highly qualified and accredited HM Treasury Better Business Case Practitioners. They are in constant high demand and will need to be notified early if required.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support response times: Our dedicated Technical Support team supports external customers, during contracted hours of support. Response times are aligned to the following incident priority levels:; ; • A - Critical, respond in 2 working hours providing circumvention instructions where possible or fix.; • B - Major, respond in 4 working hours details as per priority A.; • C&D - Functional or intermittent Incident, respond in 8 working hours details as per priority A.; ; Classification details are available for each Priority.
• 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: Standard Support is available during 08:00 – 18:00 hours, Monday to Friday (not English Public Holidays). Incidents may be logged via the web, telephone, or email during these times. Additionally, Incidents may be logged via the web outside of these hours, but they will not be progressed until the next working day. Software fixes will be progressed during these hours, and a release made available in line with the Customers agreement. 7 days per week – see Standard Hours, the addition being able to log and receive responses to Incidents during the additional hours. Please note that we operate a Restoration of Service (RoS) approach to support on the additional days e.g., Saturday, Sunday and English public holidays – See below for RoS definition. 24/7 - see 7 days per week, the addition being able to log and receive responses on a 24/7 basis. Restoration of Service (RoS) – during extended hours of support the aim is to get the Customer operational as soon as possible. Software fixes will not be provided during the additional hours of support. Incidents remain the responsibility of the Technical Support team throughout the life cycle.

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: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Limited
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 06/04/2024
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  AtkinsRéalis are committed to achieving social value on everything we deliver. Everything we do supports our goal of delivering outstanding project outcomes for our clients, but also ensuring that we leave a legacy for our client and their stakeholders, whether it be environmental, social, or economic. As a global organisation working on the world’s biggest Infrastructure, Transport and Energy programmes we always work to ensure that climate change is considered. Tailored commitments will be agreed through the buying process.; ; Sustainability is at the heart of AtkinsRéalis purpose - engineering a better future for our planet and its people. As an organisation we have signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) Race to Zero global campaign and signed the Business Ambition for 1.5oC commitments. We have signed The Climate Pledge, working towards net zero by 2030 and are in the process of setting science-based targets. ; ; We support clients in safeguarding what we do today to enhance the environment and protect future generations from harm, this is fundamental to AtkinsRéalis’ sustainability policy and Sustainable Business Strategy. ; ; We have a series of approaches that we use through the delivery of our cloud projects, including:; ; • Considering whole life carbon when designing systems and assets to minimise carbon.; • Utilising a variety of tools (appropriate to the sector and client) to • Raising awareness about climate change to stakeholders of the projects to ensure clear understanding.

  Tackling economic inequality

  AtkinsRéalis are committed to achieving social value on everything we deliver. Everything we do supports our goal of delivering outstanding project outcomes for our clients but also ensuring that we leave a legacy for our client and their stakeholders, whether it be environmental, social, or economic. Tailored commitments will be agreed through the buying process.; ; We are committed to creating a healthy future for communities and the wider economy. We do this through creating new businesses, jobs and skills and working with supply chain partners to create capacity and resilience.; ; We recognise some of the digital and cyber skills shortages facing the UK and are actively participating and promoting careers from school age children through to lifelong training. This is often delivered through STEM outreach schemes such as Governors for Schools programme and CyberFirst. This can include upskilling activities delivered by some of our highly skilled professionals ranging from interview and job preparation (e.g., CV support, Mock interviews) through to technical training (e.g., cyber security, digital skillset, STEM-based careers, supply chain engagement). We promote our full-time opportunities to priority groups based on the area of operation. (e.g., people living in regionally and nationally deprived areas /disabled people/ people who are underrepresented in the industry including Women, BAME, LGBT+ etc.).; ; We understand the opportunities a diverse supply chain can bring to complement our overall solution we are providing to our clients, such as innovation, improved productivity, novel or new technologies or niche skillsets. As a large organisation we have a large network of approved suppliers from diverse backgrounds including small and medium enterprises that we can utilise as required. These suppliers go through our due diligence process to ensure they meet our standards (i.e. around cyber security) and we are working with suppliers who share our values.

  Equal opportunity

  AtkinsRéalis are committed to achieving social value on everything we deliver. Everything we do supports our goal of delivering outstanding project outcomes for our clients but also ensuring that we leave a legacy for our client and their stakeholders, whether it be environmental, social, or economic. Tailored commitments will be agreed through the buying process.; ; We have achieved the platinum standard on Cleared Assured Accreditation and are well positioned in its advocacy of ED&I practices. We are committed to creating an inclusive, collaborative culture for all of its employees and sub-contractors and feeding back value directly to our clients. ; ; AtkinsRéalis is a member of Inclusive Employers, a national network of businesses committed to building inclusive workplaces. Our processes have enabled us to create inclusive and diverse teams that will benefit clients with better performance, diversity of thinking and enhanced creativity. We are committed to cultivating a thriving diverse and inclusive work environment, where differences are valued and respected, and all staff are valued, supported, and treated fairly. ; ; Equal opportunity is fundamental to how AtkinsRéalis operates. From the moment a candidate applies to a vacancy of ours, we assess how we can best ensure equality. With this in mind, we are committed to ensuring that we select and recruit the best people for each role based on their ability to do the job, in line with the needs of the business, irrespective of the candidates’ gender identity, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, health, age, race, nationality, religion, employment status, or membership or non-membership of a trade union. We pursue this commitment by having clear and concise procedures and guidelines for HR and line managers to ensure policies are fully understood and implemented.

  Wellbeing

  AtkinsRéalis are committed to achieving social value on everything we deliver. Everything we do supports our goal of delivering outstanding project outcomes for our clients but also ensuring that we leave a legacy for our client and their stakeholders, whether it be environmental, social, or economic. Tailored commitments will be agreed through the buying process.; ; We are passionately committed to changing the way we think about, and deal with mental/ physical health and wellbeing in the workplace. Without a happy, healthy, and energised team we wouldn’t be able to serve our clients in the innovative way we want to and make substantive change like cloud transformation possible. We live by our own values and ensure these are embedded in our delivery. When undertaking our work, we ensure all stakeholders have a safe and open dialogue to talk about health and wellbeing and access appropriate support. ; ; We consider ourselves long term partners with communities, upskilling people and enabling wellbeing benefits over the long term. This can include:; ; • Partnering with local groups and charities to invest in community wellbeing appropriate to the services being delivered. ; • Training our staff to deliver inclusive design in every piece of work to account for those with accessibility issues. ; • Designing with users'’ wellbeing in mind. (Implementing user centered design principles and co-designing with the stakeholders who will use cloud technology.; • Engaging with stakeholders; to raise awareness to address specific wellbeing agendas, such as mental health.

Pricing

• Price: £600 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  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 ccs@atkinsrealis.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.