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ARGO DEVOPS SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Cloud Migration Planning Services

Professional cloud migration planning services to assess current environments, define target cloud architectures, and develop migration roadmaps. Includes discovery, gap analysis, options assessment, and delivery planning to reduce migration risk and support informed decision-making aligned to cloud-first principles.

Features

  • Capability analysis for cloud readiness
  • Enterprise architecture assessment and modelling
  • Cloud gap assessment against target state
  • Architecture options development and comparison
  • Migration approach and pattern selection
  • Risk and dependency identification
  • Cost and complexity estimation
  • Delivery roadmap and phased planning
  • Stakeholder workshops and interviews
  • Migration recommendations and documentation

Benefits

  • Clear understanding of cloud migration readiness
  • Reduced uncertainty and migration risk
  • Informed architectural decision-making
  • Realistic migration timelines and sequencing
  • Improved alignment between stakeholders
  • Early identification of constraints and dependencies
  • Better visibility of cost and effort
  • Strong foundation for successful migration delivery
  • Alignment with cloud-first principles
  • Actionable roadmap for next steps

Pricing

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

9 6 0 8 7 8 9 1 7 7 5 3 3 5 7

Contact

ARGO DEVOPS SOLUTIONS LIMITED Nick Hanny
Telephone: 07971958732
Email: BusinessDevelopment@argodevops.co.uk

About your service

Service categories

Cloud Support Services

Cloud Migration Planning

  • Capability analysis
  • Enterprise architecture
  • Cloud gap assessment
  • Architecture options analysis
  • Delivery Road-mapping

Service scope

Service constraints
Services are delivered during UK business hours as time-bound professional engagements. Work is scoped and agreed at call-off. This service focuses on assessment, design, and planning activities only and does not include migration execution, build, or ongoing managed services unless explicitly contracted. On-site delivery is available at an additional cost.

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes
Support response times
Services are delivered during UK business hours as time-bound professional engagements. Work is scoped and agreed at call-off.
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
Services are delivered during UK business hours as time-bound professional engagements. Work is scoped and agreed at call-off. This service focuses on assessment, design, and planning activities only and does not include migration execution, build, or ongoing managed services unless explicitly contracted. On-site delivery is available at an additional cost.

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Developed Vetting (DV)

Pricing

Discount for educational organisations
No

Architecture roles

Business architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Trainee business architect £841.19
Associate business architect £841.19
Business architect £950.21
Lead business architect £1,214.22
Data architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Data architect £950.21
Senior data architect £1,214.22
Chief data architect £1,214.22
Enterprise architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Enterprise architect £841.19
Senior enterprise architect £950.21
Lead enterprise architect £1,214.22
Principal enterprise architect £1,214.22
Security architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Security architect £950.21
Lead security architect £1,214.22
Principal security architect £1,323.24
Solution architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate solution architect £841.19
Solution architect £841.19
Senior solution architect £950.21
Lead solution architect £1,214.22
Principal solution architect £1,214.22
Technical architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate technical architect £841.19
Technical architect £950.21
Senior technical architect £950.21
Lead technical architect £1,214.22
Principal technical architect £1,214.22

Cyber security roles

Cyber security audit and assurance
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Lead cyber security audit and assurance £950.21
Principal cyber security audit and assurance £1,214.22
Cyber security governance and risk management
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security governance and risk manager £841.19
Lead cyber security governance and risk manager £950.21
Principal cyber security governance and risk manager £1,214.22
Cyber security incident response
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber incident response £841.19
Lead cyber security incident response £950.21
Principal cyber security incident response £1,214.22
Cyber security vulnerability management
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security vulnerability management £841.19
Lead cyber security vulnerability management £950.21
Principal cyber security vulnerability management £1,214.22
Cyber security testing
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security testing £841.19
Lead cyber security penetration testing £950.21
Principal cyber security testing £1,214.22

Data roles

Data analyst
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Data analyst £841.19
Senior data analyst £950.21
Principal data analyst £950.21
Data scientist
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Data scientist £950.21
Principal data scientist £1,214.22
Lead data scientist £1,214.22
Machine learning engineer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Senior machine learning engineer £950.21
Lead machine learning engineer £1,214.22

IT operations roles

Application operations engineer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate application operations engineer £841.19
Application operations engineer £841.19
Senior application operations engineer £950.21
Lead application operations engineer £1,214.22
Principal application operations engineer £1,214.22
Change and release manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Change and release analyst £950.21
Change and release manager £1,214.22
IT service manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
IT service analyst £841.19
IT service manager £950.21
Senior IT service manager £1,214.22
Head of IT service management £1,214.22
Infrastructure engineer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate infrastructure engineer £841.19
Infrastructure engineer £841.19
Senior infrastructure engineer £950.21
Lead infrastructure engineer £1,214.22
Principal infrastructure engineer £1,214.22
Infrastructure operations engineer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate infrastructure operations engineer £841.19
Infrastructure operations engineer £950.21
Senior infrastructure operations engineer £950.21
Lead infrastructure operations engineer £1,214.22
Principal infrastructure operations engineer £1,214.22

Product and delivery roles

Business analyst
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Junior business analyst £841.19
Business analyst £841.19
Senior business analyst £950.21
Lead business analyst £950.21
Delivery manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Delivery manager £950.21
Senior delivery manager £1,214.22
Head of (Agile) delivery management £1,214.22
Programme delivery manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Programme delivery manager £1,323.24
Service owner
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Service owner £1,214.22

Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles

Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Tester (QAT) £841.19
QAT analyst £950.21
Senior QAT analyst £1,214.22
Lead QAT analyst £1,214.22
Test engineer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Tester (test engineer) £841.19
Test engineer £950.21
Senior test engineer £1,214.22
Lead test engineer £1,214.22
Test manager
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Test manager £1,214.22
Head of test £1,214.22

Software development roles

Development operations (DevOps) engineer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Apprentice DevOps engineer £841.19
Junior DevOps engineer £841.19
DevOps engineer £950.21
Senior DevOps engineer £1,214.22
Senior DevOps engineer - management £1,214.22
Lead DevOps engineer £1,214.22
Lead DevOps engineer - management £1,214.22
Principal DevOps engineer £1,323.24
Principal DevOps engineer - management £1,323.24
Frontend developer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Apprentice frontend developer £841.19
Junior frontend developer £841.19
Frontend developer £950.21
Senior frontend developer £1,214.22
Lead frontend developer £1,323.24
Head of frontend development £1,323.24
Software developer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Apprentice developer £841.19
Junior developer £841.19
Developer £950.21
Senior developer £1,214.22
Senior developer - management £1,214.22
Lead developer £1,214.22
Lead developer - management £1,214.22
Principal developer £1,323.24
Principal developer - management £1,323.24

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
ISO 9001 certification
No
Quality management systems (QMS)
Yes
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
Fb1cb26d-9f00-4773-a8fd-5fe19f5a139f
Cyber essentials plus
No
Cyber Essentials Alternative
In relation to the services you do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies but you are working towards gaining it, and will be in a position to confirm that you have been awarded a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate by one of the government approved accreditation bodies within 12 months of the date of award.
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
    • New apprenticeships on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b
    • 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, address their physical wellbeing
    • 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
    • Volunteering opportunities for staff
    • 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
    • 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
    • Delivery of apprenticeships, supported internships and T Level industry placement opportunities (Level 2, 3 and 4+) in relation 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 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
    • Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Plans for engaging a diverse range of businesses in engagement activities prior to appointing subcontractors (including activities prior to award of the main contract and during the contract term)
    • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
    • Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
    • Methods for engaging with different parts of the community (including the education system and charities representing the community) and how communities come together to inform decisions, strategy and projects to leave a positive legacy for future generations
    • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
    • Measures for making facilities used in the delivery of the contract available for community groups, education or training
    • Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered
    • Plans to respond flexibly and adapt approaches to community engagement and initiatives
    • Collaborating with anchor institutions and community groups to make facilities available for education, training or community events
  • 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.

    • 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
    • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • 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
  • 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

    • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
    • Creation of employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment, such as prison leavers, care leavers and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • 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
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
    • Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in 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 tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
    • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
  • 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.

    • Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
    • Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
    • Content of the outreach activity is designed to suit the target cohort
  • 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.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition

Service documents

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