G-Cloud 11 services are suspended on Digital Marketplace

If you have an ongoing procurement on G-Cloud 11, you must complete it by 18 December 2020. Existing contracts with NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (Hosted by NHS England) are still valid.
NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (Hosted by NHS England)

RTT Project Outcomes

Our Project Outcomes Services use cloud applications to deliver flexible, outcome-based solutions and projects in business intelligence and data warehousing, performance analysis and data, demand and capacity modelling, software and application development, project management and delivery, support and operations, testing and auditing and service/programme delivery.

Features

  • Providing cloud applications to deliver outcome-based solutions and projects
  • Reliable, scalable, flexible and responsive solutions
  • Intensive support services to deliver critical projects
  • Mobilisation of resources at short notice
  • Real-time reporting, business intelligence and data warehousing solutions
  • Performance analysis and data reporting including best practice documentation
  • Demand and capacity modelling and strategy development
  • Software and application development
  • Qualified project management capability to operate complex programmes at pace

Benefits

  • Consistently deliver key projects and ensure return on investment
  • Build, deploy and manage data solutions to improve performance
  • Transform data into meaningful information to support fundamental business operations
  • Comprehensive project and programme management capability
  • Effectively run large scale, complex programmes at pace
  • Access to specialised resources to achieve successful and safe outcomes
  • Achieve objectives whilst minimising costs through expert resource deployment
  • Reduce implementation costs and improve efficiency

Pricing

£445 to £1,215 an instance

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 necsu.busdev@nhs.net. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 11

Service ID

4 6 8 1 6 0 0 7 2 5 2 9 5 3 1

Contact

NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (Hosted by NHS England) Amanda Smallbone
Telephone: 0191 3751789
Email: necsu.busdev@nhs.net

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Private cloud
Service constraints
There are no specified maintenance windows. There is no planned deprecation of functionality or features.
System requirements
  • The service is available via specified internet browsers.
  • Customers are required to have moderate bandwidth.
  • The service is accessible via PC, Mac, smartphone or tablet.

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Within 4 working hours
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
Onsite support
Onsite support
Support levels
Support service is included at no additional cost. Support service is available via Helpdesk, email, phone or onsite. Support is available Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm excluding bank holidays Standard response times are as follows: Urgent - within 4 hours; Semi-urgent - within 24 hours; Non-urgent - within 3 days. We provide a technical account/support manager.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
The scope of project will be agreed and targets set. From this information, we scope deployment time and resources are secured. Clients are required to provide details of access requirements to systems including site and staff checks, systems and location access, and other preparation needed to ensure the project is ready for deployment. Waiting List Management Software) is licensed for use to the client for the duration of the contract. It excludes any user training, local data configuration, data upload or onsite support. Licences are activated upon payment and access to the dedicated cloud environment for each customer is provided. Customers upload their own data. All data upload and local configuration management, including user account set up, is a customer’s responsibility. However, we provide a full Helpdesk support service to guide client’s through the set up and this is included in our rate card and charged accordingly for remote set up. Free user guides and set up instructions are provided for immediate download via our dedicated support website.
Service documentation
No
End-of-contract data extraction
On contract expiry customer data is provided in a flat file format on disk to the client along with a data destruction certificate confirming the removal of the data.
End-of-contract process
On contract expiry user accounts with be deleted within 1 hour. On contract expiry customer data is provided in a flat file format on disk to the client along with a data destruction certificate confirming the removal of the data. There are no additional off-boarding of end-of-contracts charges.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 7
  • Internet Explorer 8
  • Internet Explorer 9
  • Internet Explorer 10
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari 9+
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
No difference between mobile and desktop services.
Service interface
No
API
No
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Customisation includes onsite or remote access. Reports within the software are fully customisable with the appropriate developer licence.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Our data centre servers are scalable.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Log in and log out times.

Performance by users per day.

Dashboards.
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra features and support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Source Group

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2012
Government security clearance
Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
United Kingdom
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Supplier-defined controls
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
In-house
Protecting data at rest
Encryption of all physical media
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
Equipment disposal approach
A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
All data can be exported as CSV files.
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
CSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)
Data protection within supplier network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Waiting List Management Software is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year as a web based service via private cloud. Service availability is 99.99%.
Approach to resilience
Dual power feeds. Dual fibre feeds. Failover at a different data centre.
Outage reporting
Email alerts informing the users of the nature of the outage, why it is happening, how long the systems will be unavailable for and exactly when they are expected to return to full operationality. Provision of a helpline number for anyone who requires further information.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Only authorised individuals from the client organisation can access management interfaces for the service. Only authorised individuals from the client organisation can perform actions affecting the client's service through our support channel. Clients can restrict permissions given to their administrators.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
Less than 1 month
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
Less than 1 month
How long system logs are stored for
At least 12 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
Cyber Essentials Certification

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security policies and processes
We have attained level 2 at NHS Business Partner Status in the IG Toolkit and all staff receive information governance training yearly. We have a Caldicott Guardian and a Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO). We have information risk registers, information asset registers etc. All staff are aware that any breaches are reported directly to the SIRO, and the SIRO then reports on to the Information Owners (our capacity is as information processor and never owner). We apply all of the principles laid out in both of these information security policies in the design of our systems. We have role based access control, pseudonymisation where necessary, no clearly identifiable personal data etc. We also comply with the NHS Code of Practice – Confidentiality and the Data Protection Act.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
We have a complete change management log in which all change requests are submitted, evaluated, prioritised and implemented (or not depending upon the evaluation process) according to established priority. We work to an Agile development methodology and so continually improve and update our products. We utilise industry standard version control techniques. Redgate SQL Source Control is used to assist in config management within all of our back end objects, and Team Foundation Server is used to manage all middleware and front end code objects.
Vulnerability management type
Undisclosed
Vulnerability management approach
Patches are deployed monthly unless there is serious risk, where patches are performed immediately. We get our information about potential threats from CERT/CC (Computer Emergency Readiness Team Coordination Centre) - US, National Vulnerability Database – US, and National Cyber Security Centre – UK.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
All server logons and access requests are logged with a 3 year retention. Network traffic is monitored periodically to ensure that no breaches have occurred. Various reporting channels have been set up to record breaches depending upon the nature of the breach. Breaches are scored in terms of impact and the upward reporting flows change as the impact of a breach grows, as does the time frame within which the breach must be dealt with.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
We have incident management processes in place that are enacted in response to security incidents. We have a defined process for reporting security incidents experienced by consumers and external entities. We publish to consumers our definition of a security incident, along with the format, incident triggers and timescales for reporting such incidents.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
Yes
Connected networks
NHS Network (N3)

Pricing

Price
£445 to £1,215 an instance
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
No

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 necsu.busdev@nhs.net. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.