Buying Solutions services

IPL has two framework agreements with Buying Solutions. These frameworks allow customers throughout the public sector to place orders with IPL under standard terms and conditions and at agreed rates.

Buying Solutions is the national procurement partner for all UK public services and is part of the Efficiency and Reform Group within the Cabinet Office.

Its role is to deliver best value for customers in central government and the wider public sector through the efficient procurement and supply of essential goods and services.

For further information, visit the Buying Solutions web site.

Buying Solutions Services

IPL is a supplier to Buying Solutions under the following service categories:

Bespoke Applications

  • Business analysis and requirements specification
  • Applications architecture / Technology consultancy
  • Component / COTS product selection
  • Application design and development
  • Configuration and tailoring of COTS components and integration with bespoke applications.
  • Systems Integration
  • Implementation and roll out into live use, including data take-on and migration from legacy systems.
  • Support, maintenance and enhancement of live applications
  • Managed Services, including hosting
  • Verification and application testing services
  • Training including mentoring and extensive user training programmes
  • Technology Transfer

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Information Management Applications

  • Business analysis and requirements specification
  • Information Management consultancy and advice, including Information Architectures; Information Governance; Data Modelling; Data Interfacing and Integration; Business Intelligence, etc.
  • Component /COTS product / Technology selection
  • Application design and development
  • Configuration and tailoring of COTS components and integration with Information Management applications;
  • Systems Integration
  • Analysis and profiling of an organisation's core data
  • Implementation and roll out into live use, including data take-on and migration from legacy systems;
  • Support, maintenance and enhancement of live applications
  • Managed Services, including hosting
  • Verification and application testing services
  • Training including mentoring and extensive user training programmes
  • Technology Transfer

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Information Management Services

  • Expert advice and specialist support is available to customers involving enterprise wide audits to determine such factors as type, volume, usage and location of information and furthermore to develop and implement retentions schedules for the information.
  • Solutions to deliver efficiencies and improve value for money by analysing the customer's business processes, which are dependent on information, and by implementing new information management systems, policies and procedures to improve them.
  • Implement of information architecture based on file plans, vocabularies, taxonomies, ontologies or metadata schemas.
  • Risk assessments, including assessment of compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements, and also with other information or records management standards to ensure compliance with these requirements.

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Testing Services

  • Security standards compliance auditing including e-Security
  • Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard consultancy and audit services
  • Technical expertise on security testing policy and analysis
  • Detailed delivery of information security testing
  • Existing and future management system testing
  • Penetration testing (e.g. to CHECK scheme standards)
  • Systems and network auditing
  • Crisis management and exercise planning (testing of plans)
  • Software source code testing and auditing
  • Delivery of all hardware, software, networking, staffing and business processes, as recommended by our consultants

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Investigative Services

  • Security incident response team, including reaction, containment and recovery
  • Technical experts with highest UK Government clearance
  • Digital & information forensics including imaging and assessing IT assets, data capture, data recovery, digital evidence collection, hidden file discovery, email analysis
  • Computer examinations including evidential train assurance of integrity and continuity, documenting examination methodology, and proactive examinations to detect suspicious activity
  • Data recovery from accidental or malicious erasure events, including password recovery
  • Independent verification of other experts' work
  • Legal support for prosecution or defence teams, including expert witness consultancy
  • Delivery of all hardware, software, networking, staffing and business processes, as recommended by our consultants

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