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 an Executive Agency of the Office of Government Commerce in the Treasury. It helps customers save money by providing public sector organisations with a route to high quality products and services that enable them to buy the things they need quickly, efficiently and at highly competitive prices.

For further information, visit the Buying Solutions web site.

Buying Solutions Services

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

Application Development

  • end-to-end application development, including solution identification, design, development, implementation, data take-on, migration, integration and security
  • user training
  • maintenance and support
  • managed or application services (ASP), including hosting
  • prototyping, configuring or tailoring of existing products
  • hardware, software and networking supply.

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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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