Our Credentials
Apart from our extensive base of satisfied customers, we have received formal acknowledgements of the quality of our work through our recent quality ceritification by Accredit UK, through acceptance by various buying consortia, and through the unsolicited feedback we receive. Examples of these are set out below.
We have achieved quality certification from Accredit UK - an organisation responsible for accrediting businesses in the ICT and consultancy sector.
The highly-regarded badge of excellence which Accredit UK award to selected companies is a measure of the extent to which they stand out from their competitors and are continually improving their business. Gaining this unique standard requires a business to achieve excellence and to prove its commitment to continually improving.
For ICT Purchasers, the choice is simple. Organisations can either take a plunge into the unknown with all of its associated risks, or choose a company whose excellence has been assessed. Accredit UK certified businesses have shown that they have well-trained and well-managed people, a track record of first-class performance and excellent internal processes.
Buying Solutions (formerly Catalist, and before that S-Cat) is a suite of Framework Agreements that OGC Buying Solutions has established to provide public sector organisations with a simplified means of procuring a wide range of goods and services from a variety of suppliers.
Each of the suppliers on the Buying Solutions framework agreements has been subject to a rigorous procurement process, ensuring they offer the scope and quality of services required by customers in the public sector. Pre-agreed terms and conditions offer customers sound contractual safeguards. The framework is compliant with the new EU procurement directives as well as UK procurement regulations.
Socitm Consulting has a place in two categories of the government's ICT Consultancy and Delivery Framework, launched on 1st August 2009. We are key suppliers within the following lots:
Lot 1: ICT Strategy Consultancy and Development
Lot 3: ICT Architecture and Infrastructure Consultancy and Delivery Services
This is framework RM591 and can be found on the Buying Solutions web site at:
www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk/catalogue/service.html?supplier_id=610&contract_id=760
www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk/catalogue/service.html?supplier_id=610&contract_id=762
respectively.
Issued by Buying Solutions, the national procurement partner for UK public services, this framework provides an exciting opportunity for Socitm Consulting to provide ICT consultancy and solutions across the public sector for the next three years.
We also feature as part of the Management Consultancy and Accounting Services - launched on the 27th January 2010. We are key suppliers within the following lots:
Lot 3: Business Strategy Consultancy – Local Government
Lot 6: Organisation and Change Management Consultancy – Local Government
This is framework RM662 and Lot 3 and Lot 6 can be found on the Buying Solutions web site at:
www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk/catalogue/service.html?supplier_id=610&contract_id=893
www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk/catalogue/service.html?supplier_id=610&contract_id=896
respectively.
Issued by Buying Solutions, the national procurement partner for UK public services, this three-year framework agreements makes it quicker, easier and more convenient for clients to procure the high quality consultancy services they need, while saving them money in the process.
We are part of the AMTEC Consulting framework whose contact details are given on the web pages listed above. Before contacting the Consortium Office at AMTEC, please contact our own Birmingham office (0845 450 0904) where our staff will lead you through the buying process.
Please note that you can order services from Socitm Consulting from the other Lots within these framework agreement. If you wish to do so, please contact our Birmingham office on 0845 450 0904 or via email to info@socitmconsulting.co.uk
Alternatively, you can contact the relevant consortium office as shown on the Buying Solutions website, indicating that you would like your enquiry to be handled by Socitm Consulting.
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Other buying consortia
We have been successful in being selected for other important purchasing frameworks, including:
- The Improvement Service (in Scotland)
- ESPO
- I&DeA
- and numerous frameworks specific to individual and regional public sector organisations.