IT Services for the Public Sector
What we do
With a proven track record, Ultima is a trusted technology partner for the UK public sector, consistently delivering successful solutions to assist organisations in achieving their goals.
Public Sector Expertise
Whether you’re a professional in the healthcare industry or working for an educational body, Ultima simplifies and secures public sector operations through comprehensive technology management, expert advice, ongoing support, and robust partnerships.
Healthcare
Ultima enhances patient and staff experiences with integrated care technology solutions for the transformation of the NHS and Private Healthcare. Leveraging expertise from collaborations with NHS trusts, councils, and care providers, we offer valuable insights and guidance on tailored IT solutions for healthcare and government.
Education
Empower educators, students, and school staff with adaptable devices and efficient IT services. Our tailored IT solutions cater to the unique needs of schools, colleges, and universities, ensuring seamless support for each academic level.
Central and Local Government
Our expert team defines, designs, and orchestrates tailored IT solutions. We offer advice, support, and guidance to both local and central government organisations, utilising frameworks to meet their specific needs.
Emergency Services
Ultima provides emergency service personnel with integrated technology solutions for a smart, seamless, and scalable user experience. Our expert team deliver and support solutions that offer valuable optimal IT solutions for the police and emergency services.
Meet Danielle.
“I am proud to be part of the team, collaborating closely with public sector clients, from helping with procurement regulations to making sure they’re using the most suitable frameworks for their needs.”
Danielle Connor, Head of Public Sector, Ultima.
Core Solutions Supporting the Public Sector
As your trusted technology partner, Ultima will help you to envision, develop, secure, deploy and manage your technology to help you achieve your goals. We’ll help you build a successful, future-proof IT strategy ensuring success in the UK public sector.
Public Cloud Services
Ultima can assist the public sector in establishing secure multi-cloud operations spanning Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
Public Sector IT Procurement
Give your people the tools they need to thrive, every day. Discover our eCommerce platform, INTERACT to procure your hardware and software.
Automate Business Processes and Apps
IA-Connect helps the public sector take their repeatable business processes and provide a way to automate them, regardless of complexity, age of applications involved or their location.
Simplify Cloud Management
IA-Cloud is a SaaS based cloud governance and management service designed to help customers get the most out of the cloud with less effort.
Microsoft Licensing and Managed Support
We’ve been a Microsoft partner for over 25 years and hold all six of the key Microsoft Partner Designations across Security, Modern Work and Azure.
Public Cloud Services
Ultima can assist the public sector in establishing secure multi-cloud operations spanning Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
Public Sector IT Procurement
Give your people the tools they need to thrive, every day. Discover our eCommerce platform, INTERACT to procure your hardware and software.
Automate Business Processes and Apps
IA-Connect helps the public sector take their repeatable business processes and provide a way to automate them, regardless of complexity, age of applications involved or their location.
Simplify Cloud Management
IA-Cloud is a SaaS based cloud governance and management service designed to help customers get the most out of the cloud with less effort.
Microsoft Licensing
We’ve been a Microsoft partner for over 25 years and hold all six of the key Microsoft Partner Designations across Security, Modern Work and Azure.
Frameworks Operated Across the Public Sector
Public Sector organisations procure through framework agreements with suppliers to deliver products and services in accordance with specific criteria and needs. Ultima are proud to be named suppliers on 5 public sector frameworks, these are listed as the following:
CCS – TePAS2
The largest overall framework covering hardware, software and associated services, plus new direct award available. Verticalised lots are now available, integrating the previous Education Technology Framework, allowing NHS and Education customers to have their own niche product lots.
Benefits of TePAS 2
- Demonstrable previous success, being the most utilised IT framework.
- Rigorous vetting of suppliers, meaning customers have access to the best of breed suppliers.
- Social value compliance is monitored to ensure supplier delivery.
- Thorough continuous supplier management to maintain regulatory compliance.
- Cost savings delivered by CCS of over £3.8bn over 22/23
Healthtrust Europe (HTE) – Complete IT 2
Originally designed for healthcare by an NHS sponsor, this flexible and broad framework has since proven successful across all sectors. This is regularly used by central and local government, and even has the security measures to cover defence contractors. The benefits of the broad scope of one lot ensures that the successful 11 suppliers are able to expertly cover a whole range of IT services, and proven to be the best in the UK at this.
Benefits:
- One of the more popular and most used IT frameworks
- Broad scope ensures flexibility for procurement needs
- Small number of suppliers means speedy processes
- Rigorous selection procedure for suppliers ensuring proven experts in the industry
- Direct award route allows for compliant, swift and protected purchases
Digital Marketplace – G-Cloud 13
G-Cloud offers customers a catalogue of cloud related software, services and hosting solutions. Our entire range of cloud-related services have been accepted onto G-Cloud and are available to buy direct.
Benefits of G-Cloud 13
- Modern direct award via the catalogue of services
- Multiple supplier offerings can be easily compared
- Services made simple through repeatable service information template
- Well utilised and popular framework due to access to over 5000 suppliers in one place
- Reduced total cost of ownership compared to running your own service in house
Commercial Services (KCS) – IT Managed Services and Consultancy
Originally developed by Kent County Council, it offers a flexible route to market for IT services for over 15,000 customers in 85 countries. The scope covers IT consultancy, incorporating a broad spectrum of associated products and services, making it an easy and compliant route to cover most IT solutions.
Benefits of KCS
- Proven specialists in consultancy services
- Broad scope to use as an easy one stop shop
- Flexible route encompassing both further comp and direct award mechanisms to suit customer timescales/preferences
- Avoid lengthy procurement processes
- Cost savings through leading experts and competitive exercise
CCS – Cyber Security Services 3
A Dynamic Purchasing System run by Crown Commercial Services, customers can buy through a supplier registration portal. This incorporates all cyber security services, including Security Operations Centres (SOC), consultancy, advice, audits, health checks, data destruction, DR and threat intelligence.
Benefits of Cyber Security Services 3
- Official route to market to buy NCSC assured services
- Agility and flexibility to meet the public sector’s cyber security needs
- Adapts to the changing marketplace and new technologies as a dynamic purchasing system, meaning the scope is continually improving
- Filtering system, giving customers flexibility based on need
- Quality and price can be assessed based on an individual customer’s need
Automation Marketplace
A Dynamic Purchasing System run by Crown Commercial Services, customers can buy through a supplier registration portal. Primarily covers the whole scope of Ultima’s automation GTMs, including in-house services like IA-Connect and licencing. Can include training, strategy, design and problem solving.
Benefits of Automation Marketplace
- Dynamic in nature as in-scope services can be added during the lifetime of the DPS
- Government specific T&Cs
- Access to the Cabinet Office Automation taskforce to receive advice and support from specialists in the implementation of automation technologies, services and licences
- Filtering system, giving customers flexibility based on need
- Ensures customers are receiving specialist automation specific suppliers, with proven skills
Frameworks Operated Across the Public Sector
Public Sector organisations procure through framework agreements with suppliers to deliver products and services in accordance with specific criteria and needs. Ultima are proud to be named suppliers on 5 public sector frameworks, these are listed as the following:
The largest overall framework covering hardware, software and associated services, plus new direct award available. Verticalised lots are now available, integrating the previous Education Technology Framework, allowing NHS and Education customers to have their own niche product lots.
Benefits of TePAS 2
- Demonstrable previous success, being the most utilised IT framework.
- Rigorous vetting of suppliers, meaning customers have access to the best of breed suppliers.
- Social value compliance is monitored to ensure supplier delivery.
- Thorough continuous supplier management to maintain regulatory compliance.
- Cost savings delivered by CCS of over £3.8bn over 22/23
Originally designed for healthcare by an NHS sponsor, this flexible and broad framework has since proven successful across all sectors. This is regularly used by central and local government, and even has the security measures to cover defence contractors. The benefits of the broad scope of one lot ensures that the successful 11 suppliers are able to expertly cover a whole range of IT services, and proven to be the best in the UK at this.
Benefits:
- One of the more popular and most used IT frameworks
- Broad scope ensures flexibility for procurement needs
- Small number of suppliers means speedy processes
- Rigorous selection procedure for suppliers ensuring proven experts in the industry
- Direct award route allows for compliant, swift and protected purchases
G-Cloud offers customers a catalogue of cloud related software, services and hosting solutions. Our entire range of cloud-related services have been accepted onto G-Cloud and are available to buy direct.
Benefits of G-Cloud 13
- Modern direct award via the catalogue of services
- Multiple supplier offerings can be easily compared
- Services made simple through repeatable service information template
- Well utilised and popular framework due to access to over 5000 suppliers in one place
- Reduced total cost of ownership compared to running your own service in house
Originally developed by Kent County Council, it offers a flexible route to market for IT services for over 15,000 customers in 85 countries. The scope covers IT consultancy, incorporating a broad spectrum of associated products and services, making it an easy and compliant route to cover most IT solutions.
Benefits of KCS
- Proven specialists in consultancy services
- Broad scope to use as an easy one stop shop
- Flexible route encompassing both further comp and direct award mechanisms to suit customer timescales/preferences
- Avoid lengthy procurement processes
- Cost savings through leading experts and competitive exercise
A Dynamic Purchasing System run by Crown Commercial Services, customers can buy through a supplier registration portal. This incorporates all cyber security services, including Security Operations Centres (SOC), consultancy, advice, audits, health checks, data destruction, DR and threat intelligence.
Benefits of Cyber Security Services 3
- Official route to market to buy NCSC assured services
- Agility and flexibility to meet the public sector’s cyber security needs
- Adapts to the changing marketplace and new technologies as a dynamic purchasing system, meaning the scope is continually improving
- Filtering system, giving customers flexibility based on need
- Quality and price can be assessed based on an individual customer’s need
A Dynamic Purchasing System run by Crown Commercial Services, customers can buy through a supplier registration portal. Primarily covers the whole scope of Ultima’s automation GTMs, including in-house services like IA-Connect and licencing. Can include training, strategy, design and problem solving.
Benefits of Automation Marketplace
- Dynamic in nature as in-scope services can be added during the lifetime of the DPS
- Government specific T&Cs
- Access to the Cabinet Office Automation taskforce to receive advice and support from specialists in the implementation of automation technologies, services and licences
- Filtering system, giving customers flexibility based on need
- Ensures customers are receiving specialist automation specific suppliers, with proven skills
Sheffield City Trust Case Study
“IA-Cloud gives you that very quick access and visibility that saves you a lot of time and a lot of money.”
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