G-Cloud 14 supports public sector procurement of RPC services

We are delighted once again to announce that RPC has been awarded the Framework Contract for G-Cloud 14 for our Cloud Hosting, Cloud Software and Cloud Support services, and these will be available through the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Digital Marketplace from 9 November, 2024.

G-Cloud 14 provides services and support to UK central government departments and all other public sector bodies, with pre-defined terms and conditions and the inclusion of the latest procurement policies including social value and prompt payment. It replaces G-Cloud 13 and is intended to build upon the benefits of the previous G-Cloud framework agreement, including: 

• access to multiple suppliers and cloud services, including a high number of SMEs 
• quick and easy route to market 
• access to the latest cloud technology and innovation 

We have been listed on the Crown Commercial Service Digital Marketplace for a number of years now and are pleased to be able to continue to support our public sector clients with their Oracle Primavera requirements via this major procurement portal.  

The CCS supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services. In 2022/23, CCS helped the public sector to achieve commercial benefits equal to £3.8 billion – supporting world-class public services that offer best value for taxpayers.  

CCS is the UK’s largest public procurement organisation, and only companies and services that meet their strict criteria of minimum standards are approved for an entry on the Digital Marketplace. Framework contracts including basic terms of use are pre-agreed between the supplier and the government, making buying services through the G-Cloud 14 framework faster and cheaper than entering into individual procurement contracts. 

By purchasing services via the Crown Commercial Service Digital Marketplace, organisations can be confident that they will be maximising their returns on investment and they will save time in going straight to a list of approved suppliers with framework government contracts already in place. There is no need to run a full procurement process each time in order to meet regulatory requirements. Maximising returns and minimising time spent on the procurement process are both critical markers for public sector organisations, who are obliged to achieve best value for taxpayers.

"I'm delighted that RPC has been awarded a framework contract on G-Cloud 14," says RPC's Business Development Director, Chris Woodbridge. "It will enable us to offer Oracle’s full suite of Construction and Engineering Software solutions, along with our best-in-class training, support and hosting services to organisations via the Digital Marketplace." 

RPC’s services can be found in three areas of the CCS Digital Marketplace: Cloud Hosting, Cloud Support and Cloud Software. If you’re interested in finding out more about how RPC can help you in any of these areas, please get in touch with Chris Woodbridge via the contact details below.

CLOUD HOSTING 

RPC Hosting is a complete Oracle Primavera P6 hosted environment, based on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure platform and is supplied on a ‘bring your own licence’ basis. The unique attributes of cloud-based solutions address, head-on, the economics and complexity of deploying new IT systems at the speed of doing business. Adopting RPC Hosting means that your Oracle Primavera solution is made available faster and easier than ever before, with benefits including: 

• Rapid and efficient deployment from RPC experts 
• Access via a web browser and/or local client interfaces 
• No customer infrastructure implementations required 
• Oracle software deployed on Oracle PaaS (Platform as a Service) 
• Comprehensive Disaster recovery, including hourly and daily transactional backups and system mirroring 
• Complete environment security implemented as standard, including end to end data encryption and annual penetration testing 
• Complete flexibility, growing with your deployment 

CLOUD SUPPORT 

RPC offers support, training and consulting services to help manage all Oracle Primavera Cloud Applications such as P6 EPPM, Aconex, Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) and Unifier. This includes accompanying products, such as Analytics. We provide Strategic Consulting, Implementation, Configuration, Training, Administration, Data Management, Migration, Application Support and Integration services. 

• Oracle Specialized Primavera product implementation, integration and reporting consultancy expertise
• Oracle Primavera application support 
• Oracle Primavera product education and training

Designated project team members can submit Support requests to our service desk via phone or email, as part of our RPC Support ticket-based subscription service, with which our Oracle Primavera product certified specialists are available to assist you with any of the Oracle Primavera Products. 

CLOUD SOFTWARE 

RPC supplies licences for the full suite of cloud-based Oracle Primavera products, including Oracle Primavera Cloud Service, Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM, Oracle’s Primavera Unifier and Oracle Aconex.

Oracle Primavera Cloud Service is a fully cloud-based SaaS project and portfolio management solution comprising tools that allow executives, project members and field users to deliver projects and portfolios effectively, efficiently and with confidence.It allows project management, cost management and risk management team members in the field and in the office to collaborate seamlessly via the one simple solution.Backed by RPC’s full training and user support services OPC offers the next generation SaaS platform from the Oracle Primavera stable of leading software tools.

Oracle’s Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management is the most powerful, robust and easy-to-use solution for prioritising, planning, managing and evaluating projects, programs and portfolios.The EPPM iteration is a cloud-based SaaS solution backed by a global network of Oracle Project Portfolio Management professionals and the assured security, scalability, performance and support from one of the world’s largest cloud vendors. It provides a 100% web-based solution for managing projects of any size, adapts to varying levels of complexity across projects and intelligently scales to meet the needs of all roles, functions, or skill levels in your organisation and on your project team. 

Oracle’s Primavera Unifier provides solutions for capital project and portfolio management, facilities management, and real estate portfolio management. Unifier’s web-based platform optimises and integrates critical business processes, data, and documents across your organisation. Its intuitive user interface can be tailored to your business to increase adoption, minimise training, and deliver rapid time to value. Whether employing prebuilt templates out of the box or building new configurations from scratch, Unifier delivers the best combination of ease of use and flexibility – no matter how large or small your deployment.  

Oracle Aconex is a single, central platform for the entire project team that provides a complete and accurate project record that is instantly retrievable and fully searchable: a true Common Data Environment (CDE). The Oracle Aconex CDE provides inbuilt simplicity that makes it intuitive for users and facilitates open collaboration and data sharing, combined with leading security. The cloud and collaborative model will connect teams and processes across the entire supply chain, all on one CDE. This provides control over firewalls, across the entire supply chain and the entire project community. Using Aconex, projects can be assured of secure document management, advanced communication and forms, simplified model coordination, mobility and data archiving.