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Alastor has worked with a range of clients in the public sector. In the UK, we have worked for central government departments, government agencies, local government, the NHS and schools and colleges. We have also worked for central government departments in the Netherlands and Abu Dhabi, as well as for the United Nations. Our recent work has included business and IT strategy, outsourcing and procurement, IT cost reduction and alignment, governance and benefit realisation.
We have particular experience of working with schools and colleges in both public and independent sectors, developing and implementing ICT strategies and helping institutions to manage change and realise benefit from their investment in that change. For technical elements of our strategic ICT work, including the M&E elements of new builds, we partner with N-Consult at www.n-consult.co.uk.
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| Procurement for the United Nations |
| Advised a large UN agency on the procurement process for worldwide integrated accounting and logistics systems in the Rome head office and eighty regional offices. This enabled to enable the agency to meet UN and sponsoring organisation reporting requirements (including public and private sector bodies) as well as the operational needs of field operatives. |
| Outsourcing for a Government Department |
| Worked with the Environmental Ministry of a European Government to develop a consistent benchmarking structure for a major outsourcing project for 7,000 client systems and 200 servers. The benchmark structure covered the current performance benchmark, proxy bid for outsourcing, benchmarking of supplier offers and tracking of supplier performance over the timescale of the contract, including the auditing of supplier processes, quantitative and qualitative benchmarking of supplier performance. The study identified annual savings of €3m. |
| Information Strategy for a Government Agency |
| Worked with the UK Government Agency responsible for the major roads network to develop an information strategy to make better use of existing assets and road capacity without the need to build additional roads, with the objective of significantly reducing congestion. |
| IT and M&E Strategy for a New Build College |
This College of Arts and Technology on the south coast of England was a new build establishment that sought to use ICT to enhance the teaching and learning experience. We worked with the Principal and her management team to develop a common language covering all the functions of the College (admin, teaching, learning, resources and ICT) and to develop a comprehensive ICT strategy. We further developed the specialist IT-related mechanical and electrical requirements for the new build.
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| IT and M&E Strategy for a New Build School |
| Worked on a £32m new build for a school for boys in a London borough, with particular responsibility for the ICT strategy and IT-related M&E components. The objective of the ICT strategy is to deliver a step change in the use of ICT (the school is a Mathematics & Computing Specialist School) within a sustainable (technology and cost) environment. |
| Outsourcing in Central Government |
| Worked with the senior management team of the government department responsible for all infrastructure projects in one of the United Arab Emirates states on the outsourcing of all IT activities. We were asked to intervene during the final stages of contract negotiations to ensure that the client had the appropriate commercial and legal protection in place. Despite the many clauses and schedules that were originally identified as being missing, the client was able to progress to signing the contract with all appropriate protection in place within two months. |
| IT Organisation in Central Government |
| Worked with the management team of a large government department to develop a new IT organisation structure to integrate multiple technologies (including e-commerce) and improve service delivery with reduced costs. Led the future state process and organisation design activities that identified significant cost reductions. |
| Benefit Realisation in Central Government |
| Reviewed a number of strategic government health initiatives to develop a business case for implementing new government policy, liaise with and present the case to local authorities and prepare ministerial briefings. Subsequently provided implementation support to local authorities. |
| Business Process Improvement in Central Government |
| Within a central government department, managed a team of business analysts and subject matter experts to prioritise sustainable efficiency improvements of £1 bn in Adult Social Care across 150 local authorities in England. |
| Business School Accreditation in Europe |
| Carried out the first business school accreditation in Europe under the Bologna Accord, resulting in the Dutch Government Department for Education granting MBA degree-awarding powers to the business school. |
| Strategic Planning and Benefit Realisation in Local Government |
| Worked with a major Local Authority in the Midlands and the local Primary Care Trust to develop an integrated and shared vision for adult social care in 2020. We worked with the clients to translate the vision into specific actions and used these to review the current LA and PCT projects and activities to identify those that were redundant (generating savings), reprioritising those projects that were relevant, and identifying those specific additional projects that were required to deliver the vision. |
| IT Strategy and Cost Review in the Public Sector |
| Reviewed the IT strategy of a large Naval Dockyard (including responsibility for submarines) to ensure that it supported the business requirements at an appropriate level of risk, resulting in a recommendation to scrap the planned development of a £7m materials control system. |
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An Alastor Case Study
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IT and M&E Strategy for a New Build College
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This College of Arts and Technology on the south coast of England was a new build establishment that sought to use ICT to enhance the teaching and learning experience. We worked with the Principal and her management team to develop a common language covering all the functions of the College (admin, teaching, learning, resources and ICT) and to develop a comprehensive ICT strategy. We further developed the specialist IT-related mechanical and electrical requirements for the new build.
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