The seven businesses and five hundred or so consultants and
professional staff that make up Supporta Professional Services are
one of the most accredited and highly qualified groups of individuals,
consulting across the public and private sector.
Qualifications and accreditations our staff and businesses currently
benefit from are as follows.
Top Catalist Accredited
Supporta Professional Services are one of only 12 organisations UK wide to be
accredited by the Geographic Information Services and Solutions (GISS), Catalist
Framework agreement with OGC buying solutions, fully compliant with EU Directives.
Supporta Professional Services has secured a place on the GISS (Geographic
Information Services and Solutions), Catalist Framework Agreement with
OCGbuying.solutions, having been successful during a competitive procurement
process, fully compliant with EU directives. The framework agreement allows
customers throughout the public sector to place orders with Supporta Professional
Services under standard terms and conditions of the agreement.
For more information visit www.ocgbuyingsolutions.gov.uk
Top Accredited Ecohomes Assessors
Supporta Professional Services Architecture
business is an accredited Ecohomes assessor.
Ecohomes provides an authoritative rating for new, converted or renovated
homes, and covers houses, flats and apartments. The system balances
environmental performance of living spaces with the need for a high quality
of life and a safe and healthy internal environment. Many of the issues are
optional, ensuring Ecohomes is flexible enough to be tailored to a particular
development or market.
Top Licensed BREEAM Auditors
Supporta Professional Services Architecture
business is licensed to audit the BREEAM code.
BREEAM is the world's most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings.
BREEAM assesses buildings against a set criteria and provides an overall score
which will fall within a band providing either a; pass, good, very good or
excellent rating.
Top SOCITM Accredited
Members of our consultancy team are accredited to undertake sub-contract work for
the Society of Information Technology Managers.
Supporta Professional Services has worked closely with SOCITM Consulting since
1997, delivering key transformation projects to local government, including
Planning, Land Charges, BS7666-compliant Gazetteers, GIS and spatial analysis.
Services include business justification, project planning, implementation
management, data management, business process review and change management.
The company provides additional services to the local government community in the
form of SOCITM Consulting's GIS/NLPG Product Manager.
Top PRINCE2 Certified
Most of the senior consultants within Supporta Professional Services Consultancy
business are PRINCE2 certified.
PRINCE2 is a de facto standard used extensively by the UK Government.
It is widely recognised and used in the private sector, both in the UK and
internationally.
The PRINCE2 method is in the public domain, offering non-proprietorial best
practice guidance on project management.
Top Planning Advisory Service (PAS) Approved Preferred Consultants
Selected members of Supporta Professional Services Consultancy
business have been accredited by the Planning Advisory Service and are now listed on the PAS
Register as Approved Preferred Consultants.
The PAS aims to facilitate self-sustaining change and improvement in the local authority planning
sector, helping councils provide faster, fairer, more efficient and better quality services.
Top Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Certified
Selected Supporta Professional Services consultants are MSP certified programme managers.
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has developed a best practice guide on
programme management called Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) which is published by
The Stationery Office.
The guide comprises a set of principles and processes for use when managing a programme.
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is an independent office of HM Treasury,
helping the UK Government to achieve better value for money and efficiency in public
procurement, and greater success with programmes and projects in the public sector.
Top MRICS Qualified Surveyors
Selected consultants within Supporta Professional Services are Members of the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Top MRTPI Accredited
Selected consultants within Supporta Professional Services are Members of the
Royal Town Planning Institute.
Top Health Service Founded MSCS
A number of consultants within Supporta Professional Services hold MSCs in the
Health Service.
Top Certified Information Technology Professionals
Selected consultants within Supporta Professional Services hold a Certified
Information Technology Professional (CITP) qualification.
A CITP is a Certified Public Accountant recognised for their technology
expertise and unique ability to bridge the gap between business and technology.
Unlike other certifications that recognise only a narrow scope of skills, the
CITP credential recognises technical expertise across a wide range of
business-technology practice areas.
Top NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Experts
A group of professionals within Supporta Professional Services are highly
experiences in dealing with the NHS' ESR systems. In the NHS arena, experienced
trained resources with detailed knowledge of ESR are very hard to come by.
Supporta Professional Services are able to provide staff at all levels - Payroll
Managers, Payroll Officers, HR Assistants, Project Managers (GPMs), Trainers,
Data Input Clerks etc.
ESR is the World Class, national, integrated Human Resources (HR) and Payroll
system which will be used by all 600+ NHS organisations throughout England and
Wales. It is one of the world's largest IT implementations.