A Statement of Work Solution for a Large UK Local Authority

A platform built on feedback, giving full visibility over every project.

As early adopters of SOW in c.net, the authority was able to test the platform, receive training and provide invaluable feedback to help shape the solution.

Outputs, timelines and costs are all clearly defined, approved, updated and tracked within the system. Users can immediately see exactly where they are with any given project — no more chasing individual project owners or managers. If team leaders need to know how much time or budget is left to run, it's all right there in the system.

The platform also becomes more powerful the more it is used: as a user populates it with information about their Statement of Work projects and suppliers, it provides deeper insight into spending trends, service categories and engagement patterns.

“It's given us much more assurance, particularly around IR35. Having one arrangement for temporary staff and SOW allows us to have that assurance. If somebody tries to misclassify a job role or project, c.net and Comensura will stop them going through that wrong door.

It also gives us full visibility, so if we pick up somebody else's project (if somebody leaves or goes off sick, for example), we can go on c.net and see exactly where that project is. It gives us transparency, which is vital for public sector organisations, which may be under scrutiny for their use of public sector resources.

Through Comensura's VMS platform, c.net, we are now delivering a number of SOW projects across the local authority, enabling the customer to procure the resource it needs in a variety of different areas while retaining full visibility and control.”