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Full G-Cloud 15 pricing for Placid and Belong, including example 5-year cost plans.

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Pop Pop Studio's G-Cloud 15 pricing for Placid (the Local Offer Platform) and Belong (Mainstream Inclusion Directory, Whole School SEND Audit, and Assistive Technology Lending Library).

Placid: Local Offer Platform

Co-designed digital hub for SEND, early years and childcare, adult care, care leavers, family hubs, kinship, and more. Run from a single directory, based on organisation, services, and events, with individual websites for each digital hub.

Component Required or optional Price
Directory Required (one per council) £10,000 (one time cost)
Site build Required £5,000 (one time cost)
Site design (per Local Offer) 1 is required. Other sites using the same design are included. £4,500 (one time cost)
Design for additional sections (for example, a sub-site for SEND Youth Representatives, or additional domains such as childcare or family hubs) Optional From £3,500
Content support and migration Optional £7,000 to £12,000
Annual hosting and support Required, after year 1 £15,000 (1 site). Additional sites £3,000 each.
Content management (a complete content management service) Optional From £20,000 per year

Example 5 year plans

SEND Local Offer

Component Set up costs Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Directory £10,000          
Site build £5,000          
Site design £4,500          
Annual hosting and support   Included £15,000 £15,000 £15,000 £15,000
Total £19,500 £0 £15,000 £15,000 £15,000 £15,000

Total for 5 years: £79,500 (£15,900 per year).

SEND Local Offer and Early Years (2 distinct domains)

Component Set up costs Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Shared, filtered directory £10,000          
Site build (x2) £10,000          
Site design, SEND Local Offer £4,500          
Alternative site design, Early Years £3,500          
Annual hosting and support   Included £18,000 £18,000 £18,000 £18,000
Total £28,000 £0 £18,000 £18,000 £18,000 £18,000

Total for 5 years: £100,000 (£20,000 per year).

Belong: Mainstream Inclusion Resource Directory

Directory of Whole School Universal and Areas of Need effective inclusive practice strategies and resources.

SEND Audit

Whole school universal SEND audit.

Assistive Technology Lending Library

Component Required or optional Price
Site design and build Required £5,000
Content support and migration (moving content from existing PDFs or Word docs, writing content with the Specialist Inclusion Team and SENCOs) Optional From £4,000
Annual hosting and support, Mainstream Inclusion Directory Required £7,500
Annual hosting and support, SEND Audit Optional (requires Mainstream Inclusion Directory) £5,000
Annual hosting and support, Assistive Technology Lending Library Optional (requires Mainstream Inclusion Directory) £2,500

Example 5 year plan

Belong, low level content support

Component Set up costs Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Site design and build £5,000          
Content support and migration (low level) £4,000          
Mainstream Inclusion Directory £7,500 Included £7,500 £7,500 £7,500 £7,500
Total £16,500 £0 £7,500 £7,500 £7,500 £7,500

Total for 5 years: £44,500 (£8,900 per year). Full support and training is included.

Belong, high level content support, with Assistive Technology Lending Library and SEND Audit

Component Set up costs Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Site design and build £5,000          
Content support and migration (high level) £10,000          
Mainstream Inclusion Directory £7,500 Included £7,500 £7,500 £7,500 £7,500
Assistive Technology Lending Library £2,500 Included £2,500 £2,500 £2,500 £2,500
SEND Audit £5,000 Included £5,000 £5,000 £5,000 £5,000
Total £30,000 £0 £15,000 £15,000 £15,000 £15,000

Total for 5 years: £88,000 (£17,600 per year). Full support and training is included.

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