PU-17/0089 - Business Index

Tender description

Why the Work is Being Done The aim of the Business Index is to provide a definitive, uniquely identified list of businesses in the UK. This will be built by joining a range of administrative data sources and de-duplicating these to create a unique view of each business. We estimate the development to deliver the Minimum Viable Product will be around 6 months. Problem to Be Solved Silo based approach across government departments (many indexes/registers doing the same thing), Multiple Government Business identifiers, All businesses not currently captured in one central source, All business not currently captured by Government, Data Sharing Legislation currently a blocker restricting access and use, Access to data via API Gateway, Build a matching & querying service, Build De-duplication engine Who Are the Users As a government department I need to identify all UK businesses through a single Business Index so that I can inform make informed decisions on economic and social policy. Early Market Engagement Work Already Done The Business Index is now moving into Beta Phase. During Discovery and Alpha we have delivered an agreed technical stack and built a functional concept product with matching, de-duplication (aligning business data from multiple sources into a single source) and query service. Existing Team The team will work with a range of internal product managers who are subject matter experts in index and register development. Currently the team has been assigned an ONS Delivery Manager and an ONS Business Analyst to work alongside the supplier, it is envisaged that two ONS Software engineers will be assigned in September to work alongside the supplier. Current Phase Alpha Work Location The Business Index staff will be located in Newport (Wales) Office. It is expected the team be co-located at this location but willing to travel between our Titchfield and Newport (Wales) locations as required. Working Arrangments The team will be expected alongside internal resource to build and develop the required products. Integrated into the supplier agreement will be a knowledge transfer during the transition to a more permanent operating model. The teams will be co-located and expected to work a on-site for a five day working week with flexibility build in for travel arrangements. Expense payments will be discussed and agreed on successful application. The teams will be expected to work within an Agile Delivery environment and be able to coach and mentor internal staff. Security Clearance All members of the supplier team must be SC Cleared to the required Civil Service Standard prior to commencing contractual work. Additional T&Cs Standard Contract Terms & Conditions will apply although the customer can review and amend in consultation and agreement with the supplier. Skills & Experience Developer experience in Agile/Scrum/Kanban = 1 points Expertise in Full Cloudera Stack = 2 Points Expertise in SQL/NoSQL databases (specifically Elasticsearch) = 2 points Expertise in Restful API's(inc: security functional and non-functional requirements) = 2 points Experience in CI tools (Jenkins) = 2 points Expertise of developing in Data Engineering and Data Management Services = 2 points Expertise in Cloud Foundry (Python,Scala,Selenium/BOSH/Manifest or docker) = 2 points Jenkins and Github experience = 1 points Experience of working in sensitive data environment = 2 points Experience in set up, configure and build images = 2 points Development & transformation experience in digital service in 'brownfield' & 'greenfield' estates = 2 points Expertise in Data/Security IT Architecture (both solution and technically focused) = 2 points Experience in relational and non-relational databases in multiple formats = 2 points Expert in cloud technologies: design, planning. security, integration = 2 points Experience in automation testing environments & continuous integration & deployment = 2 points Expert in SOA and mircro services = 2 points Expert in Performance and operating metrics on product service = 2 points Nice to Haves Experience of the GDS Service Manual = 1 point Experience of working across government agencies = 1 points Security knowledge of Cloud Foundry on AWS or local tin = 1 point No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 3 Proposal Criteria Technical Solutions = 5 points Approach & Methodology = 5 points Approach the approach or solution meets user needs = 5 points How the approach or solution meets the organisation policy or goal = 2 points Estimated timeframes = 2 points Identify risks and dependencies, approaches to manage them = 2 points Team Structure = 2 points Value for Money = 2 points Cultural Fit Criteria Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers = 5 points Transparent & Collaborative when making decision = 5 points Have the user and customer needs at the core of decision making = 5 points No blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes = 5 points Payment Approach Time and materials Assessment Method Written proposal Case study Work history Reference Presentation Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range