PU-17/0137 - ONS website 'Data Discovery'

Tender description

Why the Work is Being Done The need to support ONS multi-variate (especially small area) statistics. With an evolving devolution agenda in the UK and policy interest in cities and regional data, we anticipate needing a sustainable, flexible and responsive route to dissemination. For example, recently the ONS has been criticised for not enabling easy access to economic data at a local level for analysis of how the distribution of EU funding impacts on how people vote in the Referendum. Problem to Be Solved It is clear that users require the capability to perform quite complex multi-variate queries that include, but are not limited to, small area statistics. They want to be able to undertake this as part of a single user journey on a single ONS domain rather than being passed from site to site. Who Are the Users High level user stories are available here --> https://trello.com/b/1eULNJHz/data-discovery-epic-user-stories Early Market Engagement Work Already Done Significant user research has been undertaken and documented to date and this is available to the future team. There has also been initial technical investigative work done which is available on Github and is fully documented (including a proposed data model.) Existing Team The supplier team will be working with an in-house multi-disciplinary team who have end-to-end responsibility for the ONS website and publishing platform. Current Phase Alpha Work Location Newport, South Wales Working Arrangments The team is expected to be on-site and co-located with the in-house team. Security Clearance All team members must be in possession of a current Disclosure Scotland clearance prior to starting contractual work. Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Expert in delivery of solutions that utilise micro services - 3 points Expertise in development/delivery using Cloud Foundry (Python,Scala,Selenium/BOSH/Manifest or docker, GRAILS, Spring) - 3 points Expertise in the design and delivery of Restful API's (inc: security functional and non-functional requirements) and use of appropriate tooling such as Swagger/RAML - 3 points Expert in cloud technologies: design, planning. security, integration, whilst remaining Cloud provider agnostic - 3 points Experience of effective identification and use of open source software components - 3 points Experience in relational and non-relational databases in multiple formats - 3 points Experience in using automated (testing) environments and continuous integration, delivery & (potentially) deployment, particularly GitHub and Jenkins - 3 points Expertise in Agile delivery (e.g., Scrum, Kanban etc.) as outlined in the Government Service Design Manual using BDD and TDD -3 points Experience of delivery in Data Architecture Services, especially in a sensitive data environment - 3 points Expertise in coaching/mentoring technical staff - 3 points Nice to Haves Experience of working across government agencies - 1 point Knowledge of geospatial technologies - 2 points Experience of working with 'linked data' technologies (i.e. triple stores, GraphDB, SPARQL) - 2 points No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 3 Proposal Criteria Technical Solutions - 5 points Approach & Methodology - 5 points How the approach or solution meets user needs - 5 points How the approach or solution meets your organisation’s policy or goal - 2 points Estimated timeframes for the work - 2 points How they’ve identified risks and dependencies and offered 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 - 4points Transparent & Collaborative when making decision - 4points Have the user and customer needs at the core of decision making - 4points No blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes - 4points Skills transfer and mentoring of team members - 4points Payment Approach Capped time and materials Assessment Method Written proposal Reference Presentation Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range