Delivery teams for DAERA NI ICT Enabled business change projects

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Why the Work is Being Done Provision of skilled and experienced business analysis, software development and project management skills to facilitate development and progress of a number of small and medium business change projects within DAERA NI. Adopting agile methodologies and incorporating skills transfer to internal DAERA staff, contractors will be required to work onsite in Northern Ireland. Problem to Be Solved The challenges that the business need to meet are redeveloping legacy Access and .Net based systems to incorporate new business processes. There is also a requirement to migrate paper form requests for services to digital online services to provide better digital movement of applications and integration to existing business systems and work flows, data analysis and data mining. Who Are the Users requirements are specific to each project a sample list of these are :- Industrial Pollution system redevelopment - Medium, Planning Consultations System Phase II - Small, Waste Management Licensing redevelopment - Medium, Hazardous Waste Management System review and development - Medium, Migration of paper permit requests to Online services - medium. The work will also incorporate data analysis and data mining to inform a strategic approach to data management and business intelligence. Early Market Engagement Work Already Done Existing Team The supplier s required to work within the existing operational, development and project teams made up of existing DAERA staff. Current Phase Not applicable Work Location Suppliers will be required to work from within DAERA offices in the Belfast BT2 and Stormont BT4 Areas in Northern Ireland. Working Arrangments Supplier staff will be required to work on-site as part of a project team reporting to an NICS team leader from 9am-5pm Monday to Friday excluding Northern Ireland Public Holidays. All necessary additional costs such as flights, day to day travel, subsistence and accommodation costs to get to and from place of work must be included to establish total cost of engagement. Where travel is needed to facilitate face to face meetings during the working day these will be paid by the department Security Clearance Basic Security Clearance required. Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Have 2 years professional experience in the last 5 years working to deliver secure .NET applications across multiple platforms for both internal and external use. Provide professional skills in Software Development, Project Management, Agile Scrum Master, Business Architects/Analysts Have experience in migrating legacy systems to a .Net, HTML 5 platform using technologies including but not limited to C#, javascript and AngularJS. Have experience in developing against a defined user experience model including responsive and adaptive application design for mobile platforms Work within multi disciplinary teams Nice to Haves No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 15 Proposal Criteria Examples demonstrate solutions migrating from legacy applications to modern responsive and adaptive applications e.g. from MS Access to .NET Examples demonstrate the use of skills in each discipline, Software Developer, Project manager, Agile Scrum master, Business Architect, Business Analyst, Examples demonstrate the use and successful completion of projects that have involved use of development technologies listed and in developing mobile applications across multiple platforms and device types Examples demonstrate the types of engagement with customer and multi disciplinary teams and other suppliers Examples demonstrate data analysis and data mining to assist in business intelligence VFM - combined skill total/day. Example project 20 days. Include; cost to engage (e.g. flights, accommodation, etc converted to per day rate) 4 days for each of the 5 skills Cultural Fit Criteria Examples demonstrate working as a member of our internal teams and with other suppliers as required Examples demonstrate a collaborative approach to problem solving within teams Payment Approach Capped time and materials Assessment Method Written proposal Case study Work history Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 10% Cultural fit 5% Price 85% Questions from Suppliers Budget range the total spend of this contract is not guaranteed but current planned projects are estimated up to £350,000.