London Borough of Waltham Forest Digital Strategy

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Why the Work is Being Done This is a high priority project that will play a major role in determining the future direction of the Council. The provider’s ability to work creatively and productively with our elected members and senior managers will be central to ensuring the project’s success. We are not looking for an off the shelf solution, but one which is bespoke to Waltham Forest and delivered by a provider with specialist expertise and experience in this area. Further details are available from michael.sargeant@walthamforest.gov.uk Problem to Be Solved The Council is looking to appoint a provider to work collaboratively with elected Members, senior managers and key partners to develop the next phase of its digital strategy over sixteen weeks. The objectives for this work including full details of the specification, project background and evaluation process are available from michael.sargeant@walthamforest.gov.uk Who Are the Users Our ambition is for everyone in Waltham Forest to enjoy a quality life. To do this we are creating a Council for 2020, a new organisation, fully embedded in the digital society, which will continue to drive improvements in the quality of residents’ lives, whilst operating on a reduced budget. Further details are available from michael.sargeant@walthamforest.gov.uk Early Market Engagement Work Already Done Existing Team In-house team in place, led by a permanent Director of Digital and ICT. Current Phase Not applicable Work Location Walthamstow Town Hall Forest Road London E17 4JF Working Arrangments The Council anticipate the assignment to be delivered within 16 weeks. The Council will also require additional support to work with the Council’s ICT team to assist with tactical technology decision-making and architectural review whilst this project is being delivered. This is likely to need one day per week from a Solutions Architect. Further details are available from michael.sargeant@walthamforest.gov.uk Security Clearance Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Significant experience of delivering similar projects for complex organisations in both the public and the private sector. Demonstrate an excellent understanding of the specific challenges and opportunities faced by the borough and the Council Proven track record of ability to work creatively and productively with elected members and senior managers Proven track record of Digital Strategy Development Ability to produce a strategic/digital roadmap for a large, complex organisation Ability to produce a public facing version of the above which is easily understandable and accessible for members of the public, elected Members, partners and staff at all levels. Ability to provide technology architecture and roadmap that will deliver / enable the vision, strategy and roadmap Ability to produce business cases for near term projects which can kick-start the delivery of the strategy Nice to Haves No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 6 Proposal Criteria Ideas and Innovation (25% weighting) Corporate Track Record and CV’s (20% weighting) Cultural Fit Criteria Approach and cultural fit (20% weighting) Payment Approach Fixed price Assessment Method Written proposal Case study Work history Reference Presentation Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 45% Cultural fit 20% Price 35% Questions from Suppliers No questions have been answered yet Budget range