Next Generation National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS) Development

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Why the Work is Being Done To provide a fit for purpose and enhanced National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS) based on evidence gathered through extensive customer engagement and feedback to provide accurate, authoritative and trusted weather warnings to the public, responders and government for major weather impacts that pose an immediate risk to life/property The National Severe Weather Warnings Service is the Met Office’s flagship service (NSWWS). The service communicates severe weather impacts and potential hazards to the public, emergency responders and commercial partners. Warnings information is disseminated in a large range of data formats and into many Met Office and third party products. Problem to Be Solved A set of key deliverables within the programme are the forecaster tools for defining and creating weather warnings and a managed API to facilitate their publication. The programme is now looking to accelerate delivery of this tranche of work. The components being developed to fulfil this need are primarily in Java/Spring, with Javascript/Angular for the front end and Postgres/S3 storage. The API will be RESTful and make heavy use of the Atom format. It will be API Managed using a 3rd party cloud based tool. Delivery will be considered complete when the components and capabilities outlined are operational Who Are the Users The users are Chief Forecasters in the Met Office, based in Exeter and Aberdeen. These group of users need to be able to create, edit, and issue warnings in a reliably and consistently. Early Market Engagement Work Already Done The project is already in the ‘build’ phase. It is supported by a comprehensive backlog of user stories which is constantly evolving in line with the scrum process. Payment will be based on deliverables. Existing Team There are team of 5 Developers, Technical Lead and Tester working directly on development and delivery of the forecaster tools for defining and creating weather warnings and a managed API to facilitate their publication. There are other development teams working on publication of warnings on the web, mobile applications. There is also a fully engaged and resourced: Programme Board, Programme Manager, and Project Manager. Current Phase Alpha Work Location FitzRoy Road Exeter Devon EX1 3PB United Kingdom Working Arrangments On-Site Security Clearance Basic clearance (minimum), SC clearance, ideally Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience components being developed to fulfil this need - primarily in Java/Spring, Javascript/Angular for the front end and Postgres/S3 storage. The API will be RESTful and make use of Atom format. • Java • Spring / Spring Boot • Testing Frameworks (jUnit, Mockito, groovy, spock, cucumber) • APIs / REST • Amazon Web Services (AWS) • Angular JS • Weather domain knowledge • Agile/SCRUM Nice to Haves • BDD • Training and Mentoring • Security Clearance (SC) No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 3 Proposal Criteria • The proposed approach and methodology • How the approach or solution meets user needs • Value for money of the proposal Cultural Fit Criteria Work in highly collaborative team and interact with other teams from time to time within our organisation Payment Approach Capped time and materials Assessment Method Written proposal Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 15% Price 25% Questions from Suppliers Budget range up to £160k