Policing Role Profile and Career Pathways Platform

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Why the Work is Being Done The College of Policing is the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. The College requires a digital tool to enable both the public and its workforce to view details about professional profiles, competence and values framework, opportunities for educational qualification and career pathways in a single place. The work needs to be completed by 31 July 2017 Problem to Be Solved The UX designs for the career pathway platform (phase 1) has been completed and this next phase is for development. We anticipated using a content management system and need the UX designs and workflow built to a working live solution. Platform requires a hosting solution and 1 year support and maintenance that should form part of the proposal. The platform must pass Government Security Accreditation and meeting that requirement must form part of the work. The platform is public facing with no user data except for administrators of the content and workflow. Who Are the Users The majority of users will be serving police officers and staff at all ranks and levels. Universities will also access some of the information to check that it is up to date and to determine if they want to add any further information. The public will also access the information so that they can understand what they should expect from their local or national police service and if they are considering a career in the police service. Early Market Engagement User workshops held to build user needs and user stories. UX designs completed based on user stories, further consultation and user feedback. Designs now completed as part of phase 1. UX Designs will only be only available to view after the initial selection process is complete. Work Already Done We have engaged with a digital design team to help us develop the user experience and we have completed designs for this. Existing Team The supplier will be working with internal college staff. These include the Project Lead, Project Manager for the wider project developing the content. The Digital Services Manager, a Business Analyst and Product Owner. The College has an established user group. Current Phase Beta Work Location The College team are geographically dispersed. There is not a specific location that we require the supplier to work. We expect that they will need to attend meetings in London (central London or Hendon) and Ryton, Coventry. Working Arrangments We expect the majority of the work to be carried out in the suppliers own location. We would expect to have regular meetings, but these could be conducted via video, such as Google hangout or Skype. A minimum of face to face meetings at the start and end of the contract would be necessary. There may be requirements to co-facilitate user group workshops. Security Clearance Must have a minimum of NPPV2 clearance. Only submit if you have personnel with valid clearance as we will not take individuals through clearance. Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Software development skills in a CMS and able to translate UX designs into live environment Designing websites that are intuitive and easy to use on all devices. Delivering projects in line with Government Digital Service Standard. Demonstration of delivering projects at speed with clearly identified deliverables and timescales. Technical knowledge of website hosting environments. Experience of mitigating security and cyber threats to websites. Good planning, coordination, communication and project management skills Good relationship and stakeholder management Experience delivering software development projects for Policing and Government Nice to Haves No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 3 Proposal Criteria Technical solution must meet and pass Government Security Accreditation Evidence of using Agile Software Development A detailed proposed with timescales and resource plan Details of Team Structure and single point of contact Cultural Fit Criteria Suppliers should demonstrate their understanding of Policing and how it operates. Demonstrate expertise and experience of Career Pathways and Role Profiles Work with internal software development team and Product Owner, being open and transparent Share knowledge and experience with other team members Take responsibility for work and report back regularly to project meetings Payment Approach Fixed price Assessment Method Written proposal Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range after first sift we shall be inviting suppliers to submit a detailed proposal.