DoF - LPS NOVA Programme - Pre Procurement Support (Specific ICT Assistance)

Tender description

Summary of the work • Produce a “future state” architectural model of components and services to ensure continued delivery of LPS business needs. • Produce an integration design model for LPS legacy systems with new and emerging systems. • Assist in the production of a technical requirements document for the Revenue & Benefits system. Specialist role Technical Architect Expected Contract Length Approximately 12 weeks Latest start date 01/05/2017 Maximum Day Rate The budget for this procurement is estimated to be £30,600 (excl VAT). This equates to approximately 36 days (£850 daily rate excl vat). (The daily rate must be inclusive of all travel and subsistence) Who Speclialist Work With The provider will work directly to an ICT 6 (Senior System Analyst). The Provider will be required to facilitate workshops and engage with Programme Team and Business area representatives on a group and individual basis. What Specialists Work On To assist the LPS NOVA Programme in the development of the LPS ICT documentation: • Produce a “future state” architectural model of components and services to ensure continued delivery of LPS business needs. • Produce an integration design model for LPS legacy systems with new and emerging systems. • Assist in the production of a technical requirements document for the Revenue & Benefits system. Skills & Experience • 2 examples of having produced ICT architectural landscape documentation for similar size organisation (14%) • 3 years experience of using TOGAF (specially the ADM process) to prepare organisations for business transformation (10%) • 3 years experience of using Unified Modelling Language (UML) – ideally using BPMN and ArchiMate 2.0 (5%) • 3. 3 years experience of designing and implementing RESTful web (5%) Nice to Haves • The supplier must be able to start work on 01/05/2017. • The Supplier’s daily rate must not exceed £850 excluding VAT. • The Supplier must be registered on eTenders NI (https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do). Work Location Lanyon Plaza, 7 Lanyon Place, Belfast BT1 3LP Working Arrangments The provider will be expected to work 3 days a week onsite for approximately12 weeks. The daily rate must be inclusive of all travel and subsistence. Security Clearance Basic security clearance required before contract award. Additional T&Cs Any outputs will be considered to be the property of the Department of Finance. The successful supplier may be excluded from future LPS procurements relating to the delivery of the Revenue and Benefits System. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 10 Cultural Fit Criteria • Work as a team with our organisation and other stakeholders (1%) • Transparent and collaborative approach when making decisions (1%) • Be able to deliver even with uncertainty surrounding the programme (1%) • Be able to engage with and present to staff at all levels including Senior Management (1%) • Can work with clients with low technical expertise (1%) • Can display how you have identified programme risks and dependencies and offered approaches to manage them (1%) Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 34% Cultural fit 6% Price 60% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is this role inside or outside of the IR35 regulation? There is potential that this role will be effected by the IR35 regulation. Our client will not be in the position to confirm this until the contract award has been made. 2. Would the department consider a blended team of 2 specialists who together meet the essential criteria and who’s combined day rate remains below the maximum value over the 12 week assignment? The department is seeking an individual specialist from this framework (Lot 2). It would not consider a blended approach as this would be more appropriate for an outcomes based contract (Lot 1).