WP1448: Product development team to work on GOV.UK Verify deliverables

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Why the Work is Being Done Consumption of EU identities via the Verify hub Problem to Be Solved Consume EU identities via Verify Measure: Verify connected to the eIDAS other countries test instances to consume identities from EU by 02/18 Deliverable: go into private beta Measure: Verify is connected to at least one other country in production for testing with real identities from other countries by 03/18 Deliverable: Productionise Verify Service provider to make easier for RP's use Verify Measure: Services wishing to onboard use Verify Service Provider Deliverable: Complete discover into improving onboarding process for RP's wishing to integrate with Verify Measure: User needs identified for improved onboarding process with technical plan for how to meet them Who Are the Users As an EU citizen living in the UK, I need to re-use my home nation's digital identity system, so that I can access UK government services Early Market Engagement None Work Already Done Discovery phase complete, partial work to make use of EU identities in the Verify hub has been completed Existing Team You will work with a multi-disciplinary team including a delivery manager, product manager, policy & engagement, developers and web-ops both on the EIDAS team and across the wider GOV.UK Verify programme. Current Phase Alpha Work Location The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 8QS Working Arrangments On site 5 days a week 9:00 - 5.30. Security Clearance SC Additional T&Cs Cabinet Office (CO) Travel and Subsistence (T&S) Policy will apply. All expenses must be pre-agreed with between the parties and must comply with the CO T&S Policy. Skills & Experience Experience of managing large public sector agile projects JAVA (or C#) and Ruby experience Experience with microservice architecture Agile working / devops methodology Experience of pipeline creation and hardening for services Ability to take initiative Excellent communication skills Experience of leading teams (pref. multidisciplinary) Experience in passing on knowledge in a structured way Experience of stakeholder engagement and management Nice to Haves Understanding of SAML Previous experience in local or central government Experience of Kanban No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 3 Proposal Criteria Your approach to onboarding your team to the projects Your management of proposed flexible team resources Your approach to defining technical architecture and software architecture in a context of legacy systems and a drive towards efficiency Your approach to data privacy and security How you've identified risks and dependencies and offered approaches to manage them Cultural Fit Criteria Commitment to excellence Culture of taking responsibility for owning issues and resolving and problems Your approach to transferring knowledge and experience to civil servants to support learning from this engagement. Understanding of Agile and Lean methodologies and ways of working Payment Approach Time and materials Assessment Method Written proposal Work history Presentation Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range we envisage this work to be done by a team of at least 5 consisting of 2x developers and 1x delivery manager, 1x product manager and 1x technical analyst.