Strategy for move to Testing Driven Development

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Why the Work is Being Done This work will enable CQC to deliver new Digital services and intelligence led regulation with low risk and at pace. End of project testing in a waterfall delivery mechanism has proven to be unsuccessful and new approaches are required as CQC moves to an agile delivery model supported through test first strategies, continuous integration and rapid, automated deployments. Specifically, this work is to define a test strategy and approach that supports continual change and release with automated regression testing through orchestrated services at the data and application layers Problem to Be Solved Specifically, this work is to define a test strategy and approach that supports continual change and release with automated regression testing through orchestrated services, at the data and application layers. Who Are the Users x Early Market Engagement Work Already Done Existing Team CQC Digital team Current Phase Discovery Work Location Care Quality Commission 151 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9SZ Working Arrangments To be agreed after proposal Security Clearance Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Experience, at scale, of applying testing services to support agile development, automated deployment and continuous integration across a range of services Expertise in developing and delivering a test automation strategy to support large scale data processing and data science initiatives Experience in assisting an organisation to move from waterfall development with quarterly deployments Experience in managing legacy services interoperating with new services with differing deployment timelines in a bi-modal delivery model Understanding of appropriate tooling, its configuration and implementation across a portfolio Understanding of training and change management required to introduce new ways of working into an operational service Solid understanding of orchestration and environment management in a mixed on premise and Cloud platform Nice to Haves No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 3 Proposal Criteria Technical solution Approach and methodology Estimated timeframes for the work Team structure Value for money Cultural Fit Criteria Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers Take responsibility for their work Share knowledge and experience with other team members Payment Approach Capped time and materials Assessment Method Written proposal Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers Budget range £70,000