CON18-090 Cloud Migration Programme DevOps Scrum Team 1

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Why the Work is Being Done The FCA is migrating a number of big data and analytics applications to the cloud as part of their long term strategy. The organisation has an established Cloud Migration Programme (CMP) which is leading this activity. The cloud is expected to provide cost effective scalable compute resources and allow the FCA to migrate away from their physical data centres. As the contract for the current data centre expires in 2021, an enterprise cloud offering needs to be in place before then and all existing applications migrated. Problem to Be Solved AWS services need to be deployed with wrappers to provide an enterprise class service offering which adheres to FCA security controls and regulatory controls. Sensitive data will also be held on the cloud platform and this needs special provisioning. Who Are the Users As a user, FCA staff use big data and analytics applications (hosted in the cloud) in order to support the FCA's mission to regulate the UK's financial market for all who use financial services. Early Market Engagement Not applicable Work Already Done Work has started on the "industrialisation" of AWS cloud services. The new DevOps Scrum team will be joining existing Scrum teams in taking responsibility for the delivery production-ready technical components. Existing Team Mixed team of FCA employees and contractors and various suppliers working together. CMP DevOps Scrum Team 1 will be expected to collaborate with all of the above. Current Phase Not applicable Work Location The work will take place in FCA offices in Stratford, London Working Arrangments The FCA expects the supplier to bring a "ready made" SCRUM team that can be plugged alongside the existing SCRUM teams. The FCA expects that the team to work onsite 5 days a week, 8 hours a day exclusive of lunch. The FCA would expected the Supplier to provide at least 5 qualified professionals working on this engagement. Any issues and escalations shall be handled by a nominated Supplier account manager, who will be provided free of charge for the duration of this engagement. Security Clearance Resources should be willing and capable of undergoing SC security clearance, which will be required as part of this engagement. Additional T&Cs Day rates submitted shall be inclusive of all travel and subsistence expenses to any location within the M25, and all necessary insurances. The preferred supplier will be expected to sign the standard CMP ethical wall letter. The suppliers' essential and nice-to-have skills will be evaluated on the basis of 0, 1, 2 and 3. Suppliers who do not achieve a minimum of 2 ("meets requirements") on one or more essential skills will be disqualified. Skills & Experience Knowledge and experience in operating systems, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (essential) Knowledge and experience in programming languages, such as Bash/Shell Scripting (essential), Python (essential), Ruby (essential) Knowledge and experience in build, such as Cloud Formation (essential), Terraform, Sceptre, Grunt, Packer, Make Knowledge and experience in configuraiton management/ provisioning, such as Chef (essential), Ansible, Vagrant Knowledge and experience in source code management, such as Git (essential) Knowledge and experience in continuous integration, such as Jenkins (essential), TeamCity, Visual Studio Knowledge and experience in package management, such as Nexus (essential), Spacewalk (essential), Satellite Nice to Haves Track record with using Security Tooling, such as Wazuh, Suricata, Qualys, Kaspersky, ClamAV Track record with using Data and Analytics systems, such as Redshift, Cloudera, Snowball, Tableau, API Gateway, Oracle Proven experience of working in an agile development environment in last 3 years No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 4 Proposal Criteria Approach and methodology Risks and dependencies Team structure Ability to provide high-quality individuals Value for money Cultural Fit Criteria Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers Take responsibility for their work Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions Share knowledge and experience with other team members Payment Approach Time and materials Assessment Method Written proposal Work history Presentation Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range the fca may be willing to commit up to £600,000 for a six month sow1