D134 Developer Team

Tender description

Why the Work is Being Done In order to deliver to National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP), the NCCU is developing a number of capabilities to exploit data and provide value to our user community The NCCU have moved a significant amount of capability into the AWS cloud and have worked with a number of partners to develop our data exploitation capabilities. The NCCU operate in a DevSecOps fashion and have made significant progress in a short space of time. Problem to Be Solved A partner is required to develop NCCU capabilities.. Who Are the Users The team would report to a number of senior NCA developers. All projects are run in an agile fashion and work will be tasked from the backlog of tasks. Early Market Engagement Work Already Done Several different projects are in flight. The approach is well defined and understood. The team operate in a DevOps way. The work has resulted in a number of systems being migrated into AWS and our data exploitation capabilities have increased as a result. Existing Team The team consists of NCCU employees and contract resource. The mix is about 40/60 respectively. Current Phase Not applicable Work Location Spring Gardens, London Working Arrangments Standard office hours. Security Clearance SC clearance with the ability to pass NCA top up. Additional T&Cs Additional terms will be sent to shortlisted suppliers including Security and FOIA terms as NCA is not subject to FOI requests. Shortlisted suppliers will be required to utilise Bravo after shortlisting. This outcome is outside the scope of IR35. Evaluation will be on a scale of 0 to 5: with a minimum score of 3 to pass. Score Description 0 poor standard, no confidence 1 little confidence 2 clear strengths but giving some concern 3 degree of weakness outweighed by strengths 4 strengths clearly outweigh any minor weakness 5 Robust and fully comprehensive proposal Skills & Experience Demonstrate experience of working within Agile environment – understanding of agile practices and ability to integrate with existing team - 20 Points Demonstrate experience of developing User Interfaces (experience of using JavaScript, Vue.js or similar JavaScript framework) - 20 Points Demonstrate experience of developing with Python (Python 3 (Including knowledge of Flask), expertise in use of Git, Continuous Integration experience, Terraform, Docker) - 20 Points Demonstrate full stack development on AWS (ideally AWS associate developer or higher). Especially experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EC2, Step functions, EMR - 20 Points Demonstrate experience of MySQL/ MariaDB, writing SQL queries and Data ingest techniques and data migration between relational databases - 20 Points Nice to Haves Demonstrate experience of data analytics and recent cloud developments related to data analytics - 10 Points. Demonstrated experience of software development using C# - 10 Points Experience of previous projects and ability to work with existing code bases - 10 Points Experience of supporting users of data analytic systems - 10 Points No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 4 Proposal Criteria The whole team must be able to demonstrate experience of working alongside clients in co-located teams utilising Agile Software Development - 10 Points The whole team must be able to demonstrate technical competence in delivering using the identified technologies utilising DevOps processes - 10 Points The whole team must be able to demonstrate awareness of building within the Cloud and implementing automation in everything that you do - 10 Points The whole team must be able to demonstrate a fair and transparent pricing structure that allows the right resources to be brought into the projects - 10 Points To show success in delivery of all the Requirements published here - 10 Points Cultural Fit Criteria The whole team must be able to demonstrate how they would share knowledge and experience with other team members - 5 Points The whole team must be able to have the desire to innovate at pace and focus on delivering value to users - 5 Points The team must be able to collaboratively work as a team within our organisation and with our suppliers and so be transparent and open when making decisions - 5 Points Payment Approach Time and materials Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 15% Price 25% Questions from Suppliers Budget range around £300,000 (max daily rate budget per developer = £600-750)