prj_3151 NHS Digital National Integration Adaptor

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Why the Work is Being Done This is required to: - deliver technology changes that support the transformation of Primary Care - deliver technical and reference tools that enable products and services that meet the Secretary of State’s Technology Strategy to enter the GP IT Market and become new GP IT ‘Foundation’ system supplier to the NHS. - Facilitate the adoption and implementation of software solutions into the estate of a New GP IT system supplier, such that New system suppliers can overcome current technical barriers to GP IT market entry Problem to Be Solved The Buyer requires a supplier with specialist skills in software development, commercial strategy and technical authoring to develop software solutions with simplified interfaces and standardised/rationalised documentation such that the overall upfront technical, financial/commercial effort associated with GP IT market entry is reduced. Who Are the Users Sample user stories include: AS a supplier: - I WANT the interoperability documentation to be enhanced - I WANT test environments for relevant services to be enhanced - I WANT worked code examples to be available - I WANT a connect to pre-assured adaptor components SO THAT I can quickly integrate with a service AS a supplier: - I WANT improved test harnesses in place - I WANT a comprehensive and live-like test data set pack to be provided SO THAT I can quickly and efficiently conduct my assurance against test components that are fit for purpose. Early Market Engagement Early market engagement has taken place with New GP IT Foundation System Suppliers around the cost of market entry and the cost of building software solutions equivalent to our requirements independently. These suppliers have expressed that the GP Integration Ecosystem as it stands is currently cost-prohibitive to market aspirants. Engagement has also taken place with New GP IT System suppliers to understand their appetite for working with the successful supplier delivering our requirements in order to implement software solutions directly into their architecture. Interest from New GP IT system suppliers remain high on this. No other engagement has been done specific to this procurement. Work Already Done The programme is currently developing its first fully functioning and production-ready adaptor with an existing development partner. Lessons from this ongoing delivery will be available for use/familiarisation to the supplier eligible for this opportunity. Existing Team There is an interim development team who are working on an enabling adaptor/reference tool – the delivery from this team is currently overseen by a small in-house GP IT Futures team. The in-house team comprises a Technical Architect, Delivery Manager and Assurance Lead who will mainly act in a facilitating, approving and guiding/goal-setting capacity. Current Phase Beta Work Location NHS Digital 8th Floor Bridgewater Place Water Lane Leeds LS11 5BZ Working Arrangments Full team co-located to enable collaboration and discussion. Team should co-locate from central place daily, unless expressly agreed with the Client. Collaboration tools will be agreed and made available where the team has a need to work in a distributed manner, but this will be by exception. Security Clearance As a minimum, all supplier staff must have completed a Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) check. Additional T&Cs NHS Digital Supplementary Terms and Conditions. Skills & Experience Must have evidence of working as part of a blended team (customer & multi supplier) in an Agile delivery team and be familiar with the associated ceremonies Must have demonstrable experience of skilfully utilising Docker for containerisation, GitHub/Travis CI/ or equivalent for continuous integration and experience and understanding of public cloud native development in AWS and Azure. Must have demonstrable experience of completing infrastructure automation through Terraform. Must have evidence of working with and managing data in a confidential environment and adhering to government standards. Must have demonstrable experience of rapid and iterative delivery of potentially releasable software and technical documentation. Demonstrable experience of authoring and standardising high-quality technical documentation which aligns with technical authorship best practice. Nice to Haves Familiarity with Kubernetes or equivalent container orchestration products and services Previous experience and understanding of the dependencies between NHS National Services e.g. Spine. Evidence of providing additional and/or value-added activities when acting in the role of prime contractor. Experience of working with Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) or other healthcare standards. Have experience of working with healthcare system suppliers in primary and/or secondary care, i.e. delivering into health settings. No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 5 Proposal Criteria Delivery Approach - Initial SOW and Further SOWs Delivery Approach - Management of Test Partner Technical Capability - Containerisation within Public Cloud Technical Capability – Infrastructure Automation Technical Capability – Technical Authoring Technical Capability - Infrastructure Technical Knowledge and Experience Technical Capability – Handling Data Operating Practices – Delivery in Multi-Party Environments Operating Practices – Iterative Delivery Contribution to Open Source Case studies Testimonials Cultural Fit Criteria Openness and Management of Client Feedback Commercial Strategy and Public Good. Fair Sourcing and Supply Chain New ways of working, challenging the status quo Value for Money Payment Approach Fixed price Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 10% Price 40% Questions from Suppliers Budget range