National Access Point (NAP)

Tender description

Why the Work is Being Done Progressing the NAP Discovery/Alpha into Public Beta. The NAP is a catalogue of transport metadata used to index data, originally mandated by EU Directive 2010/40/EU. The DfT will implement NAP beyond the original scope of the directive. Our scoping study concluded that the specific needs of NAP extend beyond the capability of the current data.gov.uk website, and this was confirmed by Discovery and Alpha concluded recently. The Alpha returned a set of wireframes and a Proof of Concept that will need to be turned into a full MVP and iterated upon, and scoping a back-office function to operate the service. Problem to Be Solved Problem to be solved (Describe Problem) (100 words) The winning supplier will be required to provide a team experienced in passing GDS Beta assessments to build and implement the National Access Point, a metadata catalogue, evolving the Alpha proof-of-concept to Public Beta. Teams will be required to adhere to: • GDS Digital Service standard, • Technology Code of practice, • GDS spend approval standards and • DfT architectural principles and standards Suppliers will be required to pass: • Architectural change board • External Pen Test • GDS BETA service assessment. Who Are the Users Data Analysts / Architects Traffic Managers Logistics, parking, taxi, road freight teams Smart City programme teams Technologists, Data scientists / consultants Waste service teams Software developers Central Government / Local Authorities Data consultancies/companies Researchers Early Market Engagement Early research with data producers, followed by Discovery and Alpha. Work Already Done The NAP scoping report The NAP draft specification Discovery and Alpha FutureGov case study report Alpha Report NAP Discovery and Alpha Show and Tell 22 May 2020 presentation NAP Discovery and Alpha Show and Tell 22 May 2020 Q&A summary Existing Team National Access Point is being developed jointly between the Smarter Traffic Management team in the Traffic and Technology division and the Data Unit in the Analytics and Data Division, in full collaboration with DfT Digital Service. DFT will provide 0.5 product manager and 0.5 service manager. The supplier should provide a full Beta team. Current Phase Alpha Work Location In accordance with COVID Safe Working Guidance, the work should be conducted at the supplier’s own site or remote working locations, unless there is specific request by DfT for physical meetings. Expenses will be paid in accordance with DfT rates. Address: Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, SW1 or Department for Transport, Windsor House, Victoria Street, London SW1 Working Arrangments Expected to be remote, but with travel to London required for presentations and meeting as and when required Security Clearance BPSS Additional T&Cs GDS public beta assessment to be passed at six months after the contract begins. - Migrate the CKAN demo instance from AWS into DfT’s Google Cloud Platform - designing of the system for beta to include the ability to scale for the required users/use cases, data pipelines and security/IAM in line with DfT Arch principles & standards. - Architectural Change Board sign-off in for the Alpha phase of the project - Pass GDS Beta Service Assessment; in case of failure, condition or recommendation, resolve and pass within 2 months. Skills & Experience Demonstrable evidence of design and delivery of secure and scalable public facing digital services that pass GDS beta service assessment Demonstrable evidence of delivering digital services with complex user journeys on both the back office and the end user functions Demonstrable evidence of delivering in the cloud using IaaS and Serverless technology (preferably GCP) Nice to Haves Experience deploying and supporting CKAN-based solutions Experience developing metadata catalogues Experience working in transport data sector No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 6 Proposal Criteria Demonstrable evidence of Technical solution 25% Demonstrable evidence Approach and methodology 25% Demonstrable evidence How they’ve identified risks and dependencies and offered approaches to manage them 5% Team structure 15% Cultural Fit Criteria Demonstrable evidence and experience of working as a team with our organisation or other government departments 5% Demonstrable evidence and experience of working on national data projects 5% Payment Approach Capped time and materials Assessment Method Case study Work history Presentation Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range £300k capped