ICCM Test Resource

Tender description

Summary of the work ICCM is a system made up of multiple components hosted on multiple platforms and is currently being developed and integrated by an integrated team of suppliers. The end to end system needs to be tested to ensure it meets Business and User expectations. Specialist role Data engineer Expected Contract Length 6 months with up to a possible 6 months extension Latest start date Monday 15 August 2022 Early Market Engagement N/A Who Speclialist Work With The supplier will be working with an integrated supplier/client team consisting of UKICB Officers, contract staff and supplier contractors What Specialists Work On The specialist will be working on ICCM, a new case management tool for the UKICB. Skills & Experience • Evidence of test creation. For example: § System Test scripts Jira/Zephyr; § Automated Test Scripts in Cucumber/Playwright § User acceptance scripts • Evidence of test execution. For example: § Execution of system test scripts in Jira/Zephyr § Successful run of automated test script § Documented results of user acceptance testing • Evidence of working on large scale IT projects • Evidence of working on scrum agile projects • Excellent communication skills Nice to Haves • Good report writing skills • Extensive knowledge MS Office tools, Word, Visio etc Work Location Mostly remote. Occasional trip to UKICB in Warrington Working Arrangments Collaborative working within an agile delivery team consisting of business client, suppliers and key Agency stakeholders Mostly remote. Occasional trip to UKICB in Warrington Security Clearance SC as minimum but NCA enhance will be required. The individual Can start with basic SC whilst SC Enhanced is applied for which will be sponsored by the NCA. 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. Evaluation will be on a scale of 0 to 5: with a minimum score of 3 to pass essential skills. 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 No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Objective focused - adopt a ‘can do’ attitude to complete the tasks in hand • Is accountable and takes responsibility for their work. • Flexibility - Ability to adapt to change in an agile way • Transfer knowledge gained through the team and be willing to share experiences across the wider departmen • Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions. Assessment Method Interview Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. What is the budget for this role, both in terms of day rate and overall?What is the anticipated duration of this requirement? £600 to £700Duration to be confirmed estimated 6 months 2. Do you have an expected day rate or budget for this role? £600 to £700 3. Is there an incumbent Data Engineer in place working with the integrated supplier/client team ? No Incumbent supplier 4. "What is the max day rate?Can you confirm it falls outside IR35?" £600 to £700 It would be outside IR35 5. If specific personal circumstances restrict the specialist to go on site, will this pose as an issue? or is site visitation not mandatory Site visitation is not mandatory 6. is there a current incumbent supplier? No there isn't an incumbent supplier 7. "1. Is there a current or preferred incumbent for this?2. Please let us know the Maximum day rate for the contract.3. Will you consider SC eligible candidates or sponsor SC?" "No there isn't an incumbent supplierWe would agree to candidates that have existing SC and support them though SC+ process" 8. do you have a current incumbent? No there isn't an incumbent supplier 9. Would you agree candidates who are willing. to go through SC and support the process? We would agree to candidates that have existing SC and support them though SC+ process 10. Please confirm that this role is inside IR35? It would be outside IR35 11. "Couple of questions that would be helpful to clarify please;• What is the percentage split between manual and automation testing?• What is the core scripting language needed for the automation?• Will this engineer be working on an existing test framework or will they need to create an automated test framework from scratch?• Is there a current incumbent or preferred supplier for this role?" "Automation scripts are not yet developed. Intent is to use Java/Selenium and Playwright framework is there but no concrete scripts as yet. Java/Selenium needs work/analysis.No incumbent supplier"