COP43_2023 Provision of QA Test Engineer

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Summary of work CoP require 2 x QA Test Engineers to work alongside our existing QA team to provide additional support for manual testing activities across digital products within our DDaT portfolio, including regression testing of applications migrating from GOV.UK PaaS to AWS. Where the supplied staff will work No specific location (for example they can work remotely) Why the work is being done GOV.UK PaaS is being decomissioned in March 2024. We currently have 3 web applications that form core parts of our business hosted on the platform which need to be migrated across to a new AWS service by end of February 2024. Alongside development work by our suppliers the College is required to run a series of regression tests on the newly migrated applications. The business problem Our internal QA team is small and stretched across multiple digital products within DDaT's portfolio. The additional QA workload generated by the migration away from GOV.UK PaaS means that we need to supplement the internal team with additional resources to provide sufficient cover across our digital portfolio. The people who will use the product or service User type: Police Officers Definition: Existing police officers - Police officers serving across England and Wales User type: Police Staff Definition: Existing police staff - Police support staff across England and Wales User type: Police Recruits Definition: Potential police recruits - Members of the public wishing to apply to join the police service User type: The Public Definition: General public - Members of the public accessing our externally facing content on the website Any pre-market engagement done The commercial Team carried Pre-Market engagement with supplier on this framework to ensure they were able to bid for this requirement and ensure the right route to market was being used. Engaged with Crown Commercial Service to ensure that this framework could be used and was the correct route to market. Work done so far N/a Which phase the project is in Not applicable Existing team The existing QA team consists of a Senior Test Engineer, 2 Test Managers and 2 Test Engineers Working across our entire digital portfolio. The role will also work with Delivery Managers, Product Manager and there will be some engagement with external suppliers of services. Address where the work will be done Home based Working arrangements Staff will work to the same hours as the existing team, 7.4 hours per day + lunch break, Monday to Friday. We operate flexible start time between 07:30 - 10:00 and flexible finish time between 15:45 - 19:00. Lunch break can be taken between 11:30 - 15:00 and is 30 mins minimum, 2 hours maximum. Any travel will require prior approval. Security and vetting requirements Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) More information about the Security requirements: IMPORTANT Security clearance required is BOTH NPPV2 & CTC Due to the short nature of the contract and urgency with which roles need to be filled suppliers must have the required vetting in place already. This is in line with the government's vetting guidance. Latest start date 11 December 2023 Expected contract length Contract length: 0 years 5 months 0 days Optional extension: 0 years 2 months 0 days Special terms and conditions special term or condition: N/a Budget Indicative maximum: £89000 Indicative minimum: The contract value is not specified by the buyer Further information: Budget is £500 per day, per resource Contracted out service or supply of resource? Supply of resource: the off-payroll rules may apply Terms and acronyms Term or acronym: QA Definition: Quality Assurance Term or acronym: CoP Definition: College of Policing Term or acronym: PaaS Definition: Platform as a Service