NHS Digital
Prj_3333 - Delivery Manager NHS.UK
23 Incomplete applications
20 SME, 3 large
26 Completed applications
23 SME, 3 large
Important dates
- Published
- Thursday 15 August 2019
- Deadline for asking questions
- Monday 19 August 2019 at 11:59pm GMT
- Closing date for applications
- Thursday 22 August 2019 at 11:59pm GMT
Overview
- Specialist role
- Delivery manager
- Summary of the work
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Ensure ongoing improvements in Delivery Management and risk/issue management across the programme.
Mentor/coach/direct lead DMs.
Ongoing tracking of programme expenditure against budget.
Manage vendors by monitoring outcomes, providing informal feedback, scheduling/chairing formal reviews and ensuring best value for money.
Creating new statements of work, ensuring programme delivery remains on track. - Latest start date
- Thursday 10 October 2019
- Expected contract length
- 5 months with option to extend for a further 5 months.
- Location
- London
- Organisation the work is for
- NHS Digital
- Maximum day rate
About the work
- Early market engagement
- Who the specialist will work with
- This is a client-side role, being fully part of the NHS.UK Senior Leadership Team. Work with all delivery teams in the programme, linking in with the wider Delivery Management community across the organisation.
- What the specialist will work on
- Lead the Delivery Management across the NHS.UK Programme.
Work setup
- Address where the work will take place
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London - Skipton House, Elephant and Castle (50%)
Leeds - Bridgewater Place (50%) - Working arrangements
- 5 days a week in the office under normal circumstances. Occasional working from home/remote with prior agreement. When home/remote - needs to be available to dial into meetings etc.
- Security clearance
- Minimum Baseline Personnel Security Standard.
Additional information
- Additional terms and conditions
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
- Essential skills and experience
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- Minimum 5 years experience managing complex Government Digital Service projects and programmes (10%)
- Experience of client-side digital delivery management in the health sector (5%)
- Proven ability delivering large scale agile projects with experience of organisational design and change management (5%)
- Experience in setting up an agile delivery environment for multidisciplinary teams (5%)
- Proven ability to challenge and remove any unnecessary barriers to service delivery (5%)
- Understanding of user centred service design practices, Government Digital Service Standards and the assessment process (5%)
- Experience in leading a collaborative, dynamic planning process - prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of multidisciplinary teams (5%)
- Able to be articulate and credible at a senior level, delivering accurate reporting as to the current state of play with regard to the delivery of the service (5%)
- Experience in monitoring, managing and reporting finances on multi-million Pound projects (5%)
- Experience in supporting procurement and commercial management functions to source required outcomes (5%)
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence external partners, suppliers, stakeholders and customers to secure mutually beneficial outcomes (5%)
- Nice-to-have skills and experience
- Experience of using Jira in complex programmes
How suppliers will be evaluated
- How many specialists to evaluate
- 3
- Cultural fit criteria
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- Ability to take responsibility for owning and resolving issues and problems (5%)
- Your approach to transferring knowledge and experience to create a sustainable legacy (5%)
- Assessment methods
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- Work history
- Reference
- Interview
- Evaluation weighting
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Technical competence
60%Cultural fit
10%Price
30%
Questions asked by suppliers
- 1. Is there a current incumbent?
- Yes there is an incumbent supplier but this is an open opportunity due to that contract ending.
- 2. Please can you confirm a maximum day rate for the role? Will this role be in or out of scope of IR35?
- The Buyer has decided not to publish the day rate to encourage more competitive bids. This role is outside of IR35.
- 3. RE the response to q1, will the current incumbent be reapplying and if so will they be favoured?
- It would up to the incumbent to decide if they wish to submit a response or not. All tender responses will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria published.
- 4. Was the incumbent the same incumbent from the previous re-compete?
- Yes the incumbent supplier was the same incumbent. All tender responses received will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria published.
- 5. Will you pay travel and expenses?
- No, the Buyer will not pay any travel and/or expenses. We would only pay travel and/or expenses in very exceptional circumstances which must be agreed in advance with the Buyer.
- 6. Do you pay Capped T&M?
- Yes this is capped T&M linked to Outcome payments against successful delivery of milestones. Milestones and percentage of outcome payments to be agreed with the successful supplier post contract award.