Awarded to Capgemini UK plc

Start date: Sunday 1 December 2019
Value: £242,000
Company size: large

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

CVS Delivery Manager (K280020823)

21 Incomplete applications

19 SME, 2 large

13 Completed applications

10 SME, 3 large

• Published: Monday 9 September 2019
• Deadline for asking questions: Wednesday 11 September 2019 at 11:59pm GMT
• Closing date for applications: Monday 16 September 2019 at 11:59pm GMT

Overview

• Specialist role: Delivery manager
• Summary of the work: The DVSA is looking to secure Delivery Management capability to support the delivery of the CVS Phase 1 Beta project currently in flight. The client side Delivery Manager will oversee the delivery of the other digital partners, representing the interests of the DVSA and the project.
• Latest start date: Thursday 31 October 2019
• Expected contract length: Up to 12 months
• Location: West Midlands
• Organisation the work is for: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Maximum day rate: Day rate to include travel and subsistence

About the work

• Early market engagement: This contract has resulted from a extension to the current in-flight project. The project is working to a challenging timeline and therefore delivery continuity and ability to integrate with the existing delivery team and project approach (Agile Kanban Flow) will be prioritised.
• Who the specialist will work with: CVS Management Team; DVSA project team; Primary digital supplier (Deloitte); Client side assurance supplier (BJSS); DVSA Delivery Management community
• What the specialist will work on: • To deliver the agreed digital scope as defined by the CVS project governance function.; • To ensure delivery quality meets the requirements of the Service Owner; • To ensure delivery meets the agreed milestones and deadlines; • To ensure delivery expenditure remains within agreed budgets; • To ensure services developed by the project meet DVSA and GDS standards; • To ensure service releases meet DVSA support standards and are supported by appropriate artefacts.

Work setup

• Address where the work will take place: DVSA; Granby Avenue; Garretts Green ; Birmingham; West Midlands; B33 0SD
• Working arrangements: On site 3 days a week to work directly with the suppliers and the business.
• Security clearance: BPSS

Additional information

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:
  • Management of Agile digital delivery teams
  • Digital delivery to GDS standards
  • Effective budget management
  • Effective supplier management
  • Knowledge of DVSA digital landscape
  • Agile delivery within the DVSA and DfT governance structures
  • GDS Service standards
  • Integration of clouds with on-premise servers/services and data centres
  • Data and Service migration
  • Define and document enterprise and project approaches
  • Jira
  • Confluence
• Nice-to-have skills and experience:
  • Experience of Agile Kanban Flow methodologies
  • Experience of delivery forecasting using Monte Carlo simulations
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics
  • Mentoring and knowledge transfer

How suppliers will be evaluated

• How many specialists to evaluate: 3
• Cultural fit criteria:
  • Understand the DVSA project and programme landscape and be able to tailor approach to fit
  • Ability to prioritise the interest of the DVSA with the commercial interests of own organisation
  • Able to represent the core values and interests of the DVSA all activities
  • Demonstrate values aligned to the Civil Service code of conduct
  • Represent the objectives of the project while remainig sensitive to the organisational strategic direction
  • Able to work within a matrix management and multi skilled team environment
  • Ability to work to budgets and support delivery of only what is necessary to achieve the MVP while highliting opportunities to improve the service to customers
• Assessment methods: Work history
• Evaluation weighting:

  Technical competence

  50%

  Cultural fit

  20%

  Price

  30%

Questions asked by suppliers

• 1. Can the Authority confirm if they are working with an incumbent supplier at present?: The project has an incumbent supplier providing the delivery manager capability.
• 2. Can you confirm if this role is full time or only 3 days per week?: The role is 5 days per week with 3 days at the Garretts Green site.
• 3. Is there a current incumbent?: The project has an incumbent supplier providing the delivery manager capability.
• 4. Is there an incumbent in place?: The project has an incumbent supplier providing the delivery manager.
• 5. Is it 3 days a week on site and the other 2 working remotely?: The role is 5 days per week with 3 days at the Garretts Green site.
• 6. Hello, is there a current incumbent in this role?: The project has an incumbent supplier providing the delivery manager capability.
• 7. Is this a 5 day/week role with 2 days remote work or a 3 day/week role?: The role is 5 days per week with 3 days at the Garretts Green site.
• 8. Are you engaged with an incumbent supplier?: The project has an incumbent supplier providing the delivery manager capability
• 9. Is there a current incumbent in the role?: The project has an incumbent supplier providing the delivery manager capability
• 10. Is it only for 3 days a week or is it 3 days on-site and 2 days remote.: The role is 5 days per week with 3 days at the Garretts Green site
• 11. Do you have an indicative day rate for this please?: The current rate is commercial in confidence. For planning purposes, the capability would sit within the £926 to £1,205 range.
• 12. What is the IR35 status?: The intermediaries legislation has been assessed as not applying to this engagement.
• 13. Can you please confirm the expected rate for this role? Also, the IR35 status?: For planning purposes, the capability would sit within the £926 to £1,205 range. ; ; The intermediaries legislation has been assessed as not applying to this engagement.
• 14. You state "have knowledge of DVSA digital landscape" this implies that there is a current incumbent or preferred supplier, or that this role is earmarked for a particular specialist?: The project has an incumbent supplier providing the delivery manager role. The current contract is coming to an end. The competed offer is for a business to business contract and is not earmarked for a particular specialist.
• 15. Is this requirement inside or outside IR35?: The intermediaries legislation has been assessed as not applying to this engagement.
• 16. Is a current incumbent in place and will they be re-applying?: Yes, the project has an incumbent supplier. Re-applying is completely at the incumbent suppliers’ discretion.
• 17. How flexible are you on prior DfT/DVSA experience?: All bids will be scored against the published essential and desirable criteria and the evaluation weighting.
• 18. Does the buyer view this service sitting inside or outside of IR35?: The intermediaries legislation has been assessed as not applying to this engagement.
• 19. Is this role inside or outside of IR35?: The intermediaries legislation has been assessed as not applying to this engagement.
• 20. Can you please confirm the IR35 status?: The intermediaries legislation has been assessed as not applying to this engagement.
• 21. Is the role being considered inside IR35?: The intermediaries legislation has been assessed as not applying to this engagement.
• 22. Is the incumbent expected to reapply?: Re-applying is completely at the incumbent suppliers’ discretion.
• 23. Is the current incumbent submitting a bid?: Re-applying is completely at the incumbent suppliers’ discretion.
• 24. With respect to the nice to have Microsoft Dynamics – will it be Dynamics CRM or D365 CE?: We will be using Dynamics 365 CE