Ministry of Defence - Defence Digital MOD Corsham

CCT909 - C4ISR Technical Coherence Support copy

8 Incomplete applications

6 SME, 2 large

16 SME, 1 large

Specialist role: Delivery manager
Summary of the work: Update, maintain C4ISR Applications Roadmap, C4ISR Applications Baseline and Implementation Change Log. Secretariat support Technical Change Committee.
Manage, update, maintain the CIAS SharePoint Website and CIAS Interventions Log. Technical support
Support development/dependency roadmap for NATO/FAS.
Identify options to deliver solution for specific interventions including technical options, appropriate funding, approvals route
Latest start date: Wednesday 21 October 2020
Expected contract length: 1 Year - Contract end date: 21 Oct 2021, extension option 6 months
Location: South West England
Organisation the work is for: Ministry of Defence - Defence Digital MOD Corsham
Maximum day rate: £750 per day (Ex VAT)

Travel and subsistence expenses (Limit of Liability for T&S is £12,000 ex-VAT). to attend other sites will be payable from Corsham using current Civil Service T&S practices. Where possible, MOD Rail Warrants or the Travel Cell will be used. Travel to Europe may be required for NATO meetings

Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with: The ASDT C4ISR Programme Manager requires a skilled specialist who is also willing to impart knowledge/advise.
What the specialist will work on: The C4ISR Information Services coherence work being undertaken by ASDT requires additional Technical Coherence Services support to meet the needs of the Mission(S) User community and to interact with NATO(S) users in coalition operations and/or exercises.

There is a continuing opportunity to drive coherence across the deliveries by working together to deliver synergies within the application delivery space and requirements for supporting documentation.
The existing Coherence Specialist requires support for the following coherence activities:
• Governance structure coherence
• Multiple road mapping of applications across different areas
• NATO Interaction & Coherence
• Intervention co-ordination
• Intervention resolution activities

Address where the work will take place: MOD Corsham - ASDT
Westwells Road
Corsham
SN13 9NR
Working arrangements: The Specialist will be required 3 days a week dependent on the workload. WFH will be possible due to current COVID-19 situation but attendance in the office will be expected if and when WFH permissions are withdrawn.
Security clearance: Valid SC clearance must be in place prior to the contract starting and for the duration of the contract.

Additional terms and conditions: T&S will be paid based on receipted actuals and in compliance with MoD Policy, no other expenses are permitted.

Suppliers must use the Authorities Purchase to Payment Tool called CP&F or be prepared to sign up to the tool.

The role is outside IR35.

The Cyber Risk Profile has been identified as Moderate reference RAR-2DMB4ZHE .

More detail will be provided at the tender stage, for suppliers that pass the shortlisting stage.

Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.

Essential skills and experience: Proven experience of working within a programme of similar size and complexity within MOD - 10 points

Workshopping; ability to lead small to medium sized groups of stakeholders to extract relevant information to feed into coherence work - 5 points

The ability to work under pressure and adhere to challenging timescales - 5 points

Proven organisational skills - 10 points

Strong analytical skills - 5 points

Excellent communication skills - 5 points

Reporting; ability to gather, analyse and present accurate, consistent messages to senior management boards - 5 points

Must have previous experience of working with legacy systems - Operational deployed IT and Bearer Systems in particular - 15 points

Must have experience of interoperability, Installation and Integration Testing - 10 points

Must have appropriate SQWEP technical skills in the telecommunications and application areas – 15 points
Nice-to-have skills and experience: Ability to understand coherence programme objectives and proactively manage this piece of work – 5 Points

IT literate, with experience of Microsoft Office 365 including SharePoint - 10 points

All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.

How many specialists to evaluate

Cultural fit criteria

Works to technical coherence methodology - 20 points
Have experience in working within a team that covers multiple organisations - 20 points
Be customer oriented - 15 points
Shares knowledge, experience and expertise with other team members - 15 points
Communicates clearly - 10 points
Have strong stakeholder management skills - 10 points
Be transparent and collaborative - 10 points

Additional assessment methods

Interview

Evaluation weighting

Technical competence

70%

Cultural fit

10%

Price

20%

1. Is there a current incumbent?: No there is no current incumbent.
2. Please can we ask for the reasoning behind re-releasing this opportunity?: The original opportunity was cancelled due to an administration error. The opportunity was still required so the error has been rectified and has now been re-released.