Ministry of Defence. Defence Digital, ASDT C4ISR
PS003 - C4ISR JCHAT Project Manager
2 Incomplete applications
2 SME, 0 large
8 Completed applications
8 SME, 0 large
Important dates
- Published
- Friday 27 August 2021
- Deadline for asking questions
- Tuesday 31 August 2021 at 11:59pm GMT
- Closing date for applications
- Friday 3 September 2021 at 11:59pm GMT
Overview
- Specialist role
- Delivery manager
- Off-payroll (IR35) determination
- Supply of resource: the off-payroll rules will apply to any workers engaged through a qualifying intermediary, such as their own limited company
- Summary of the work
- The OEHE team will deliver interoperability for E7 Wedgetail aircraft in the fixed/deployed space. A Project Mgr is required to deliver JCHAT interoperability as a service provision to existing Defence Digital systems, deliver integration of chat applications/capabilities across multiple Defence infrastructure hosting environments at multiple security domains at fixed/deployed sites.
- Latest start date
- Thursday 14 October 2021
- Expected contract length
- 12 Months. Option for 12 Months extension (Subject to financial approval)
- Location
- South West England
- Organisation the work is for
- Ministry of Defence. Defence Digital, ASDT C4ISR
- Maximum day rate
- £740.00 ex vat
About the work
- Early market engagement
- Who the specialist will work with
- Civilian, Military and contractors within the MOD and wider Defence industry.
- What the specialist will work on
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Management and delivery of project plans to ensure all necessary preparation and execution tasks and dependencies are included.
Work with key stakeholders to manage deployment of chat applications on hosting infrastructures.
Identify and mitigate potential risks for delivery of chat capabilities.
Operate as a full member of the team; supporting Programme Director and team members as directed.
Project manage all aspects of specific work packages relating to CHAT.
Work with stakeholders to ensure design, delivery, technical build; testing, requirements are managed and delivered.
Working with Design team to secure stakeholder sign-off at all stages.
Develop stakeholder communication and management plans.
Work setup
- Address where the work will take place
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DD ASDT are based at Mustang Building and Building 405 on Westwells Road, MOD Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9NR.
Additional travel to various MOD premises and Industry partner locations in the UK may be required.
£2000.00 ex vat, Travel and subsistence Level of Liability. - Working arrangements
- The successful candidate will need to work between 4 and 5 days per week. The working day is 8 hours to include 30 minutes for break. Some work may be conducted at other MOD and industry partner sites in the UK. Opportunities for home working are available. This individual will report to the C4ISR Programme Manager in ASDT.
- Security clearance
- Valid DV clearance must be in place for the duration of the contract.
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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- Give an example of your experience, as a Technical Project Manager including the management and delivery of project plans in a similar organisation within the last 5 years.15%
- Demonstrate experience of working with C4ISR or related applications within the last 5 years 15%
- Explain your experience of dealing with remote groups of stakeholders and how you managed expectations and communications between disparate groups 10%
- Provide an example of your ability to analyse and comment on technical design documentation 10%
- Give an example of how you have worked with stakeholders to ensure design, delivery, technical build; testing, requirements are managed and delivered. 10%
- Provide an example of your knowledge and experience of the MOD risk management and scheduling process 10%.
- Confirmation of application knowledge using project management tools and applications such as EPM, ARM, ADAM 10%
- Provide a recent example of your organisational ability with regards to managing a project. 5%
- Nice-to-have skills and experience
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- Give an example of experience working with chat applications 5%
- Provide an example of your experience working within a Defence related environment 5%
- Demonstrate your experience liaising with industry partners 5%
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
- How many specialists to evaluate
- 3
- Cultural fit criteria
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- Describe how you would work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers 15%
- Describe a time when you have been transparent and collaborative when making decisions 15%
- Give an example of a no-blame culture where you have encouraged people to learn from their mistakes 15%
- Illustrate how you have taken responsibility for your work 15%
- Give an example of how you have shared knowledge and experience with team members 10%
- Describe a time when you have challenged the status quo 10%
- Demonstrate how you have upheld discipline related decisions 10%
- Give an example of how you have worked successfully with clients with low technical expertise 10%
- Additional assessment methods
- Evaluation weighting
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Technical competence
75%Cultural fit
5%Price
20%
Questions asked by suppliers
- 1. Would you accept an SC cleared candidate?
- The Authority’s expectation is that the winning bidder will hold sufficient DV clearance for its candidate at Contract award to deliver the required outcomes. Should suppliers not be able to meet this requirement, it should identify any DV clearances which it requires to be in place to meet the contract requirements for the Authority’s review as part of its response to this requirement.
- 2. Is there any incumbent?
- Yes - Volaris Exec Recruitment Ltd.