Awarded to Computer Task Group (UK) Limited

Start date: Monday 24 July 2017
Value: £581,400
Company size: SME

Home Office National Law Enforcement Data Programme (NLEDP)

NLEDP 050 Relationship Manager

7 Incomplete applications

5 SME, 2 large

26 Completed applications

18 SME, 8 large

• Published: Wednesday 14 June 2017
• Deadline for asking questions: Friday 16 June 2017 at 11:59pm GMT
• Closing date for applications: Wednesday 21 June 2017 at 11:59pm GMT

Overview

• Specialist role: Programme manager
• Summary of the work: Develops and maintains a stakeholder engagement strategy and plan; Puts in place feedback and measurement actions to monitor the effectiveness of engagement activity; Works with the leadership team to identify and address policy needs; Works with wider colleagues to assess and address policy and legislative implications of and for NLEDP
• Latest start date: Monday 31 July 2017
• Expected contract length: up to 2 years
• Location: London
• Organisation the work is for: Home Office National Law Enforcement Data Programme (NLEDP)

About the work

• Who the specialist will work with: The programme is comprised of a mixed team of Civil Servants and client side consultants supplemented with SMEs both client and supply side. The programme team also comprises seconded operational and retired Police Officers. The programme also utilises one large supplier (Application Development Support Partner) for most of the build activity associated with LEDS and a collection of small SMEs focused on activities such as data migration, testing and data quality.
• What the specialist will work on: One of NLEDP's key objectives is to determine the future need for new services to make national data easy to access by frontline officers to inform local policing decisions.; As Relationship Manager, you will support the NLEDP leadership team in securing access to data sources necessary to fulfill the wider data sharing ambitions of the programme. You will engage with data owners to ensure that data sharing requirements and their implications are understood and that plans are put in place to address these in line with Ministerial appetite and direction.

Work setup

• Address where the work will take place: London – multiple sites including supplier sites if relevant; Croydon
• Working arrangements: Individuals working client side will be required to work onsite at HO buildings in London and / or Croydon 5 days per week. Agreement may be given for occasional remote / homeworking subject to IT and delivery constraints. Home Office IT will be provided though given there is currently a freeze on rollout of HO end user compute devices, an option for consultants to bring their own laptops, accredited for the CJSM network would be desirable, subject to agreement of a Security Aspects Letter outlining controls.
• Security clearance: SC or ability to be cleared to SC level

Additional information

• Additional terms and conditions: T&S will not be payable for travel to sites within the M25. Travel outside of the M25 will be subject to HO T&S policy

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:
  • Strong understanding of the government's digital and technology transformation agenda, and why the government is changing the way it does digital and technology projects
  • Strong ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams, leading the collaborative planning process, prioritising work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team.
  • Strong ability to facilitate meetings and workshops with people from all levels of seniority
  • Good awareness of cultural, strategic and tactical business issues, and how to align digital and technology strategies with business goals when engaging with staff, stakeholders and customers
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical people
  • Experience of working on technology projects / programmes with a significant policy emphasis
  • Ability to assess technical specifications against policy and legislative provisions to identify impacts
• Nice-to-have skills and experience: Understanding the Law Enforcement landscape

How suppliers will be evaluated

• How many specialists to evaluate: 3
• Cultural fit criteria:
  • Demonstrate commitment to excellence and improvement (for example, through seeking actionable feedback, setting targets etc.)
  • Transparent and collaborative when making decisions and recommendations
  • Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes
  • Demonstrate courage (for example, express controversial views, make tough decisions, question actions inconsistent with group behaviours, candid about progress/estimates)
• Assessment methods:
  • Work history
  • Interview
• Evaluation weighting:

  Technical competence

  50%

  Cultural fit

  20%

  Price

  30%

Questions asked by suppliers

• 1. Could you please confirm max day rate?: We have not published a day rate for this role as we are looking to the market to inform the rate.
• 2. Would you consider work permit holders (e.g. Tier 2 General Visa) and EU passport holders for this role ?: Yes providing they can meet Security clearance requirements and have the Right to Work in the UK.
• 3. Is the rate inclusive or exclusive of VAT?: Please submit rates excluding VAT.
• 4. Is there any travel involved in this role and will the travel expenses be paid ?: There will be little travel outside of the M25 area. Any travel costs outside of this area will be paid in accordance with the Home Office's Travel and Expenses Policies.
• 5. What is the total number for positions open for this role: One
• 6. Any specific format(pdf,doc) in which CVs to be sent later: Both pdf and Word formats will be acceptable
• 7. What are the other expenses which will be paid: All expenses which can be claimed are subject to the Home Office's Travel and Expenses Policies.
• 8. Any chances of change in start date as the latest date mentioned is Monday 31 July 2017: No
• 9. Can more than one candidate per supplier be submitted for this role?: No. Only one candidate can be submitted for this role.
• 10. Will this role be within IR35?: The Intermediaries legislation applies to this engagement so the role is inside of IR35. This assessment was made using the HMRC Employment Status Tool and was based on expected working practices for the role.
• 11. What is the lead time for feedback once the application is submitted?: Approx two weeks
• 12. Can a candidate with DV clearance be considered for this role?: Yes
• 13. Will you sponsor SC clearance?: Yes
• 14. Will you sponsor SC clearance?: Yes
• 15. Will you sponsor SC clearance?: Yes
• 16. Will you sponsor SC clearance?: Yes
• 17. What is the charge rate you are working to?: We have not published a day rate for this role as we are looking to the market to inform the rate.
• 18. Could you please confirm max day rate?: We have not published a day rate for this role as we are looking to the market to inform the rate.
• 19. What is the lead time for applications?: Approx two weeks