Department for Work and Pensions
Department For Work And Pensions - DevOps/DevSecOps and Developer Support
Incomplete applications
8
Incomplete applications
6 SME, 2 large
Completed applications
8
Completed applications
5 SME, 3 large
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Published | Friday 23 June 2017 |
Deadline for asking questions | Friday 30 June 2017 at 11:59pm GMT |
Closing date for applications | Friday 7 July 2017 at 11:59pm GMT |
Overview
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Summary of the work | Design and automate the provision of security products, microservices, toolings and key infrastructure. Design out/introduce remediation for vulnerabilities identified by external penetration testing and continuous vulnerability management tool. Our estimates suggest we will need a service delivery team consisting of 1 experienced DevOps, 1 DevSecOps, and a developer. |
Latest start date | Monday 7 August 2017 |
Expected contract length | This will be a two year contract with an initial Statement of Works for up to 4 months |
Location | London |
Organisation the work is for | Department for Work and Pensions |
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About the work
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Why the work is being done | In order to ensure that this key DWP application is able to support the scaling and security requirements, it is being re-engineered for resilience and to allow it to operate in a commodity cloud hosting environment. In support of this, Agile and adaptable vulnerability management within production, support and development environments is required to support risk management activity. |
Problem to be solved | The scaling and security goals for the application have led to a strategy of commodity cloud hosting. There is a need to develop and implement solutions to remediate any identified vulnerabilities. |
Who the users are and what they need to do |
Universal Credit Claimants will use the the system to mange and progress their claim online. DWP Job Centre and Services Centre Agents will use the system to perform their roles in support of the Universal Credit Applicants. |
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Any work that’s already been done | Work to deliver a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is concluding. |
Existing team | The supplier will be working as a part of a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to the work to migrate the service to a commodity cloud platform. This team consists of internal DevOps, QA, network engineers, Security and delivery / project managers. The team is 10 strong and follows agile processes to prioritise and manage the activities. |
Current phase | Discovery |
Work setup
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Address where the work will take place | Caxton House, London |
Working arrangements | On-site in London office for the majority of the time with some scope for remote working. The collaborative nature of the team means that face to face interaction and presence at daily stand-ups is essential. |
Security clearance | SC clearance. |
Additional information
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Additional terms and conditions | Additional DWP Terms and Conditions will apply. These can be found at https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml. |
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
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Nice-to-have skills and experience |
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How suppliers will be evaluated
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How many suppliers to evaluate | 3 |
Proposal criteria |
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Cultural fit criteria | Describe your processes for identification of risks and dependencies and the approaches to manage them- 5% |
Payment approach | Capped time and materials |
Assessment methods |
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Evaluation weighting |
Technical competence 75%
Cultural fit 5%
Price 20%
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Questions asked by suppliers
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1. Will the role fall within IR35 legislation? | At this time the role has been deemed as outside of IR35 however, should the features of the engagement change, a further assessment will be made which could change the determination. |
2. Does this fall within the IR35 rules? | At this time the role has been deemed as outside of IR35 however, should the features of the engagement change, a further assessment will be made which could change the determination. |
3. Is there flexibility to propose a revised resourcing profile, or is the requested profile decided upon and agreed internally? | We require the skillsets and (team) composition specified in order to meet the requirements of this crucial piece of work. However, we are willing to consider an alternative resourcing profile as part of any proposal. |