Home Office Police & Public Protection Technology (PPPT)

Home Office Police & Public Protection Technology (PPPT) Network Architect

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5 SME, 1 large

21 SME, 2 large

Specialist role: Technical Architect
Summary of the work: A Network Architect is required to support existing BAU teams with the support of all network related functions in the Hendon datacentre whilst also acting as the Network Architect for a migration project.
Latest start date: Monday 1 October 2018
Expected contract length: 6 months with option to extend.
Location: London
Organisation the work is for: Home Office Police & Public Protection Technology (PPPT)
Maximum day rate: £750

Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with: Reporting to the Existing Datacentre lead.
Working with the PPPT Architect reporting to the Programme’s Lead Architect on design.
Will need to engage with members of the Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS) Architecture Team, the existing Police Live Services team and with the programme’s Delivery Partners as necessary.
To deliver some of the design work, external stakeholder engagement should be expected.
What the specialist will work on: The specialist shall be responsible for the delivery of the design specifications and completing the activities required to deliver the following:
• On Premise VMWare Estate (Network element)
• Transition to Cloud
• WAN capabilities

The specialist shall articulate specifications to a level that an implementation team can use, and refine these specifications with technical colleagues and delivery partners. Specialist expertise shall be available to consult with such as infrastructure and security architects. The designs are generally technical, but may involve some process-related design.

Address where the work will take place: Primary location - Hendon Datacentre.
Other London sites - Croydon and 2 Marsham Street.
Working arrangements: Some remote working is acceptable, supported by a Home Office laptop to enable collaboration and sensitive material to be exchanged.
Some meetings can be by conference call, but significant design meetings are expected to be face-to-face at a Home Office location or partner visit. Existing Subject Matter Experts located in Croydon or Hendon will provide most of the information on the architectures and requirements.
Security clearance: SC or ability to be SC cleared.

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 the Home Office T&S policy.

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

Essential skills and experience: Demonstrable ability of design of technical solutions for implementation by a third party within the last two years.

Demonstrable ability of authoring technical design documentation within the last two years.

Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of legacy Cisco Hardware within the last two years.

Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of Cisco UCS within the last two years.

Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of Cloud Networking within the last two years.

Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of Secure WAN Networks within the last two years.

Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of software based encryption methods within the last two years.

Demonstrable evidence of knowledge of Cisco or Checkpoint Firewalls within the last two years.

Demonstrable ability to build rapidly and maintain a network of colleagues to achieve progress on objectives.

Demonstrable ability to actively involve colleagues and partners to deliver the best possible product.

Demonstrable evidence of having worked in a leading on projects that have spanned multiple systems and integration points within the last two years

Demonstrable ability of sharing knowledge and working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Nice-to-have skills and experience: Detailed knowledge of Police Networks within the last two years.

Detailed knowledge of Mainframe Computing within the last two years.

Previous use of ITIL methodology for BAU activity within the last two years.

How many specialists to evaluate

Cultural fit criteria

Seek constructive outcomes in discussions.
Actively involve colleagues and partners to deliver an outcome.
Challenge assumptions but remain willing to compromise when it is beneficial to progress.
Make recommendations for decisions and options.
Personal management of time within a team to best deliver the scope of work.

Assessment methods

Evaluation weighting

Technical competence

50%

Cultural fit

10%

Price

40%

1. What is the IR35 status?: At present this is deemed to be outside of IR35. However this will be reviewed again at Contract Award.
2. Is there a current incumbent?: No.
3. My understanding is that the DOS2 framework is for outcomes and capabilities rather than for staff. Any opportunities that fall within the scope of IR35 don’t meet the terms of the framework and so are not compliant with the procurement regulations. So therefore can you confirm that this is definitely outside IR35.: From the Buyer’s Guide I have found the statement “You can only use the Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework for workers who meet the rules for working off-payroll (known as ‘outside IR35’).”.