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Home Office - Her Majesty’s Passport Office

Home Office – Her Majesty’s Passport Office - Developer 1

10 Incomplete applications

9 SME, 1 large

34 Completed applications

33 SME, 1 large

• Published: Tuesday 6 November 2018
• Deadline for asking questions: Thursday 8 November 2018 at 11:59pm GMT
• Closing date for applications: Tuesday 13 November 2018 at 11:59pm GMT

Overview

• Specialist role: Developer
• Summary of the work: Create and enhance existing Java-based Microservices to deliver HMPO Orchestration and Collation Function.
• Latest start date: Monday 7 January 2019
• Expected contract length: 24Months total-Initial 6months-further period up to 18months depending on business need&performance
• Location: London
• Organisation the work is for: Home Office - Her Majesty’s Passport Office

About the work

• Who the specialist will work with: You will be working with a full team made up of Technical Architect, Delivery Manager, Product Owner, Business Analyst, Developers, Automated Testers, Project Manager.
• What the specialist will work on: Will be working on cloud native micro services architecture utilising Java and Activiti technologies.

Work setup

• Address where the work will take place: HMPO Clive House office in Petty France near St. James Park Tube station, London; and/or; HMPO Globe House office near Victoria train station, London.
• Working arrangements: Working Hours; 9/9.30am – 5 /5.30pm ; ; Working from home is by exception and only with Project Manager’s agreement.
• Security clearance: SC Clearance is required. HM Passport Office will support the clearance process.

Additional information

• Additional terms and conditions: There will a number of Mandatory Home Office courses (Health &Safety, Handling Data etc.) that all contractors will need to complete when they join HMPO.

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:
  • Expert in software development and delivery.
  • Expert in Java 1.8, Activiti and associated technologies.
  • Comfortable working as part of a team which delivers frequently to production and collaborating with other development teams.
• Nice-to-have skills and experience:
  • Worked on multi-team projects
  • Worked in pair-programming environments

How suppliers will be evaluated

• How many specialists to evaluate: 5
• Cultural fit criteria: Encourage others to learn from their mistakes not displaying technical bias.
• Assessment methods:
  • Work history
  • Interview
• Evaluation weighting:

  Technical competence

  50%

  Cultural fit

  20%

  Price

  30%

Questions asked by suppliers

• 1. Is this role considered to be inside IR35?: We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• 2. What is the maximum day rate?: The maximum day rate has been left blank intentionally, we will assess the day rate for suppliers using the evaluation weighting we have disclosed on the requirements.
• 3. Please can you confirm which version of Java you would like expertise in?: Though Java 8 is in use , all projects will start to make use of Java 11.
• 4. Are there incumbents in these positions and will they be reapplying?: There is no incumbent in post. This is a new role.
• 5. Is activiti BPM experience a must have?: We would consider a strong Java developer who used other workflow engines.
• 6. Would you consider a strong Java Developer who has not used Activiti, but has used other workflow engines?: Yes.
• 7. What team will the specialists be working in?: Orchestration and Collation Function.
• 8. Do you require for the developer to have SC on the day 1 or he/she can start and apply for the SC while already working?: The specialist will be required to have SC Clearance before they can start. HM Passport Office will support the clearance process.
• 9. What is the expected timescale regarding feedback, interviews, etc.?: The vacancy closes Tuesday 13 November . We will aim to have the shortlist concluded and the results sent out to candidates by week ending 23 November and aim to have interviews the following week. ; ; All dates are indicative and HM Passport Office reserves the right to amend as required.
• 10. How do these roles relate to the previous Developer positions that closed on Wednesday 17th of October? Do you want to start all the Developers around the same time?: This role is not related to the previous advertised roles that closed on 17th October. These roles are for a separate project. This is a new role.
• 11. As the daily rate is not provided, can you advise what level of experience is expected? How many years core Java development?: Minimum of 3 years.
• 12. Is this is meant to be Java 1.8 or is this a typo?: The correct version is Java 8
• 13. Do you want to start all the Developers around the same time?: It is not a requirement that all Developers start at the same time.