Her Majesty’s Passport Office

Home Office - Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) - Developer 1

15 Incomplete applications

14 SME, 1 large

20 SME, 3 large

Specialist role: Developer
Summary of the work: Specialist is required to work across HMPO's Digital Transformation Projects, develop the user stories that the BA defines based on the project. The developer will develop the User screens, micro services to interact with a locally installed database & APIs.
Required to work within security architecture guidelines.
Latest start date: Monday 4 March 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: Her Majesty’s Passport Office
Maximum day rate

Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with: A specialist is required to work in the Public Protection Directorate Project team, working with the BA, Tech Lead, Technical Architect and test teams to implement the user stories defined by the BA. The deliverables are the implementation of the user stories defined for the project.
What the specialist will work on: Specialist will be part of a Public Protection Directorate Project team working on ‘Lost and Stolen Passport Reporting’ service making use of existing tech stack like PHP, Symfony framework, PostgreSQL. Specialist will be required to work with multiple development, support teams and existing vendor to understand legacy and new data structures develop user screens and write micro services to manage the data in a secure environment.

Address where the work will take place: Her Majesty's Passport Office, based in Victoria, Westminster and Croydon, with occasional travel across the UK.
Working arrangements: We expect the specialist to work collaboratively with existing in-house project teams that are transforming the HMPO business processes/applications.

Service design and development must align with the HM Passport Office strategic technical architecture and technologies

Work is based in London and will involve the specialist to being on site 5 days per week to work collaboratively with HMPO teams.

Travel to regional sites to be agreed, expenses incurred from travel outside of the M25/Greater London will be subject to H.M. Passport Office Travel and Subsistence Policy
Security clearance: SC Clearance is required. HM Passport Office will support the clearance process.

Additional terms and conditions: Breakpoints to assess progress and quality will be set by mutual agreement.

We expect this engagement to be outside IR35; however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Standard Government Terms and Conditions for Expenses as covered in the DOS Contract.

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

Essential skills and experience: Have demonstrable experience of successfully delivering digital solutions that collect and manage personal and/or sensitive information with appropriate controls and protection

Have demonstrable hands-on experience of PHP, Java, web application development, Micro services, PostgreSql, Git, Jenkins, Bash Scripting and Linux

Experience in working Agile methodologies, TDD (Test Driven Development) and (CI & CD) Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery

Experience in developing SOAP and REST API consumers.

Experience in data encryption at rest and in transit.
Nice-to-have skills and experience: Have demonstrable experience of successfully and collaboratively working, coaching and sharing knowledge with Public Sector client teams, particularly those with limited agile development experience.

Have demonstrable hands-on experience in PHP, Java, Unit tests.

Have existing, valid SC Clearance

How many specialists to evaluate

Cultural fit criteria

Assessment methods

Evaluation weighting

Technical competence

60%

Cultural fit

20%

Price

20%

1. is there a current incumbent in this role?: There is no incumbent in post
2. is this requirement inside or outside of IR35?: We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis.
3. 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.
4. Is this role inside or outside IR35?: We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis.
5. There are two roles open – is that correct? 9017 and 9015: Yes, that is correct.
6. Would 2 days per week remote working be considered for the right candidate?: No.
7. There are two identical postings with yourselves, are you looking for two developers to join or is the posting a duplication? What is the maximum day rate?: There are 2 posts.

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.
8. SC Clearance is required to start in the role or can temporary access be granted while applying?: SC clearance is required to start. HM Passport Office will support the clearance process.