Maritime Capability, Trials and Assessment (MCTA), Portsmouth

MCTA TARDIS Developer

3 Incomplete applications

3 SME, 0 large

3 SME, 2 large

Specialist role: Developer
Summary of the work: MCTA Weapon Analysis - TARDIS Developer and Service Management Specialist
Latest start date: Sunday 1 September 2019
Expected contract length: 2 years
Location: South East England
Organisation the work is for: Maritime Capability, Trials and Assessment (MCTA), Portsmouth
Maximum day rate: £695 per contract day; max 220 days per contract year.

Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with: The specialist will be working in the Weapon Evaluation Division making use of various software packages on a dedicated Secret High LAN known as TARDIS to achieve the detailed analysis. There are several customers for these products.
What the specialist will work on: MCTA require a specialist engineer/software developer to provide bespoke data management/application development services in support of Trials and Reduction Data Information System(TARDIS)and ancillary equipment systems.
Support and development of bespoke software to facilitate current and future Weapon System Assessment through tasking by TARDIS Users.
Provide administration of TARDIS system to include;
Installation/administration/maintenance of third-party bespoke and COTS software packages on TARDIS
Installation/administration/control of Encryption software and associated Cryptographic Material,Anti-Virus software,patches and any necessary software to meet current security guidelines (JSP440)
Conduct low level hardware support to include, to component level (e.g. motherboard, disk drive, CPU),fault diagnosis,repair by replacement and upgrades.

Address where the work will take place: All work to be undertaken in the Authority’s offices in Victory Building, HM Naval Base Portsmouth.
Working arrangements: Onsite daily delivering outcomes with the TARDIS processing system and the Weapon Analysis teams. Occasional meetings in Abbey Wood.
Security clearance: SC essential

Additional terms and conditions: In addition to the daily rate, a further £3000 per contract year will be available for Travel & Subsistence outside the Portsmouth area. Any T&S should be agreed in advance by the project manager and will be paid monthly in arrears in accordance with MoD rates.

The following DEFCONs will apply to this requirement -
DEFCON 76 - Contractor's Personnel at Government Establishments
DEFCON 658 - CYBER
DEFCON 659A - Security Matters
DEFCON 703 - Intellectual Property Rights - Vesting in the Authority

The successful contractor must have been awarded ISO 9000, or equivalent

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

Essential skills and experience: Be proficient with MS Visual Basic 6.0 / .NET

Be proficient with MS Excel / Word VBA

Be proficient with SQL

Be able to install, administer and maintain COTS software, third-party bespoke software, and in house bespoke TARDIC software

Demonstrate competence to manage all phases of software development life-cycle (planning, requirements, design, code, testing acceptance, trials, installation and through life maintenance).

Demonstrate the range of skills to develop applications, maintain the existing code base, assist the User and maintain the operational capability of the TARDIS system

Be cognisant of and facilitate the implementation of MoD security Policy

Install, administer and maintain encryption software and crypto key management

Install, administer and maintain anti-virus software

Install, administer and maintain backup software

Fault finding and Rectification of defects on Ship's weapon systems based on field reports from the user community
Nice-to-have skills and experience: Have knowledge of RN Weapon Systems.

Have experience of Project Planning and reporting

Have experience of DEC Pascal

Have experience of DEC Basic

Have experience of DEC Command Language

Have experience of JAVA

Have experience of Sys Admin for Open VMS

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Cultural fit criteria

Assessment methods

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Evaluation weighting

Technical competence

75%

Cultural fit

Price

20%