Awarded to LA International Computer Consultants Limited

Start date: Tuesday 2 July 2019
Value: £153,600
Company size: large

Her Majesty's Passport Office

Home Office- Her Majesty's Passport Office - Lead End-to-End Business Architect

14 Incomplete applications

14 SME, 0 large

21 Completed applications

18 SME, 3 large

• Published: Wednesday 29 May 2019
• Deadline for asking questions: Friday 31 May 2019 at 11:59pm GMT
• Closing date for applications: Wednesday 5 June 2019 at 11:59pm GMT

Overview

• Specialist role: Business analyst
• Summary of the work: A Lead End-to-End Business Architect to develop and maintain end-to-end and overarching business architecture and high-level business design activities
• Latest start date: Monday 10 June 2019
• Expected contract length: 12 months
• Location: London
• Organisation the work is for: Her Majesty's Passport Office
• Maximum day rate: Maximum day rate guide of around £650.

About the work

• Who the specialist will work with: Business Architecture leads, Change portfolio team, Project Managers, Wider transformation programme and business stakeholders, specifically Business Analysts, Policy Leads, Strategy and Operational Leads, Service Design, Organisation Design, Performance
• What the specialist will work on: Role includes but may not be limited to: ; ; Objective:; •Develop & maintain end-to-end and overarching business architecture/ high-level design activities; ; Desired, leading: ; •Integration of strategy development and business architecture; •Core Business Architecture domain development and Alignment with other design domains ; •Translating business architecture to identify opportunities for transformation; •Assessment of strategies to implement transformation; •Development frameworks and models for Business Intelligence, enabling integration in the business; •Collaborative development of Business Architectural principles/standards across Home Office; ; Success Criteria:; •Alignment of architecture activities; within organisational meta-model, Service Design; •Integration of architecture activities to wider programmes of work; •Adherence to agreed standards/principles

Work setup

• Address where the work will take place: Globe House, 89 Eccelston Square, travel to other sites may be required.
• Working arrangements: Full-Time, with some home working.
• Security clearance: ‘SC Clearance is required. HM Passport Office will support the clearance process’

Additional information

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:
  • A proven track record in developing, mapping and improving end-to-end architecture in a large scale enterprise environment.
  • Extensive experience of Business Architecture domains and ensuring their integration with strategy and policy development and change delivery.
  • Extensive experience of working with a range of business design approaches and leading their integration with business architecture.
  • Be experienced of working in a range of project delivery environments, with targets set and reviewed on a weekly basis.
  • People and influence skills to work with senior stakeholders, whilst operating at board level to gain acceptance of architecture principles, outputs and secure access to people within working environment
  • Effective workshop set up, facilitation and execution.
  • Be able to develop domain expertise quickly, demonstrating sensitivity to the business and political context.
  • Have excellent interpersonal, influencing skills and a positive approach. Working effectively in the Home Office, wider Government, with specialists and subject matter experts (at different levels & various skillsets).
  • Have ability to think creatively and be able to articulate innovative ideas to solving complex business problems
  • Have ability to evaluate information and present in such a way that is easily understood by the target audience, including through written and oral communication.
  • Have ability to own issues and drive them to resolution. Provide direction to inform sound business decisions based on business priority and technical feasibility
  • Have know-how of how to identify and raise project dependencies, whilst working in a wider team with multiple projects in-flight.
• Nice-to-have skills and experience:
  • Previous experience using Enterprise Modelling tools
  • Knowledge of Business Architecture Guild frameworks.

How suppliers will be evaluated

• How many specialists to evaluate: 3
• Cultural fit criteria: Demonstrate excellence (for example, seek actionable feedback, set challenging targets, know users, deliver cost effective high level customer satisfaction).
• Assessment methods:
  • Work history
  • Interview
• Evaluation weighting:

  Technical competence

  60%

  Cultural fit

  20%

  Price

  20%

Questions asked by suppliers

• 1. Will this role fall inside or outside IR35?: We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• 2. please confirm if the role is inside or outside ir35: We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• 3. What is the IR35 Status on this role?: We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• 4. Is there an incumbent for this role?: Yes. There is currently an incumbent in post.
• 5. Please can you confirm if there is currently an incumbent in the role?: Yes. There is currently an incumbent in post.
• 6. Can the Authority confirm if an incumbent currently occupies this role, and if they will be invited to apply ?: There is an incumbent in post. The current contract is nearing expiry and the role is still required beyond the expiry date. Therefore, there is a need to re-tender for this role. HMPO is unable to advise if the incumbent will be submitting a bid. The incumbent may submit a bid should they so wish. The evaluation process will be fair and in line with policy.
• 7. What is the IR35 status?: We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• 8. Is there a current incumbent?: Yes. There is currently an incumbent in post.
• 9. Is there a current incumbent and if so will they be reapplying?: Yes. There is currently an incumbent in post. HMPO is unable to advise if the incumbent will be submitting a bid. The incumbent may submit a bid should they so wish. The evaluation process will be fair and in line with policy.
• 10. Is there an incumbent in the role and will it fall inside or outside or IR35?: Yes. There is currently an incumbent in post. HMPO is unable to advise if the incumbent will be submitting a bid. The incumbent may submit a bid should they so wish. The evaluation process will be fair and in line with policy. ; We expect this engagement to be outside IR35, however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• 11. I have an SC cleared architect for the role. However his current rate is £650. Is there any scope to increase the maximum rate?: The maximum day rate guide is around £650, we will accept day rates, around a similar region but not higher than £650
• 12. Is this a business analyst role, as described in the "Specialist role" section, or a business architect role, as described in the title?: This is a Business Architect role.
• 13. Is £650pd the maximum rate on offer for this role?: Yes
• 14. Please can you confirm the day rate-as it seems incompatible with the expansiveness and level of operation the role implies. I would expect the rate to secure a competent analyst/lead- not a strategist? Please confirm.: The maximum day rate guide is around £650, we will accept day rates around a similar region but not higher than £650.
• 15. Is that the correct budget for this task?: Yes, the maximum day rate guide is around £650, we will accept day rates around a similar region but not higher than £650.