Defence Online

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PEGASUS EPM AND RISK SME – SHORT DEADLINE
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence – Defence Digital, Strategic Command, GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The role is aimed at an experienced planner / risk manager and involves developing and actively managing plans, schedules and risks across ISG. Experience in Microsoft Project Online is essential, recent/relevant experience in the defence sector is essential
5. CPV Code(s): 72000000, 72260000
6. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK15
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Location South West England
Work setup
Address where the work will take place Defence Digital, Strategic Command, Building 405, Spur D1, Westwells Road, MOD Corsham, SN13 9NR
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: CCT869
9. Estimated value of requirement: Maximum day rate £691 per day ex VAT
LoL for T&S of £2000 ex VAT for the duration of the contract
10. Closing date for applications 4.3.2020 (11:59pm).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit
12. Other information: Deadline for asking questions Friday 28 February 2020 at 11:59pm GMT
Latest start date Friday 17 April 2020
Expected contract length 2 years
About the work
Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with The Pegasus EPM and Risk SME will work with a variety of Civil Servants, Military Personnel and contractors within the ISS Interoperability Services and Gateways Programme Team
What the specialist will work on You will be expected to provide planning support across the ISG Pegasus Programme. You will be required to develop and improve existing project plans using Microsoft Project Online to ensure consistency and coherency. There will be a need to work with projects to produce deliverable plans which are fully resourced. You will be expected to provide monthly reports and MI to the PMO. Experience required of PBS/WBS, Critical Path Analysis, IMS & Dependency Management.
You will need to have a strong knowledge and understanding of risk management and the use of ARM
Working arrangements All tasking will take place from MoD Corsham and you are required there 5 days a week, the working day is 8 hours to include 30 minutes for lunch. This individual will report to the Pegasus Programme Manager.
Security clearance SC Clearance must be in place prior to the contract start date and for the duration of the contract.
Additional information
Additional terms and conditions Off-payroll working rules (IR35) do not apply
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
Skills and experience
Opportunity attribute name Opportunity attribute value
Essential skills and experience
Experience of managing project plans, tracking and report progress using Microsoft Project Online – 20%
Understanding of the management of plans and schedules at different hierarchical levels through consolidation or using Integrated Master Schedules experience of integrating external supplier plans into project/programme plans – 10%
Experience in performing schedule risk and impact analysis with a detailed understanding of critical path analysis, schedule integrity and progress reporting – 10%
Experience in developing and managing fully resourced schedules using WBS/PBS (including resource loading and levelling to actively manage workload and over or under allocations) – 5%
Understanding of planning for technically complex large-scale IT projects and programmes – 5%
Must have detailed understanding of standard project management principles and techniques (e.g. APM, MSP, Prince2, PMI) – 5%
Understand dependency linking (internal & external dependencies) – 5%
Ability to produce adhoc management information (MI) and brief management to enable informed decisions using the MI – 5%
Experience of Risk Management, including risk identification, evaluation and use of the ARM tool including the exploitation of the tool for specific reports and MI – 10%
Hold qualifications in risk management – 5%
Experience of working within Defence on International Programmes to generate Integrated Master Schedules – 15%
Nice-to-have skills and experience Experience in coaching to the project teams to enable them to work more effectively with minimum direct planner support, hence improving overall efficiency – 5%
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
How many specialists to evaluate 3
Cultural fit criteria
Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions – 16.6%
Have a flexible approach – 16.6%
Experience of working with international partners as part of a Multi-National delivery programme, understanding the political aspects of working in the environment – 16.6%
Ability to integrate and work as part of a team under a one team ethos – 16.6%
Proactive rather than reactive – 16.6%
Highly motivated with experience of the Defence Military and Civilian Cultures and able to work within them – 16.6%
Additional assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
Technical competence
75%
Cultural fit
5%
Price
20%
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