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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER – SHORT DEADLINE
2. Awarding Authority: Home Office, Police and Public Protection Portfolio (PPPT), Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT), GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: An experienced Technical Project Manager is required to manage a range of IT transformation and technology services projects (infrastructure and business led) within the Awarding Authority Security and Counter Terrorism IT Portfolio
5. CPV Code(s): 72000000, 72222300
6. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI3, UKI32, UKD72, UKE32, UKI62
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Location London
Address where the work will take place Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF and remotely.
Some travel to other Home Office locations including Croydon, Liverpool, Sheffield.
There may be other UK travel associated with specific projects.
Currently working from home due to COVID-19
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Maximum day rate Maximum£700 per day (SFIA 4)
10. Closing date for applications 3.9.2020 (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 Monday 31 August 2020 at 11:59pm GMT
Specialist role Programme manager
Latest start date Monday 28 September 2020
Expected contract length 6 months
About the work
Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with You’ll be working with a multi-disciplinary team including a Business Analyst and Technical Architect within the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism IT Portfolio (OSCT IT), Police and Public Protection Technology (PPPT) and the wider Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT).
You’ll work with a range of senior stakeholders, across Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT), PPPT, DDaT and the wider Home Office.
What the specialist will work on Manage projects on a day-to-day basis, providing visibility of progress, including defining the approach and milestones, addressing issues and balancing cost and risk against benefit.
Scope projects, input in technical solution, design and devise the delivery strategy aligned with DDaT strategy.
Define and manage project budgets and resourcing plans within tolerances.
Lead the development of the commercial approach and plan, and supplier engagement, liaising with the commercial team and, if required, leading the procurement process.
Lead User Acceptance Testing and manage change required to integrate new processes into ‘business as usual’
Lead stakeholder engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
Working arrangements Full time 5 days a week.
Current working arrangements are from home. The Team is co-located in 2 Marsham Street when office reopens fully.
All expenses must be included in the quoted rate.
Security clearance DV clearance is required due to the sensitivity of the work involved. Willingness to undertake STRAP clearance required once in post.
Only candidates with current DV clearance will be considered.
Additional information
Additional terms and conditions
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
Have experience of delivering a range of business and/or IT transformation projects.
Experience of full project lifecycle experience (from requirements gathering/discovery through to implementation).
Previous budget accountability experience to forecast and manage project costs.
Experience of working on UK Government digital programmes and IT systems and setting up a new technology service.
Sound understanding of a range of structured programme and project management methodologies, including Waterfall and Agile.
Strong ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams, leading the collaborative planning process, prioritising work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team.
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical people.
Ability to engage and work with development teams, in order to understand the technical solution and make informed decisions.
Strong understanding of the government’s digital and technology transformation agenda.
Confident in consulting multiple cross-government agency senior stakeholders and suppliers in the UK and overseas if required.
Experience and understanding of the security requirements in the design and delivery of technology services at the highest security classification.
Nice-to-have skills and experience
Previous experience of working with UK security partners.
Previous experience of working on and knowledge of technology infrastructure.
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
How many specialists to evaluate 5
Cultural fit criteria
Confident in consulting multiple stakeholders and suppliers.
Willing to challenge suppliers and the status quo when necessary.
Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers.
Able to work with business leads with low technical expertise.
A supportive team member, building good relationships and trust with teams.
Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions
Share knowledge and experience with other team members.
Additional assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
Technical competence
50%
Cultural fit
10%
Price
40%
Questions asked by suppliers
Are you able to sponsor DV clearance? Unfortunately given the urgency of the requirements and the timeframe for DV clearance, we are unable to sponsor for this role.
Is there a current incumbent?
This also says “copy”, can you confirm if this role has been released before? There is no incumbent, the role is to backfill a civil servant.
It was published earlier today and withdrawn due to an error.
Can you please confirm the IR35 status of this role? This role is outside IR35 for the duration of the contract.
Is there an incumbent? There is no incumbent. The role is to backfill a civil servant.
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