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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: DIGITAL DATA AND TECHNOLOGY (DDAT) BUSINESS ANALYSIS PARTNER SERVICE
2. Awarding Authority: Secretary of State for Home Department (acting through the Home Office), GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The awarding authority is looking for a supplier who can provide the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to help meet demand for Business Analysis Services within the Home Office’s Digital, Data and Technology directorate (and wider HomeOffice), on a range of internal and public facing services from discovery to live.
5. CPV Code(s): 72000000, 72260000, 72261000, 72222300, 72221000
6. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI3, UKI32, UKM82, UKD72, UKE32, UKD37
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: location No specific location, for example they can work remotely
Address where the work will take place The majority of the services are expected to be based at our London, Croydon, Sheffield or Manchester sites. However, the successful supplier must be capable of providing the service nationwide. Secondary locations may include Glasgow, Liverpool, Southport or Hendon.
The work will be divided into Statements of Work (SOWs) which will clearly identify the relevant base location.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: C18479
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Closing date for applications 2.3.2021 (23:59).
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 Tuesday 23 February 2021 at 11:59pm GMT
Latest start date Monday 3 May 2021
Expected contract length 2 years
About the work
Why the work is being done Home Office customers and employees rightly expect modern technology which helps customers receive the service they require and supports employees in protecting the public. We are increasingly reliant on technology to support the Home Office in its role to lead on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy and counter-terrorism, and to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK. We need to design and deliver technology which supports the transformation of the Home Office and the modernisation of our processes making them fit for a digital future.
Home Office DDaT requires a Business Analysis Services Partner to provide BA capability and delivery across all our areas of work (including immigration and passports, borders, policing and counter-terrorism).
Problem to be solved Home Office owns and directs its business analysis capability through civil servant analysts, but the variety and fluctuation in demand is such that the flexibility afforded by supplementary service arrangements are invaluable.
This is an element in our long-term change programme, which is leading the transformation DDaT in support of our digital future. This work specifically supports improvements in our resourcing approach and better alignment of BA work to the DDaT profession and preferred methodologies. These changes are being put in place to provide technology which:
Is accessible and aligned to user needs
Can be built and maintained more cost effectively
Enables a data driven organisation
Allows more rapid iteration
This work must contribute to the evolution of our delivery against these goals.
Who the users are and what they need to do Home Office service users (staff and external)
Early market engagement
Any work that’s already been done
Existing team A civil service led mixed team of managed service providers, contractors and civil servants. The successful bidder will be required to engage and collaborate across all groups delivering and maintaining services for the Home Office.
Current phase Not applicable
Working arrangements A flexible approach is required to meet the needs of each individual project and programme. The work will be divided into Statements of Work (SOWs) which will clearly identify the working arrangements.
Security clearance All supplier staff must have Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) prior to starting work, however most work will require Security Clearance (SC). Supplier staff not in possession of the required clearance must be willing to undergo and capable of passing the clearance process. Occasionally, NPPV3 or DV clearance is required
Additional information
Additional terms and conditions Travel expenses are payable for journeys outside the M25 (Greater London) or journeys greater than 10 miles from other base locations, where approved in advance and in line with HO Travel policy (subsistence not payable).
Professions rate caps will be applied to all roles at all SFIA levels. Caps will be provided to shortlisted suppliers at RFP stage.
Seasonal furloughs may be required.
Potential Providers participating in the Request for Proposal (RFP ) stage will need to complete, sign and return a non-disclosure and ethical walls agreement (NDA) prior to receiving the RFP.
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
Demonstrable experience of successfully providing business analysis on high-profile large-scale technology or digital change programmes.
Recent experience (within last 2 years) of placing SFIA level 3 to 5 business analysts into delivery teams in government or critical National Infrastructure.
Have employees who have extensive practical experience of working within agile methodologies, leading on requirements for large scale agile delivery and developing high standard business analysis artefacts.
Demonstrate experience of showing flexibility in meeting client demands including providing individual/ teams at short notice.
Evidence experience of running an Architecture Service with 20+ UK based resources in the last 5 years showing the % mix of permanent /associate resources.
Evidence where you have increased the level of business analysis capability within an organisation, to a high standard.
Please demonstrate evidence of a contemporary approach to business analysis including training for your staff and thought leadership in this space
Nice-to-have skills and experience
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a written proposal.
How many suppliers to evaluate 5
Proposal criteria
Essential skills (from stage 1)
Approach and methodology (and how they meet the requirements)
Organisation capability to provide specialist support
Added Value
Team mobilisation
Approach to IR35 compliance
Cultural fit criteria Social Value – Equal Opportunity
Payment approach Capped time and materials
Additional assessment methods
Case study
Reference
Presentation
Evaluation weighting
Technical competence
60%
Cultural fit
10%
Price
30%
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