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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: SINGLE TRADE WINDOW – STRATEGIC/TECHNICAL PARTNER
2. Awarding Authority: HMRC, GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: This is an opportunity to support the Single Trade Window on its’ journey to deliver the world’s best border for the Specific Location at a critical staging post, as the Programme moves out of foundational year with an SR21 settlement secured and engages with market leading suppliers to deliver the vision
5. CPV Code(s): 72212000, 72210000, 72000000, 72262000
6. NUTS code(s): UKH, UKH3, UKH31, UKJ
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: No specific location, for example they can work remotely
Address where the work will take place London, Liverpool, Newcastle
Remotely as well
UK
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Closing date for applications 25.5.2022 (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 Wednesday 18 May 2022 at 11:59pm GMT
Off-payroll (IR35) determination Contracted out service: the off-payroll rules do not apply
Latest start date Wednesday 22 June 2022
About the work
Why the work is being done Single Trade Window Programme will provide traders and their representatives with a single place where they can supply all mandatory information required into government and a single place where they can receive messages relating to the trade. The Programme aims to improve traders experience with the Border through simplification, reliability and consistency implementing a tell us once approach to data and incorporating supply chain data direct into government. Work packages to deliver these outcomes will continue towards this long term aim over the next 6-12 months.
Problem to be solved Over the past 18 months Single Trade Window Programme has been laying the foundations for the Programme to move into delivery developing a high-level vision, component architecture, service design, Programme structure and business case to secure funding. STW launched its first live service in August 2021, a stand-alone guidance service for importers and intends to follow this by delivering an export guidance service in 2022 and a first phase for data submission bringing together Safety and Security and import declarations in 2023 whilst doing further work to iterate the service design, develop and agree the cross-government target architecture and evolve the 5year roadmap with further detail.
Who the users are and what they need to do Detailed user requirements of UK businesses and traders in EPIC format will be provided to the successful bidder.
Early market engagement
Any work that’s already been done In order to build on the success of the Programme’s foundational year 21/22 – the STW now seeks client-side DDaT related advice and assurance, with a focus on strategic direction for the 3 overarching areas as below:
Service design
Data analysis, modelling &strategy
Technical architecture
It is essential existing work is continued without pause or re-invention.
Existing team Existing STW Programme staff and existing suppliers supporting the live Guidance Service and other services in Private Beta
Current phase Discovery
Work setup
Address where the work will take place London, Liverpool, Newcastle
Remotely as well
Working arrangements Remote working, onsite as required
Security clearance BPSS
Additional information
Additional terms and conditions HMRC Mandatory Tax Clauses
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 proven expertise/track record of leading Government Programmes and Departments successfully through complex digital change delivery, demonstrable experience/track record of aligning all Strategic/Technical activity with Programme Business Case
Have capacity to provide quality technical resources; experienced solution and/or enterprise architects, with a good understanding of multi-component and distributed architectures, proven knowledge of designing solutions for cloud environments
Have experience of data driven delivery and expertise such as data modelling, analysis and management, plus documentation of artefacts
Have capacity to resource day 1 Programme requests with adequately skilled/experienced resources, respond in an agile way to needs/requests as understanding /requirements develop demonstrating ability to flex/prioritise maintaining quality
Provide a rate card setting out the range of charges for each of the following 6 essential roles – Service Designer/Technical Solutions Architect/Data Analyst/ Business Analyst/Data Architects/Data Engineer
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 10
Proposal criteria
Technical Solutuon
Cultural Fit including Social Value
Price
Cultural fit criteria
Respond to Social Value as part of full RFP
Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers
Payment approach Time and materials
Additional assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
Technical competence
55%
Cultural fit
15%
Price
30%
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