Defence Online

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: DATA CENTRE SERVICE DELIVERY MANAGER – SHORT DEADLINE
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, Defence Digital, GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: Expected role activities will include:
Maintain data centre management plans and instructions for operating complex business systems.
Oversee the integration of new technologies and initiatives into data standards and structures.
Assessing Business performance for improvement recommendations against business requirements and design documents.
Manage Data & Information Security Systems
5. CPV Code(s): 72000000, 72300000, 72310000, 79620000,
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
Address where the work will take place Based at MOD Corsham,
Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9NR.
There will be some opportunities for Hybrid working as well as some travel to the Data Centre hosted sites.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: PS192
9. Estimated value of requirement: Maximum day rate £900 per day
Maximum £500.00 (Ex VAT) limit of liability for T&S over duration of 5 months.
10. Closing date for applications 19.1.2023 (23:59:00).
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 16 January 2023 at 11:59pm GMT
Specialist role Delivery manager
Off-payroll (IR35) determination Supply of resource: the off-payroll rules will apply to any workers engaged through a qualifying intermediary, such as their own limited company
Latest start date Friday 3 March 2023
Expected contract length 5 Months
About the work
Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with Civilian, Military and contractors within the MOD and wider Defence industry.
What the specialist will work on Service Delivery Management within the following data centre hosting environments:-
Data Centre MOD Boddington
Data Centre MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol
Plus various smaller Data Centre’s
Working arrangements 37 Hours per week
Security clearance A Valid SC clearance must be in place prior to the Contract starting and for the duration of the contract due to the projects the individual is required to work with.
Additional information
Additional terms and conditions Extension Options: 6 months to Jan 2024 – Continuation of deliverables from the initial 6-month period, subject to financial approval.
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
Please provide a Valid certificate for ITIL 4 Managing Professional. This must be sent to UKStratComDD-CM-CCT-Group@mod.gov.uk by the advert end date. 5%
Please provide evidence of experience maintaining IT service availability through infrastructure resilience and redundancy within a MoD, or other similar size/scale organisations environment. 20%
Please provide evidence of experience managing through-life infrastructure services and service planning within a MoD, or other similar size/scale organisations environment. 20%
Please provide evidence of experience identifying and delivering continuous service improvements within a MoD, or other similar size/scale organisations data centre environment. 10%
Please provide evidence of experience managing data centre infrastructure risk within MoD, or other similar size/scale organisations environment. 10%
Please provide evidence of experience managing data centre security as a building custodian within a MoD, or other similar size/scale organisations environment. 20%
Please provide evidence of experience managing hosting at Official and Secret within the Crown Hosting/Cabinet Office joint venture. 5%
Nice-to-have skills and experience Please provide evidence of any practical experience of G4S Symmetry Automated Access Control Systems. 10%
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
How many specialists to evaluate 3
Cultural fit criteria
Provide an example of working as a team with a large, complex organisation and supplier. 20%
Provide an example of being transparent and collaborative when making decisions 20%
Provide an example of taking responsibility for work 20%
Provide an example of sharing knowledge and experience with other team members 20%
Provide an example of challenging the status quo 10%
Provide an example of successfully working with clients with low technical expertise 10%
Additional assessment methods Reference
Evaluation weighting
Technical competence
40%
Cultural fit
20%
Price
40%
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