Defence Online

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PHP DEVELOPER DIGITAL SERVICE TEAM – SHORT DEADLINE
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, Defence Business Services, GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The Awarding Authority seeks a developer for its external facing digital services. The developer will iteratively develop the services through discovery phase to live and maintain the integration of gov.uk/pay and gov.uk/notify services to Government Digital Service standards and practice.
5. CPV Code(s): 72000000, 72200000, 72212000, 72262000
6. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI3, UKI32, UKK11, UKD37
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 Remote working with travel to Bristol, London or Manchester and other UK locations if needed.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: 704671451
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Closing date for applications 4.8.2022 (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 Monday 1 August 2022 at 11:59pm GMT
Latest start date Tuesday 6 September 2022
Expected contract length 146 days with option to extend by 25% of the overall contract length.
Early market engagement Not undertaken
Who the specialist will work with The developer will support the service manager to ensure that MOD meets its business objectives for enhancing access to MOD digital services via www.gov.uk
The developer will join a team which includes Service Manager, Delivery Manager, Technical Architect, User Researcher and Performance Analyst.
The developer will be expected to work with Subject matter experts from MOD, Policy Leads and members of the public (including key user groups).
What the specialist will work on The MOD is seeking a PHP Developer to join a service team improving access to MOD veterans and family services via www.gov.uk. The developer is required to iteratively develop applications and services to ensure readiness for live service (compliance with Government Digital Service Standard and Government Technology Code of practice required). Development includes the integration of gov.uk/pay and gov.uk/notify services. Provision of training, knowledge and skills transfer to the in house team is a key part of this role.
Working arrangements A typical working day is 9am-5pm (however working outside of these hours may be required due to business/project need).
The role is based remotely but there may be travel to Bristol, Manchester or London involved or to other regions of the country. Travel expenses outside of the base locations will be covered.
Security clearance SC
Additional information
Additional terms and conditions Cabinet Office (CO) Travel and Subsistence policy will apply. All expenses must be pre-agreed between the parties and must comply with the CO T&S policy.
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
Experience working alongside a user researcher and technical architect using user centred design practices to ensure user stories and user research are at the heart of product design.
Proven ability to design services to meet valid user needs including planning, designing and conducting usability testing of prototypes.
Proven experience in use of industry standard web application technologies such as HTML, CSS, Java, Javascript, PHP, Ruby and Python.
Excellent written and verbal communication including strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence external partners, suppliers and stakeholders.
Proven experience in use of service-based technologies such as SOAP, RESTful APIs, XML messaging and JSON.
Experience of working using Agile Methodology.
Experience Delivering outputs in line with the Government Digital Service Standard, Government Digital Service Design Manual and Government Technology Code of Practice and assessment process.
Experience of deploying and building web applications on Cloud Foundry using buildpacks and the CLI.
Experience of developing products to meet the needs of assisted digital users to ensure the service is designed to enable maximum digital take up.
Proven experience of iterative product development based on user needs and stories.
Proven experience of the ability to train and transfer knowledge and skills to a junior developer to enable their development and learning of industry practice.
Proven experience of the ability to train and transfer knowledge and skills to a junior developer to enable them to effectively manage product/s development and maintenance.
Nice-to-have skills and experience
Understanding of Government Digital Service design principles.
Experience designing services for GOV.UK.
Experience working in multidisciplinary agile teams.
Experience of developing products to meet the needs of assisted digital users to ensure the service is designed to enable maximum digital take up.
Experience of training and knowledge transfer.
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
How many specialists to evaluate 10
Cultural fit criteria
Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions.
Experience of successful collaborative working as part of a multi supplier delivery team sharing knowledge within the team.
Create and maintain an agile working environment. 4.Take responsibility for their work.
Take responsibility for their work.
Can work with clients with low technical expertise.
Able to challenge the status quo and use persuasion skills to achieve business buy-in.
Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes.
Bring agile mindset and principles into practice.
Additional assessment methods Interview
Evaluation weighting
Technical competence
65%
Cultural fit
15%
Price
20%
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