Defence Online

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: INTEROPERABILITY SERVICES AND GATEWAYS (ISG) EPM AND RISK SME SPECIALIST TECHNICAL SUPPORT – SHORT DEADLINE
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, UK Strategic Command, Defence Digital (DD), GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The role is aimed at an experienced planner / risk manager and involves developing and actively managing plans, schedules and risks across ISG. Experience in Microsoft Project Online is essential. Recent/relevant experience in the Defence Sector is also essential.
5. CPV Code(s): 72000000, 72200000, 72260000
6. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK15
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: South West England
Address where the work will take place Spur D1, Building 405
MOD Corsham
Westwells Road
Corsham
Wiltshire
SN13 9NR
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Maximum day rate: £691 per day (Ex VAT),
Maximum £2,400 limit of liability for Travel and Subsistence (T&S) over two (2) year duration.
All expenses must be pre-agreed between the parties and must comply with the MOD T&S Policy.
Suppliers must use Authority’s Purchase Payment Tool (CP&F) or be prepared to sign up to the tool
Working day would be 8 hours (Monday to Friday) which includes a 30 minute lunch break during the working hours between 0700 – 1900
10. Closing date for applications 14.9.2022 (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: Friday 9 September 2022 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: Monday 31 October 2022
Expected contract length: Two (2) years. With Option to Extend for Six (6) months (pending financial approval)
Organisation the work is for Ministry of Defence, UK Strategic Command, Defence Digital (DD)
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 Create/maintain programme and project level schedules that are fully resourced/including dependencies in Project 2016/Project online. Compliance with all DD planning/scheduling/risk management policies and act as SME.
Work with PMs ensuring weekly Project 2016 Schedule reviews occur/update Schedules within 2 working days for weekly highlight report generation and monthly governance boards.
Work with International partners to produce Integrated Master Schedules utilising APAN.
Work Sponsor and ISG Delivery Team to ensure ISP creation, tracking and reporting is completed.
Experience of PBS/WBS, Critical Path Analysis, IMD & dependency Management.
Help identify/capture risks at monthly reviews and update ARM tool for monthly governance boards.
Work setup
Working arrangements: MOD Corsham is the base location. Hybrid working with site attendance in line with MOD business needs (Hybrid working is a mixture of working from home and working on site). Some travel to other MOD sites as required.
Security clearance Valid SC clearance must be in place prior to the contract starting and for the duration of the contract. The Authority will not sponsor any clearance.
Additional information
Additional terms and conditions: The Cyber Risk Profile for this requirement is:
Risk Assessment Reference: RAR-344755981
Cyber Risk Profile: Not Applicable
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 of managing project plans, tracking and report progress using Microsoft Project Online – 20%
Experience of working within Defence on International Programmes to generate Integrated Master Schedules – 15%
Understanding of the management of plans and schedules at different hierarchical levels through consolidation or using Integrated Master Schedules experience of integrating external supplier plans into project/programme plans – 10%
Experience in performing schedule risk and impact analysis with a detailed understanding of critical path analysis, schedule integrity and progress reporting – 10%
Experience of Risk Management, including risk identification, evaluation and use of the ARM tool including the exploitation of the tool for specific reports and MI – 10%
Experience in developing and managing fully resourced schedules using WBS/PBS (including resource loading and levelling to actively manage workload and over or under allocations) – 5%
Understanding of planning for technically complex large-scale IT projects and programmes – 5%
Must have detailed understanding of standard project management principles and techniques (e.g. APM, MSP, Prince2, PMI) – 5%
Understand dependency linking (internal & external dependencies) – 5%
Ability to produce adhoc management information (MI) and brief management to enable informed decisions using the MI – 5%
Nice-to-have skills and experience
Experience in coaching to the project teams to enable them to work more effectively with minimum direct planner support, hence improving overall efficiency – 5%
Hold qualifications in risk management (e.g. Institute of Risk Management (IRM), Certificate in risk management (CIRM) – 5%
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
How many specialists to evaluate: 3
Cultural fit criteria
Experience of working with international partners as part of a Multi-National delivery programme, understanding the political aspects of working in the environment – 20%
Highly motivated with experience of the Defence Military and Civilian Cultures and able to work within them – 20%
Ability to integrate and work as part of a team under a one team ethos – 15%
Proactive rather than reactive – 15%
Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions – 15%
Have a flexible approach – 15%
Additional assessment methods Interview
Evaluation weighting
Technical competence 70%
Cultural fit 10%
Price 20%
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