The Department for Business and Trade - Digital Partner for Trade and Regulatory Services

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About adding context and requirements test Pre-market engagement The Department for Business and Trade held a Future Commercial Roadmap for Digital Development Contracts on Tuesday 16th July 2024, invitations were sent to all suppliers registered in DOS6 and DSP. If you require a copy of the presentation slides, Q and A and recording please contact CommercialDDaT@BusinessandTrade.gov.uk Work done so far Built the ‘Apply for a Standard Individual Export Licence’ service – the first service to be closed down on the SPIRE legacy export licensing system, and the most significant in terms of volume and complexity. Completed the rebuild of DBT’s legacy import licensing service, removing a dependency on a third party supplier and providing the basis for a more usable and CDDO-compliant service. Designed and built two sanctions related services from scratch, to enable DBT to fulfil its new responsibilities in the guidance, monitoring, compliance and enforcement of trade sanctions. Reduced duplication and unnecessary overheads by retiring two services that no longer provided value for money. These were the ‘Resilience Tool’ - designed to collate and visualise data on critical supply chains, and ‘Trade with the UK’ which enabled overseas companies to view tariffs and regulations that apply when bringing goods into the UK. In both cases, use of the services had declined since they were first launched, and we were able to meet the user needs through other means. Enhanced the Digital Market Access Service through improvements in-line with ISTR’s strategic pillars to reduce and remove barriers to export. The focus has been on: revising the publishing processes to ensure businesses can access up-to-date information on GOV.UK via the ‘check an international trade barrier’ service; improving the quality and accuracy of barrier information contributed by all users throughout the barrier resolution lifecycle; improving the quality of actionable management information and reporting workflows; and improving the user experience on frequently used tasks. Conducted service reviews of the Domestic Business Services (ex-BEIS) which have been highly effective, providing critical insights for their successful integration into the portfolio. By identifying key gaps, issues, and opportunities, we have a clearer roadmap for enhancing performance, user experience, and technical reliability. The reviews are also helping to shape the future delivery models for these services. Supported the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) to explore delivery options for the Trade Remedies Service (TRS), concluding that implementing a new low code solution is the most cost effective option that also provides TRA with greater independence. We are maintaining the current TRS and are supporting TRA in procurement and implementation of the new service, whilst also providing assurance of technical choices and service standards. Which phase the project is in Not applicable Existing team The team in the portfolio as a whole is a mixture of Civil Servants and contractors across the whole range of Government Digital and Data roles. On occasion the successful supplier may be required to work alongside other suppliers given that DBT maintains several contracts and suppliers work in other portfolios, however at this moment in time no supplier other than the incumbent (Deloitte) is involved in the work of the portfolio. Address where the work will be done London – Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London SW1A 2BL Darlington – Feethams House, Darlington DL1 5AD Edinburgh – Queen Elizabeth House, EH8 8FT Belfast – Erskine House, BT1 4GF Cardiff – Ty William Morgan House, CF10 1XS Birmingham – 23 Stephenson Street, B2 4BJ / Victoria Square House, B2 4AJ Salford – Trinity Bridge House, M3 5EG Working arrangements The supplier staff must work on Department for Business and Trade equipment on a 7.5 hour working day. Expenses must be included in day rates. Remote working is allowed, but Department for Business and Trade would expect the Digital Partner to attend the DBT offices for team meetings, workshops etc. as required. Provide more information about your security requirements: Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Provide more information about your security requirements: Security Check (SC) Provide more information about your security requirements (optional): The resources deployed will typically require SC level security clearance that can be shared with DBT for the duration of their work. Occasionally BPSS is suitable. Latest start date 2024-12-16 Enter the expected contract length: 2 years Extension period: 1 year Are you prepared to show your budget details?: Yes Indicative maximum: 6000000 Provide further information: This is made up of, up to £4,000,000 ex VAT for the initial term + up to £2,000,000 ex VAT for the optional extension. Confirm if you require a contracted out service or supply of resource Contracted out service: the off-payroll rules do not apply Summary of work The Trade and Regulatory Services portfolio in DDaT in the Department for Business and Trade requires a Digital Partner to support capacity and capability gaps in delivering against our portfolio objectives. Where possible we prefer to build blended teams with a partner, complementing our existing skills and knowledge. This requirement will support the key business objectives of the Trade and Regulatory Services portfolio. Teams in this portfolio support the departmental plans and priorities through delivering DDaT services to support businesses and workers to understand, engage and comply with domestic and international regulations, so that they are able to benefit from trade opportunities and domestic business and worker protections. This will include: • Supporting the delivery of digital services in the DDaT Trade and Regulatory Services portfolio. • Providing expertise listed on the Government Digital and Data profession capability framework to deliver on outcomes in support of regulatory portfolio deliverables and support of services. • Providing teams to support delivery at all stages of the product lifecycle (Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live). DBT works in an Agile and lean manner according to HMG’s Digital Service Standard and we would expect them to be familiar with these criteria of the Standard, and have the experience to participate and provide appropriate evidence to any Service Assessments conducted. We need to deliver both long- and short-term solutions, to meet emerging priorities for the department. At the same time, we need to ensure our existing services are maintained and enhanced to ensure they remain best-in-class. We have a range of services in discovery, alpha and beta phases of development. The supplier will work on a number of different work packages, including new feature development for our services related to sanctions, import and export licensing services, market access, and domestic business regulation. We also require support to conduct Discovery into new requirements related to policy areas such as supply chains and worker protections. In addition, the Digital Partner may explore working on initiatives, beyond the Trade and Regulatory Services Portfolio. DBT’s tech stack is primarily based on Python and the Django framework and hosted on AWS. We also have some other services hosted on Azure based on Microsoft Dynamics and Power Platform. Ideally the Digital Partner could provide teams with expertise in all these technologies, but Python language and Django framework are the main priority. All our services must be designed and built to GDS standards and undertake service assessments where applicable. The Buyer requires the Supplier to have and maintain a Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate. Where the supplied staff will work No specific location (for example they can work remotely) Why the work is being done Purpose The Trade and Regulatory Services portfolio supports businesses and workers to understand, engage and comply with domestic and international regulations, so that they are able to benefit from trade opportunities and domestic business and worker protections. Objectives 1. Share information and data that explain and enable the use of relevant trade and business regulations. For international trade, this includes FTAs, sanctions, tariffs, trade remedies, and controls. For domestic business this includes helping SMEs with regulatory requirements, closing the payment gap from large companies to SMEs, and sharing data on subsidies and regulated professions. 2. Enable the UK to control the import and export of military, dual use and sanctioned goods and services through efficient and robust licensing services. 3. Reduce market access barriers and regulatory hurdles to facilitate international trade and domestic business growth, ensuring UK businesses can navigate and overcome obstacles to success. The business problem you need to solve We aim to build, incremental improve and support services and products around the following areas for business and trade: 1. Connect people to information and data that explains and enables the use of relevant trade and business regulations. For international trade, this includes FTAs, sanctions, tariffs, trade remedies, and controls. For domestic business this includes helping SMEs with regulatory requirements, closing the payment gap from large companies to SMEs, and sharing data on subsidies and regulated professions. 2. Enable the UK to control the import and export of military, dual use and sanctioned goods and services through efficient and robust licensing services and by providing compliance monitoring capability. 3. Reduce market access barriers, regulatory hurdles and unfair practices to facilitate international trade and domestic business growth, ensuring UK businesses can navigate and overcome obstacles to success. First user type: Internal Staff and External Businesses Enter more details about this user type: - DBT staff in the UK and overseas, - exporters, - importers, - domestic businesses, - individuals acting on behalf of a business, - business entities, - intermediaries