Provision of services to deliver jQuery Modernisation supported by GitHub Copilot

This Tender is invited by the Issuer. Overview The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) requires a specialist ICT services provider to project manage and deliver the modernisation of approved custom jQuery to supported Vanilla JavaScript in TPB Power Pages services, through production deployment, validation and handover. GitHub Copilot must be implemented and used as a supporting delivery tool for this engagement, rather than as a standalone implementation project. Purpose The work is intended to improve the maintainability, security and supportability of TPB's Power Platform and Power Pages services, strengthen development and release controls, and retain TPB ownership of code, documentation and ongoing maintenance capability. Objectives Modernise prioritised jQuery customisations to supported Vanilla JavaScript and manage the work through production deployment as the primary objective of the engagement Use GitHub Copilot to support this delivery, rather than as a standalone implementation project Provide practical knowledge transfer using examples from the jQuery work so the TPB Technology team can continue using Copilot in everyday development and maintenance Scope The scope includes: Work packages 1 and 2, forming an integrated jQuery modernisation engagement, with Copilot enablement, practical use and knowledge transfer supporting the remediation batches Work package 3, covering separately directed additional tasks Staged discovery followed by management of jQuery delivery through production deployment and handover Coordination of priorities, TPB inputs, dependencies and release windows with TPB staff and other scheduled changes Contract Terms and Conditions Delivery may commence only following contract execution, required approvals and written authorisation of the relevant task Dates, estimated effort and expenditure limits must be agreed before each task begins Instructions to Tenderers The RFQ response requirements are set out in section 10. Detailed activities, deliverables, acceptance evidence, roles, estimated effort and cost, dependencies and timing will be agreed through the common task approval process in section 6, rather than through separately priced package proposals at RFQ stage.