Hi Roger,
Reading the GridPP2 tender document I'm a little unsure as to what we have
to do regarding the Tier-2 posts. We (i.e. you as contact person!) have to
submit a proforma 2 by next wednesday which describes our proposed staff
requirements. Now I guess this includes the justification for the security
etc. posts, but also the Operations Support. In the Tender Document it
says this will be allocated on the basis of an MoU between the Tier-2 and
GridPP 'contained in a separate proforma to be completed by the Tier-2
contact'. My questions are therefore:
(1) Is this 'separate proforma' the proforma-2 in the tender document, or
is it the Draft MoU you sent round, or is it something else?
(2) Whatever it is, does this have to be signed by Wednesday!!!??? Surely
not if it is the draft MoU which you sent round (since that was still a
very rough draft). This could be very tough for us given the stage which
we're at in the SRIF2 process. Its also difficult since we don't yet know
the precise formula used by GridPP2 to allocate staff, and the University
will not like this uncertainty.
(3) If this does not have to be filled in by Wednesday, then what is
required in proforma-2 with regard to the Operations Support posts?
(4) Do individual institutions within NorthGrid who need Operations
Support posts then need to submit a proforma-3 by 9th January for these
posts? I accept that many of the other posts will need that, but its
unclear whether the Operations Support needs this action. This
is especially true given the apparent incompatability between proforma-3
and Operations Support post job descriptions.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Dan.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tel. +44 (0)114 222 3546
University of Sheffield, Fax. +44 (0)114 272 8079
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