Award

FINANCE, PAYROLL & PURCHASING SYSTEM

BLACKPOOL AND THE FYLDE COLLEGE

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

20 May 2024 at 10:06

Tender

29 Jun 2023 at 13:45

Planning

12 Oct 2022 at 10:48

Planning

12 Oct 2022 at 10:39

Summary of the contracting process

Blackpool and The Fylde College is inviting tenders for the procurement of a Finance, Payroll & Purchasing System. The contract falls under the services category with a value of £750,000 GBP. The procurement method is selective, with a contract period starting on 10th October 2023 and ending on 9th October 2028. The tender deadline is 4th August 2023, and the award was made on 24th October 2023. The main point of contact for this procurement is Paul Lindley at procurement@blackpool.ac.uk.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialised in business transaction and personal business software packages. Companies offering cloud-based solutions with strong workflow capabilities, cross-functional integration, and support services are well-suited to compete. Blackpool and The Fylde College seeks a single modular system for finance, payroll, and procurement functions tailored to their specific needs. Interested parties are encouraged to register on B&FC's Intend Portal and express their interest via email.

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Notice Title

FINANCE, PAYROLL & PURCHASING SYSTEM

Notice Description

B&FC employs around 1,000 staff. and runs separate on-premises HR (Zellis) and Financial (Advanced Business Solutions) systems the ideal solution would be a single modular system for all these functions. 18 Finance/Payroll/Procurement power users, 9 HCM Power Users and, 1200 users of the employee self-serve portal/app. Non-Functional Requirements Ideally in use at several peer, reference organisations Cloud/Hybrid cloud deployment Cross-Functional Requirements Out of the Box workflows for common processes such as new suppliers, payment requests, manual sales/credit notes, journal and user access requests, new employee requests. Low/No Code workflow development capability Case management and case work-loading Tight modular integration between Finance, Payroll and HR. Fully functional and easy to use Employee Self Service portal for desktop and mobile. Flexible Reporting and dashboards and/or a data warehouse to act as a PowerBI data-source provided. Automated insights to highlight anomalies/trends and key areas for improvement. Integration into a digital signature platform such as Adobe Sign. Online knowledge base or integrated help and advice. Delegation authority based on rules and absence. Finance Functional Summary OCR data collation from source documents Auto invoice/receipt matching Debt Management function inc. debt dashboard, letter/email templates, credit limit prompts, contact notes and diary reminders Cashflow forecasting and key metric calculation Bank account data integration Integrated Tax reporting inc. partial exemption. MTD compliant outputs Financial Planning - Budget and forecasting Contract/Supplier Management and reporting Seamless P2P/eProcurement Payroll/HR Functional Summary The functions below are indicative of the scope of the solution B&FC seeks to acquire. Talent Acquisition (Recruitment, Selection, On-Boarding) Talent Management Performance Management Attendance Management Organisation Management with succession planning and easy to maintain hierarchy, with post-to-post transfer, (employees must be able to hold more than one post concurrently.) Learning Management System Technical Functional Summary All systems must support Azure AD-based SSO for authentication and user provisioning/de-provisioning HR system must be able to act as the authority for employee user account provisioning/de-provisioning into an IAM system, such as Microsoft Identity Manager Finance system must be able to integrate with our on-prem student information system (Tribal EBS) Browser-based interface for all users is desirable Next Steps If your organisation would like to express an interest please email procurement@blackpool.ac.uk with full contact details. Interested parties can also register on B&FC's Intend Portal in preparation for the live procurement.https://in- tendhost.co.uk/blackpoolandthefylde/aspx/Home .

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-ab9e92d3-e17d-41bc-aba4-00c1591fc282
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/611f6e96-a2e8-48cd-990f-ee1099ef2ec3
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems


CPV Codes

48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£750,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£1,079,362 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 May 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
4 Aug 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
24 Oct 2022Expired
Award Date
23 Oct 20232 years ago
Contract Period
1 Nov 2023 - 9 Oct 2028 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BLACKPOOL AND THE FYLDE COLLEGE
Contact Name
Paul Lindley
Contact Email
procurement@blackpool.ac.uk
Contact Phone
01253 504200

Buyer Location

Locality
BLACKPOOL
Postcode
FY2 0HB
Post Town
Blackpool
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD42 Blackpool
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Blackpool
Electoral Ward
Norbreck
Westminster Constituency
Blackpool North and Fleetwood

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MOORE INSIGHT

Further Information

Notice Documents

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