Notice Information
Notice Title
Financial System
Notice Description
Chorley Council is inviting tenders for a new financial system to encompass itself, South Ribble Council and relevant legal entities. The system will encompass an integrated debtor, purchase card, general ledger and procurement service to deliver financial information and reporting fit for purpose. A detailed list of functionality requirements is included within the tender documents, but the emphasis is on improved processes and end user experience as well as an ability to work in system as well as exporting into spreadsheet software. Within the scope of the project is: * General Ledger * Accounts Payable (Creditors) * Intelligent Invoice Scanning (OCR) * Accounts Receivable (Debtors) * Debt Recovery * Procurement (Procure to Pay) * Reporting * Making Tax Digital * Purchase Cards Monitoring System * GDPR / Archiving * Integration with all feeder systems (e.g. customer payments and payroll) * Finance Server Transfer to Cloud (Procedure for retaining and archiving existing data) * Access to Cloud based system via Citrix Enhanced functionality required; * Enhanced end-user experience (dashboard / simpler system interface) * Simplified approval/workflow processes and access/authorisation segregation configuration * Enhanced reporting capability for Finance and non-Finance users * Balance sheet reconciliation module
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e7ffb32a-cf1b-4e05-b9eb-4d4f514de8c8
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/450a656b-7f6c-426d-9764-dab4cb5f90bb
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66000000 - Financial and insurance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,309,240 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,309,240 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Nov 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Jan 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Feb 2025 - 31 Jan 2035 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTH RIBBLE BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@southribble.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEYLAND
- Postcode
- PR25 1DH
- Post Town
- Preston
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD45 Mid Lancashire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Ribble
- Electoral Ward
- Broadfield
- Westminster Constituency
- South Ribble
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/450a656b-7f6c-426d-9764-dab4cb5f90bb
26th June 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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