Notice Information
Notice Title
FIREFIGHTER PENSIONS ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM
Notice Description
This tender is for licences and support of a Firefighter Pensions Administration System for a period of 5 years with options to extend for a further 5 periods of 12 months. The new system must be available for use by the staff of the Pension section from no later than 5 November 2021. Bidders must be able to provide a standard off the shelf Firefighter Pensions Administration System to enable them to tender for this procurement.
Lot Information
Lot 1
West Midlands Fire Service provides Firefighter Pension administration services in house through a dedicated team of three full time staff under the leadership of the Payroll and Pensions Manager. Services are provided to a total membership of 4,439 members. The system is currently used by three members of the Pension section plus the Payroll and Pensions manager on a day to basis. It also provides a view only access to three staff members in the in-house Payroll team. The software for the current system is licenced to the Authority and runs on the Authority's internal hardware. The preferred organisational approach is to move to Software as a Service for all systems. As part of the tender response Bidders are to indicate if and how they could meet this approach or whether they would recommend an alternative method of delivery. This tender is for licences and support of a Firefighter Pensions Administration System for a period of 5 years with options to extend for a further 5 periods of 12 months. The new system must be available for use by the staff of the Pension section from no later than 5 November 2021. Bidders must be able to provide a standard off the shelf Firefighter Pensions Administration System to enable them to tender for this procurement.
Options: One pricing schedule must be submitted for a system run on the Authority's hardware and a second pricing schedule is required for a hosted solution. The contract is award for 5 years with options to extend for a further 5 years
Renewal: Contract will be re-tendered prior to end date
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-029645
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020030-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package
72261000 - Software support services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £920,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £920,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £912,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Aug 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Mar 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 8 Jul 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- 5 Nov 2021 - 4 Nov 2026 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- 9 years
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEST MIDLANDS FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Jacky Perkins
- Contact Email
- jackie.perkins@wmfs.net
- Contact Phone
- +44 1213806176
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B7 4HW
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG31 Birmingham
- Delivery Location
- TLG31 Birmingham
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Nechells
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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