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Provision of Timber Sales System

Forestry England

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Planning

30 Apr 2021 at 18:25

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Forestry England is currently in the planning stage of a tender process for the provision of a Timber Sales System, a software solution essential for sales, marketing, and business intelligence. This procurement process, valued at £900,000, targets suppliers capable of delivering a web-based closed bid sales system, integrated with Forestry England’s eTimber database. The procurement is taking place in Bristol (UKK11), and the expected date for the next communication regarding this tender is 1st September 2021.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in IT solutions, particularly those with expertise in sales systems, cloud services, and application maintenance. Companies that can demonstrate proficiency with AWS infrastructure and related technologies, such as Oracle and Angular, will be well-positioned to compete. Additionally, there are multiple lots available, including hosting and development services, which could attract a diverse range of businesses looking to expand their offerings in the public sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Timber Sales System

Notice Description

Forestry England is looking to procure a web based closed bid tender Sales system, which must be fully integrated with Forestry England's eTimber database to allow for data transfer between both systems.

Lot Information

Provision of tender sales system

Forestry England is looking to procure a web based closed bid tender Sales system, which must be fully integrated with Forestry England's eTimber database to allow for data transfer between both systems.

Hosting, maintenance and development of eTimber, WMS and LMS systems

The technical requirements we will expect from any potential supplier for Lot 2 are as follows: - Application Management Service, including the hosting, support, maintenance and continual enhancement of Forestry England's eTimber, Larder Management System (LMS) and Wildlife Management System (WMS) applications. - Hosting of all applications is currently provided using AWS cloud infrastructure services, with connections to Forestry England and third party environments facilitating SFTP and web services data exchange interfaces to key systems. - Knowledge of AWS infrastructure, networking, security and RDS database services is essential. - Application technologies in scope include RHEL, Oracle Database, Oracle APEX, Business Objects, Apache Tomcat, Angular, Spring and Jasper Reports. - Support the existing DevOps delivery approach and maintenance of the automated CI/CD pipeline is also required. - On-going development and enhancement of the applications

eTendering System

Forestry England may also consider incorporating the future provision of it's eTendering system into this contract (possibly as a separate Lot).

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ac76
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009477-2021
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

48480000 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package

48490000 - Procurement software package

72267100 - Maintenance of information technology software

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£900,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Apr 20215 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Sep 2021Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Forestry England
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS16 1EJ
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Delivery Location
TLK11 Bristol, City of
Local Authority
South Gloucestershire
Electoral Ward
Stoke Park & Cheswick
Westminster Constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke

Further Information

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