Planning

Market Engagement - Workforce Management Solution

NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE

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Planning

09 Feb 2022 at 14:25

Summary of the contracting process

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) is planning a procurement process for a Workforce Management Solution aimed at enhancing its response maintenance services for approximately 30,000 homes across Northern Ireland. The procurement falls under the IT services category (CPV Code: 72000000) and is currently in the planning stage. Interested suppliers are invited to register their interest by 23rd February 2022 at 15:00, with the future notice date set for 2nd September 2022, and the tender is classified as a service procurement method.

This tender presents significant opportunities for technology and IT service providers specialising in workforce management systems and related software solutions. Businesses that can offer integrated technology options, work order management, and resource planning systems would be particularly well-suited to participate in this procurement process. Engaging with this opportunity could enable businesses to expand their client portfolio while contributing to the enhancement of public housing maintenance services.

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Notice Title

Market Engagement - Workforce Management Solution

Notice Description

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) requires a COTS Workforce Management IT system to support the delivery of its response maintenance service to 30,000 of its 85,000 homes throughout Northern Ireland. This system will need to facilitate the planning, monitoring, control and co-ordination of the tasks and activities required to provide a response maintenance service, and will be used by 300+ NIHE operatives and staff. At this time, we are considering the following options for the system landscape: 1) One system - providing all of the functionality listed below or 2) A core system providing the core requirements integrated with separate systems for the additional requirements. *Please note the NIHE are not seeking to develop a product

Lot Information

Lot 1

The NIHE seeks to engage with suppliers who can offer a Workforce Management IT system to provide all of the following core requirements: *a range of technology options to integrate with the NIHE IT Systems including Web Services , Application API's, file exchange options including secure FTP , XML and CSV *Work order management and tracking (to be used on mobile devices) to include: -Capture of work risk assessments -Recording of stock/ materials used per work order -Record before and after photographs of work order -Schedule of Rate management *Resource Planning and Management to include: -Dynamic scheduling engine -Workforce planning -Task allocation -Staff profiles/ competencies -The ability to record task completion times -Text messaging to customers - Confirmation and evidence of text messaging to tenants to confirm appointments *Mobile Working: -Full workload/diary and detailed work tasks available on and updated directly from secure mobile device -Point of Work Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work -Direct capture of task events/stages (e.g. task assigned time/date, arrived time/date, task complete time/date) and task status aligned with KPIs. -Automatic notification of task variation *Fleet Management, tracking the key information about vehicles and equipment *Full dashboard reporting facility to support reporting against task KPI's, cost reporting against budget, resource availability and efficiency, resource workload, resource timesheets. *Document Management *Electronic survey templates *Asset Management NIHE also has the following additional requirement which could be provided by either the core system or via integration with separate IT systems. This includes: *Stock Management: -The ability for NIHE vans to hold and manage stock for response repairs and record stock history, availability, pricing and distribution. Additional information: If you would like to register your interest, please e-mail patrice.mcmahon@nihe.gov.uk no later than 23rd February 2022 at 15.00 giving your contact details i.e. name,. job title, email address and contact telephone number. Any requests to register interest after this time and date will not be accepted. Please ensure only one representative from your organisation registers interest. NIHE may wish to follow up with a questionnaire and subsequently hold interviews on submitted questionnaires and/or hold demonstrations of products to seek further information. Please note that information associated with this Expression of Interest is subject to change.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-031535
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003738-2022
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
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

48000000 - Software package and information systems

48330000 - Scheduling and productivity software package

48332000 - Scheduling software package

48430000 - Inventory management software package

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72212330 - Scheduling and productivity software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Feb 20224 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Sep 2022Expired
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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
patrice.mcmahon@nihe.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT2 8BP
Post Town
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN Northern Ireland

Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

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