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Award of UAT Manager

Scottish Government

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05 Sep 2024 at 16:57

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Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government has awarded a contract for the role of Oracle Cloud User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Manager to Harvey Nash Limited. This procurement falls under the services category with a specific focus on IT services, consulting, software development, Internet support, and related fields. The project is based in Scotland, with notable locations being Glasgow and Edinburgh. As part of the award stage, the contract, valued at £170,748, involves overseeing and managing the UAT phase of the ERP implementation process, ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of testing processes. The procurement process, which commenced as a tender and concluded with this award on 5th September 2024, is scheduled to end on 1st March 2025.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses experienced in ERP systems, particularly those specialising in Oracle Cloud Financials and Human Capital Management (HCM) suites. Companies adept in managing comprehensive testing activities, coordinating cross-functional teams, and implementing effective test strategies will find this opportunity beneficial for growth. Additionally, firms proficient in defect management, data requirements identification, and working with system integrators could leverage this contract to showcase their expertise and potentially secure further public procurement projects. The involvement of proactive business users and collaboration with business analysts and third-party partners are critical components, making this a suitable opportunity for businesses robust in testing and ERP integration disciplines.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Award of UAT Manager

Notice Description

The Oracle Cloud User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the UAT phase of the ERP implementation process. A hands on role involves coordinating testing activities, ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of UAT processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve successful ERP system integration.* Responsible for managing the testing of all Oracle Cloud Financials, Period, EPM and HCM (Absence, HR, Onboarding and Recruitment, Payroll, Talent and Performance, Time, and Labour, RBAC, Reporting, Letters...), changes and deployments, end to end (inc. unit testing, integration testing, smoke testing, user acceptance testing, etc).* Working closely with various Delivery Managers, project leads, workstream lead and testing team to ensure delivery to schedule, acting as a point of escalation, and providing regular reporting to the appropriate stakeholders.* Coordinate UAT activities across functional teams P2P, O2C, R2R, EPM, Time and Labour, Talent and Performance, Payroll, Helpdesk, Reporting, Blue Prism Automations, and integrations (Interfaces) Ensuring alignment with project timelines.* Daily Monitoring of test progress, identify issues, and facilitate timely resolution / Defect Management* Identifying test data requirements and ensuring availability including setting up appropriate data where necessary. Working closely with system integrator to ensure testing alignment activities.* Scheduling of testing and resources to meet delivery timescales.* Making recommendations for the continuous development of the test strategy.* Collaborate with business users to gather feedback and ensure their expectations are met.* Design and maintain test catalogues/schedule to ensure the test scripts align with various customer groups and delivery on time.* Providing clear issue feedback with expected versus actual result, steps to recreate, impact and severity assessment, and recommended solutions.* Responsible for ensuring all governance and processes are followed for testing to completion.* Liaison with internal BA's, along with our third-party partners throughout the testing of changes and deployments.* Experienced in end-to-end life cycle of test delivery, across all types of testing.* Ensure test plan readiness to a standard required, concise and can be shared with business end users to execute.* Managed a team of testers, both direct reports and Matrix management* Managed third party partners. Experience of implementing best practice testing

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000756294
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP513687
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
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

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

CPV Codes

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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£170,748 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Sep 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
1 Mar 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 Sep 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Government
Additional Buyers

APUC Limited on behalf of Sabhal Mor Ostaig

Aberdeenshire Council

Atrium Homes

Borders General Hospital

Clyde Gateway URC

Consumer Scotland

Forestry and Land Scotland

Midlothian Council

Moray Council

NHS Ayrshire & Arran

NHS Highland

North Lanarkshire Council

Perth & Kinross Council

Registers of Scotland

Scottish Government- SASA

Scottish Police Authority

South Ayrshire Council

Transport Scotland

University of Dundee

Zero Waste Scotland Ltd

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ABERDEEN
Postcode
G2 8EA
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
48
Supplier Names

AECOM

AMD Contract Services Ltd

ASA Recruitment (Quick Quotes)

Artscape Gardens

AtkinsRealis UK Limited

Balfour Beatty

Bell Group Limited

Central Demolition Ltd

DFFC LTD

Duke Electrical Services Ltd

Everwarm Ltd

FRASER C ROBB LIMITED

GTR Contracts Ltd

Hamilton Sales and Service UK Ltd

Harper Macleod LLP

Harvey Nash Limited

IFF Research Ltd.

Integrated Water Services

Jacobs U.K. Limited

Korero Studio LTD

LDA Design Consulting Ltd

Leith Creative Agency Ltd (T/A Leith Agency)

Lorien Resourcing Ltd

MAM Contracting

Mental Health Innovations (SHOUT 85258)

Momentum 4 Ltd

Optimal Economics

Pat Munro (Alness) Ltd

Perth Radio Taxis Limited

Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust

Pick Everard

Progressive Partnership Ltd.

Pye Tait Consulting

Republic of Media

Resource Futures

Royal Bank of Scotland

SAMS Applied Marine Science Enterprise Limited

SYSTRA LIMITED

Shred Station

Sight and Sound Technology

Smarts

Taylor McKenzie Research & Marketing Ltd

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Venesky Brown Ltd

Waters Limited

WeGo Bus Limited

Xerox (UK) Limited

rov scotland

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