Notice Information
Notice Title
Ayrshire College Finance System
Notice Description
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (VEAT). Ayrshire College intends to award a contract for it's finance system for 4 years.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (VEAT). Ayrshire College intends to award a contract for it's financial software system for 4 years.
Procurement Information
The College requires to replace its current finance system. The College established a Finance System Implementation Group with the remit to review the various procurement options open to it, noting that there is a balance to be struck between value for money (overall cost of new system) and the technical capacity of the replacement system. Whilst the various procurement options open to the College do provide a route to market, the Group considered that the indicative costs of the proposed suppliers were cost prohibitive given the current financial challenges facing the organisation. The Group also undertook a market testing exercise considering other potential suppliers and their ability to deliver on similar projects. The Group has concluded that when taking into account both value for money, technical specification and ability to deliver on similar projects that Symmetry Ltd will provide the most economically advantageous outcome for the College. The College therefore proposes to award the contract for the supply of the new finance system to Symmetry.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000803587
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP538289
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F25 - Concession Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72261000 - Software support services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £410,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £714,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- AYRSHIRE COLLEGE
- Contact Name
- Alan Ritchie
- Contact Email
- alan.ritchie@ayrshire.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1563523501
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KILMARNOCK
- Postcode
- KA1 3HY
- Post Town
- Kilmarnock
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM9 Southern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
-
- Local Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Electoral Ward
- Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
- Westminster Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL534066
Ayrshire College Finance System - This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (VEAT). Ayrshire College intends to award a contract for it's finance system for 4 years. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP538289
Ayrshire College Finance System - This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (VEAT). Ayrshire College intends to award a contract for it's finance system for 4 years.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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