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title: "FINANCE, PAYROLL & PURCHASING SYSTEM"
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# FINANCE, PAYROLL & PURCHASING SYSTEM

Buyer: BLACKPOOL AND THE FYLDE COLLEGE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ab9e92d3-e17d-41bc-aba4-00c1591fc282

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## Summary

Blackpool and The Fylde College is inviting tenders for the procurement of a Finance, Payroll & Purchasing System. The contract falls under the services category with a value of £750,000 GBP. The procurement method is selective, with a contract period starting on 10th October 2023 and ending on 9th October 2028. The tender deadline is 4th August 2023, and the award was made on 24th October 2023. The main point of contact for this procurement is Paul Lindley at procurement@blackpool.ac.uk.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialised in business transaction and personal business software packages. Companies offering cloud-based solutions with strong workflow capabilities, cross-functional integration, and support services are well-suited to compete. Blackpool and The Fylde College seeks a single modular system for finance, payroll, and procurement functions tailored to their specific needs. Interested parties are encouraged to register on B&FC's Intend Portal and express their interest via email.

## Notice

B&FC employs around 1,000 staff. and runs separate on-premises HR (Zellis) and Financial (Advanced Business Solutions) systems the ideal solution would be a single modular system for all these functions. 18 Finance/Payroll/Procurement power users, 9 HCM Power Users and, 1200 users of the employee self-serve portal/app. Non-Functional Requirements Ideally in use at several peer, reference organisations Cloud/Hybrid cloud deployment Cross-Functional Requirements Out of the Box workflows for common processes such as new suppliers, payment requests, manual sales/credit notes, journal and user access requests, new employee requests. Low/No Code workflow development capability Case management and case work-loading Tight modular integration between Finance, Payroll and HR. Fully functional and easy to use Employee Self Service portal for desktop and mobile. Flexible Reporting and dashboards and/or a data warehouse to act as a PowerBI data-source provided. Automated insights to highlight anomalies/trends and key areas for improvement. Integration into a digital signature platform such as Adobe Sign. Online knowledge base or integrated help and advice. Delegation authority based on rules and absence. Finance Functional Summary OCR data collation from source documents Auto invoice/receipt matching Debt Management function inc. debt dashboard, letter/email templates, credit limit prompts, contact notes and diary reminders Cashflow forecasting and key metric calculation Bank account data integration Integrated Tax reporting inc. partial exemption. MTD compliant outputs Financial Planning - Budget and forecasting Contract/Supplier Management and reporting Seamless P2P/eProcurement Payroll/HR Functional Summary The functions below are indicative of the scope of the solution B&FC seeks to acquire. Talent Acquisition (Recruitment, Selection, On-Boarding) Talent Management Performance Management Attendance Management Organisation Management with succession planning and easy to maintain hierarchy, with post-to-post transfer, (employees must be able to hold more than one post concurrently.) Learning Management System Technical Functional Summary All systems must support Azure AD-based SSO for authentication and user provisioning/de-provisioning HR system must be able to act as the authority for employee user account provisioning/de-provisioning into an IAM system, such as Microsoft Identity Manager Finance system must be able to integrate with our on-prem student information system (Tribal EBS) Browser-based interface for all users is desirable Next Steps If your organisation would like to express an interest please email procurement@blackpool.ac.uk with full contact details. Interested parties can also register on B&FC's Intend Portal in preparation for the live procurement.https://in- tendhost.co.uk/blackpoolandthefylde/aspx/Home .

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/611f6e96-a2e8-48cd-990f-ee1099ef2ec3 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 May 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Aug 2023 |
| Future notice date | 24 Oct 2022 |
| Award date | 23 Oct 2023 |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2023 - 9 Oct 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £750,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,079,362 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BLACKPOOL AND THE FYLDE COLLEGE |
| Locality | BLACKPOOL |
| Post town | Blackpool |
| Postcode | FY2 0HB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD42 Blackpool |
| Local authority | Blackpool |
| Electoral ward | Norbreck |
| Westminster constituency | Blackpool North and Fleetwood |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MOORE INSIGHT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package

## Release History

- 20 May 2024 at 10:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/611f6e96-a2e8-48cd-990f-ee1099ef2ec3
- 29 Jun 2023 at 13:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/db76238c-2bac-4a5d-8e12-e5bac64a9a6e
- 12 Oct 2022 at 10:48 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d17f4f62-25ff-41ee-96a1-ff55549ce1ed
- 12 Oct 2022 at 10:39 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d17f4f62-25ff-41ee-96a1-ff55549ce1ed

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/611f6e96-a2e8-48cd-990f-ee1099ef2ec3
  20th May 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/db76238c-2bac-4a5d-8e12-e5bac64a9a6e
  29th June 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d17f4f62-25ff-41ee-96a1-ff55549ce1ed
  12th October 2022 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.blackpool.ac.uk
- https://in-

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