--- title: "HR, Payroll, Finance and Procurement Systems - Soft Market Testing" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-043547" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-043547" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043547.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043547.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "SALFORD CITY COUNCIL" published: "2024-01-29" --- # HR, Payroll, Finance and Procurement Systems - Soft Market Testing Buyer: SALFORD CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043547 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-043547) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043547.json) ## Summary The Salford City Council is planning a procurement process for HR, Payroll, Finance, and Procurement Systems through soft market testing. The council is looking to upgrade its current SAP system and is seeking input from providers through preliminary market consultations. Interested parties must submit completed questionnaires by February 12, 2024, with supplier workshops scheduled for March 2024. This tender opportunity with Salford City Council presents a chance for software package and information systems businesses to showcase ERP solutions, HR and Payroll solutions, and Finance and Procurement solutions. Companies in the software industry, particularly those providing enterprise resource planning services, will find this tender well-suited for business growth and collaboration with a local authority in the United Kingdom. ## Notice Salford City Council (SCC) is considering options in relation to its current Enterprise, Resource, Planning (ERP) system, currently provided by SAP. In preparation for this, it is the intention to hold some soft market testing (preliminary market consultations) workshops to review the current supply market. The same information will be gathered from all providers who wish to participate in the Soft Market testing. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Salford City Council (SCC) is considering options in relation to its current Enterprise, Resource, Planning (ERP) system, currently provided by SAP. In preparation for this, it is the intention to hold some soft market testing (preliminary market consultations) workshops to review the current supply market. The same information will be gathered from all providers who wish to participate in the Soft Market testing. SCC currently uses SAP as its core business solution for Finance, Payroll and Procurement services delivered for the council and external clients. SAP ERP is now approaching end of life and as a result, investment is needed to upgrade our current, on-premise solution to SAP's latest technology. Given the level of investment required the intention of this exercise is to undertake a review of the current market offerings to support Salford City Council in delivering its core business services, whilst take a fresh approach to how these are delivered and to transform how we deliver these services. The purpose of this soft market test is to gain intelligence on the supply market for our system needs, including timescales and indicative budget. SCC will be interested at looking at possible options surrounding: ERP solutions / Best of breed HR and Payroll solutions / Best of breed Finance and Procurement solutions. Interested parties should respond to this advert and return completed questionnaires by 5pm on Monday 12th February 2024. Supplier workshops will be held in March 2024. All information about this early market engagement can be found on The Chest: https://procontract.due-north.com/ SALF001-DN708592-18847602. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002874-2024 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 29 Jan 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Aug 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SALFORD CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | SWINTON | | Post town | Manchester | | Postcode | M27 5AW | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD34 Greater Manchester South West | | Local authority | Salford | | Electoral ward | Swinton & Wardley | | Westminster constituency | Worsley and Eccles | | Delivery location | TLD3 Greater Manchester | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems ## Release History - 29 Jan 2024 at 10:53 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002874-2024 ## Notice URLs - http://www.salford.gov.uk/ - https://procontract.due-north.com/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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