REF Expenses system
Swindon - UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES
Planning Published: 23rd June 2025 16:16:19 PM Find a Tender ServiceThe Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the exercise which runs approximately every 7 years to assess the quality of research across all UK universities. The outcomes of the exercise is a quality profile for all assessed disciplines for participating universities. This quality profile is used to calculate the distribution of approx. £2bn of research funding annually. The exercise is run by Research England on behalf of all four UK funding bodies. All submitted research is assessed by panels recruited by the REF project (approx. 1,200 panel members take part). In addition to the assessment, a proportion of panel members are also heavily involved in the production of the policy which underpins the exercise. Over the course of the exercise recruited panel members are paid fees and are eligible to claim expenses for costs relating to their work. An expense management platform is required for the above mentioned reason and must/should offer the below functionality: Requirements 1. An easy to use user experience of uploading receipts and creating expenses of the correct value based on the receipts. 2. The solution must offer a mobile app for users to enable quick claims to be made using smartphone camera apps to upload receipts 3. The solution must offer the OCR feature to enable claim lines to be autopopulated by data contained in the receipt 4. The solution must be WCAG 2.2 compliant for accessibility 5. Supplier must hold Cyber Essentials+ and ISO127001 security certification 6. Must provide secure, encrypted storage and self-service of users' bank details 7. Must be able to store international bank details 8. Must [...]