Published date: 2 July 2021

Last edited date: 6 July 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 20 August 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Information technology services - 72222300

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

BIP594061365

Published date

2 July 2021

Closing date

20 August 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

4 October 2021

Contract end date

1 April 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Text to be corrected in the original notice:
Place of text to be modified: Technical and professional ability. List and brief description of selection criteria:
Instead of: 1. You must provide a minimum of 3 examples of public service contracts over the last 3 years which are identical to the requirements that
Muir Group are requesting.
2. The proposed solution must be integrated to Microsoft Azure Active Directory to provide single sign on (SSO) using pass through credentials.
3. The proposed solution should have the capability to be seamlessly integrated, bi-directionally with Muir Group's core business systems through a published set of APIs.
4. The solution must be accessible from any location, across any device type, and accessed through a web browser and not requiring any locally installed client or plugin for the browser.
5. The proposed solution has a responsive design i.e. it will resize the screens to the type of device (Laptop, Smartphone, Tablet) it is using automatically.
6. The solution must be a true SaaS solution and not a privately hosted solution or an on-premise solution.
7. The solution must be fully integrated, from a single provider and use just one backend database.
8. The supplier of the proposed solution must be certified by the software vendor at the highest available level e.g. Gold, Platinum, etc.
Read: 1. You must provide details of up to three contracts, in any combination from either the public or private sector; voluntary, charity or social enterprise (VCSE) that are relevant to our requirements as described in Section 6.1 of the SQQ.
2. The proposed solution must be integrated to Microsoft Azure Active Directory to provide single sign on (SSO) using pass through credentials.
3. The proposed solution should have the capability to be seamlessly integrated, bi-directionally with Muir Group's core business systems through a published set of APIs.
4. The solution must be accessible from any location, across any device type, and accessed through a web browser and not requiring any locally installed client or plugin for the browser.
5. The proposed solution has a responsive design i.e. it will resize the screens to the type of device (Laptop, Smartphone, Tablet) it is using automatically.
6. The solution must be a true SaaS solution and not a privately hosted solution or an on-premise solution.
7. The solution must be fully integrated, from a single provider and use just one backend database.
8. The supplier of the proposed solution must be certified by the software vendor at the highest available level e.g. Gold, Platinum, etc.
Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
The provision of a Software as a Service Finance Solution to include all the required implementation and transf

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About the buyer

Contact name

Jon Drummond

Address

80 Lightfoot Street
Hoole
Chester
CH2 3AL
UK

Telephone

+447722067596

Email

chris.shaw@shawc.co.uk