Published date: 24 February 2025

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Awarded contract (published 24 February 2025)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£720,000

Procurement reference

MANC001-DN708735-16155370

Published date

24 February 2025

Closing date

13 May 2024

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

31 October 2025

Contract end date

30 October 2029

Contract type

Supply 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?

Yes

Description

Manchester City Council (MCC) wish to procure off-the-shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution(s) for Planning, Building Control, Land Charges and Address Management to provide a modern, mobile, scalable solution which is configurable by the service and can grow and change dynamically as requirements change. The solutions required will meet the requirements of the two lots outlined below.\r
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LOT 1 - Manchester City Council (MCC) wish to procure an off-the-shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution (specifically a vendor-hosted software solution licensed on a subscription basis) for Planning, Building Control and Land Charges, that is accessible, cost effective, flexible, futureproof, simple, scalable and secure, with a clear Development and Upgrade path.\r
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LOT 2 - Manchester City Council (MCC) wish to procure an off-the-shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution (specifically a vendor-hosted software solution licensed on a subscription basis) for Address Management that is accessible, cost effective, flexible, futureproof, simple, scalable and secure, with a clear Development and Upgrade path.\r
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We are seeking to provide a modern, off-the-shelf product currently in use by another Local Authority to enable data to be managed to meet all statutory and legal requirements.\r
Capabilities included are: \r
• maintain data quality, structure and sensitivity, \r
• provide a full range of APIs for standardised data integrations to other systems, run on supported technologies and compatible with all major modern browsers. \r
• Cloud security aligned to NCSC principles, including secure data in transit and at rest and role-based access controls, SAML compatibility to enable single sign on using modern authentication via MCC's preferred authentication platform (currently Azure Active Directory). \r
• Provision of logging and auditing capabilities for user activity and security events, usable, specifically being intuitive, with an accessible design, and quick to learn for users, reliable, specifically with high availability, recoverability and business continuity, flexible and scalable to handle variations in demand. \r
• Supplier provision of full technology support and a service desk, plus service wrapper including assigned account manager and regular service reviews.\r
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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

TC 806 Planning, Land Charges Address Management & Building Control

  • Opportunity
  • Published 11 April 2024

Additional text

The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including standard selection questionnaire, via the on-line portal by 11am on 13th May 2024.

Award information

Awarded date

13 February 2025

Contract start date

1 October 2025

Contract end date

30 September 2030

Total value of contract

£447,653.60

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Arcus Global Limited

Address

CB4 2HY

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Max Woods

Address

Floor 5 (Mount Street Elevation),
Town Hall Extension, Albert Square
Manchester
M60 2LA
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1612345000

Email

maxime.woods@manchester.gov.uk

Website

http://www.manchester.gov.uk