Published date: 24 April 2025

Last edited date: 24 April 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 27 November 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Systems and technical consultancy services - 72220000

  • Systems consultancy services - 72246000

  • Software consultancy services - 72266000

Location of contract

United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, British Oversea Territories, Europe, Rest of the World

Value of contract

£50,000 to £120,000

Procurement reference

c17e2200-6bac-4519-88c5-77c365a26988

Published date

24 April 2025

Closing date

27 November 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

5 May 2025

Contract end date

28 February 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Unit 4 provides the University's finance system. It is used to raise purchase orders, raise sales orders, claim expenses and run various finance reports. It is considered a business-critical application for the University. The University has also purchased the Research Cost Pricing (RCP) Module and Income Manager Module. Both modules, due to high levels of customisation, are not supported in the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) environment. A decision on the replacement for RCP module has not been made. The University does not plan to replace Income Manager, instead it will use the standard functionality within the web version of Unit 4 to perform the same functions as Income Manager.
The UoE requires an implementation partner to support them in their migration to the Unit 4 SaaS solution and the migration of desktop users to the Web. Moving to a SaaS model will be a major transformation, particularly at the University where there are both a high number of customisations and complex integrations.

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Award information

Awarded date

24 April 2025

Contract start date

5 May 2025

Contract end date

28 February 2026

Total value of contract

£114,207.50

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Arribatec UK Ltd

Address

Studio 3, Phoenix Square, 17 Morledge Street, Leicester, LE1 1TA, UK

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Aston Baker

Address

University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park
, ,
Colchester
CO4 3SQ
UNITED KINGDOM

Telephone

01206 872779

Email

ab17001@essex.ac.uk