Implementation & Migration Services, Software & Maintenance:

Contract summary

Industry

• Software package and information systems - 48000000

• Business transaction and personal business software package - 48400000

• IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£3,000,000 to £7,500,000

Procurement reference

BLACK001-DN457614-93038147

Published date

25 May 2021

Closing date

9 March 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 September 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2036

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

Blackpool Council is undertaking this procurement process on the supplier portal - The Chest (Proactis). A link to the opportunity is included below. Please direct any questions about this tender via the supplier portal.
Blackpool Council requires implementation and data migration services, software, and ongoing maintenance and support of the software for:
• Lot 1 - HR and Payroll system and
• Lot 2 - Finance Management system (including eProcurement).

The Authority is seeking interest from Suppliers:
• who can demonstrate the required experience, knowledge, skills, capacity, capability and a successful track record for providing the requirements;
• who can develop cost-effective solutions to help the Authority meet its current and future objectives;
• who have open systems, with flexible and open APIs, which enable easy integration between these two systems and any other systems the Council might utilise;
• who can deliver all the Council's requirements within the context of any other commitments; and
• who can provide a solution within the Council's affordability envelope.

The Council is seeking separate bids and is intending to enter into separate contracts with Suppliers for Lot 1 and Lot 2. Each Supplier system must have the ability, through the utilisation of open APIs, to work together to provide a joined-up solution. Suppliers are not precluded from submitting proposals for both lots.
Responses are welcome for all potential options for delivery including cloud or internally hosted but the Councils' preferred solution is one which makes use of open standards to ensure technology works and communicates with other technology and can easily be upgraded and expanded.
Lot 1 - HR & Payroll - Implementation will be required from September 2020 to meet an anticipated Go-Live date of early Spring 2022. Contract Dates - the initial contract term will be 10 years which may (subject to budget and satisfactory performance review) be extended for a further 5 years.
Lot 2 - Finance including eProcurement - Implementation will be required from September 2021 to meet an anticipated Go-Live date of 1st April 2023. Contract Dates - the initial contract term will be 10 years which may (subject to budget and satisfactory performance review) be extended for a further 5 years.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Implementation & Migration Services, Software & Maintenance:

• Opportunity
• Published 6 February 2020

Links

• https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=fac5a977-2641-ea11-80ff-005056b64545
• Tender notice
• Advert

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Award information

Awarded date

15 February 2021

Contract start date

1 March 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2037

Total value of contract

£1,900,000

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

MidlandHR

Technology One UK Limited

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About the buyer

Contact name

Janine Bradley

Address

PO Box 4
Blackpool
FY1 1NA
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1253478756

Email

janine.bradley@blackpool.gov.uk

Website

http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/