Published date: 14 September 2017

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: 16 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial systems software package - 48442000

  • Accounting software package - 48443000

  • Procurement software package - 48490000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£600,000

Procurement reference

tender_153962/619102

Published date

14 September 2017

Closing date

16 October 2017

Contract start date

22 January 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The British Library is seeking to procure a cloud based financial management software that will provide scalable functionality for Finance and Procurement as well as meeting a range of technical and non-functional requirements.

The system must:

• Provide system access for a minimum of 150 users, based on current usage, however this is expected to increase to maximise the advantages of the new solution. The current number of employees is in the region of 1,500.

• Include General Ledger, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Budgeting and Forecasting and associated Reporting.

• Include regular upgrades and updates, on-going software maintenance, product defect fixes and regulation compliance updates.

• Provide backups, data storage, security, and disaster recovery.

• Include a solution for archiving and providing access to seven years of rolling historical data from the current system, with the migration of current year and prior year financial data into the live environment.

The scope of this tender, and subsequent contract, will also include the provision of implementation services, business process reengineering in order to redesign core finance processes, and on-going support and maintenance of the implemented system, through either the system provider or approved partner.

Support for the implementation through either the selected system provider or a partner, will be expected to deliver the project to time and cost ensuring staff at the British Library are provided with the key skills to manage the business process workflows in an efficient and effective way post implementation.

Please browse to https://bl.bravosolution.co.uk and click on the Current Opportunities and Notices link for further details on registering on the Library's eTendering portal and replying to the SQ.


About the buyer

Address

British Library
Wetherby
LS23 7BQ
England

Email

andy.kemp@bl.uk