Published date: 12 July 2018

Last edited date: 12 July 2018

This notice was replaced on 27 September 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 27 September 2018)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Industry specific software package - 48100000

  • Database software package - 48611000

  • Database-management system - 48612000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£180,000

Procurement reference

HEREFCC-DN349472-74323038

Published date

12 July 2018

Closing date

20 July 2018

Contract start date

1 December 2018

Contract end date

30 November 2023

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

Herefordshire Council provides a housing advice and housing register service for residents which ensures we are able to meet our statutory responsibilities. A new technical solution is required to support the business lifecycle from self-service housing advice and online applications to providing outcome data and comprehensive reporting capabilities.
This technical solution must enable the council to:
1. Support the choice based lettings processes of those registered providers who are choosing to advertise and allocate properties through their own systems in compliance with the housing allocations policy and associated nominations agreements; and
2. Operate a traditional nominations process with our other registered providers.
It is vital therefore that the council's system is able to send and receive data on a daily basis securely and error free to and from providers' systems.
Herefordshire Council's recently approved housing allocation policy will be implemented simultaneously with the implementation of the re-procured IT solution and historic allocations and applicant data should be transferred to the new system along with current applicant data.
Herefordshire Council is not necessarily looking for a comprehensive housing allocations system, but a system which enables us to meet our statutory duties within this innovative and collaborative process. We therefore do not expect to procure significant elements of functionality which are not relevant to us within this process.


More information

Additional text

Herefordshire Council has published this opportunity on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. To view the tender documentation related to this opportunity you will need to register on the portal, if you are not already register with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity.

To Register with Supplying the Southwest Portal (Procontract) click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser address bar; https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
The close date of this tender has been extended until 12:00 (noon) 20th July 2018.


About the buyer

Contact name

Phillip Clayton

Address

Council Offices
Plough Lane
Hereford
HR4 0LE
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1432383729

Email

phillip.clayton@herefordshire.gov.uk

Website

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk