Published date: 10 November 2015
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
Software support services - 72261000
Location of contract
ME19 4YT
Value of contract
£0 to £150,000
Procurement reference
A45D-XGL646-A45E-H6ZD98
Published date
10 November 2015
Closing date
25 November 2015
Contract start date
5 January 2016
Contract end date
31 March 2019
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Other:
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Commercial Services is one of the largest trading organisations of its kind in Europe with a turnover in excess of £600 million and employing over 700 people from its base in Kent. Tracing its roots back to 1902, as an education stores department for Kent County Council, Commercial Services has subsequently grown organically to supply an ever-increasing range of best value goods and services to other publicly funded organisations. These include local government, education establishments, the care sector and the emergency services. Connect2Kent is a trading unit of Commercial Services specialising in recruitment, and provides temporary and permanent staff to local government and associated public bodies across the UK. Our shareholder and largest customer is Kent County Council. Connect2Kent currently has 750 candidates and 35 recruitment consultants split, between two trading divisions, Connect2Kent and Connect2Staff. It is predicted that revenue will grow 15% p.a. over the next four years, to £70m by 2019/20. We are upgrading our middleware and back office systems to integrate with BOND, our front office CRM software, and CODA, our ledger system, to automate our processes, improve reporting and controls, and ensuring scalability and future proofing our systems as much as possible. In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, KCS wishes to create a Contract for the supply and delivery of a Pay/ Bill Middleware Solution.
More information
Additional text
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Instructions to Suppliers: This opportunity will be completed electronically via ProContract, a site run
by Due North. Interested organisations should go to
www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk to register and express interest. To express
interest select 'Current Opportunities', from the 'Organisation' drop down box
select 'Commercial Services', click search and select the appropriate
opportunity. Once you have successfully expressed interest via the portal you
will be sent an email directing you to the ProContract site from which you will
be able to access and download the invitation to tender documentation and any
other relevant information. This email should be retained, as it will contain
your direct link to the ProContract portal, for information purposes only the
link is www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf DO NOT USE THIS
LINK NOW.
Tenderers should also note that final submissions must be made via ProContract,
no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path will
result in the tender submission being disregarded.
ALL DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA
THE PROCONTRACT PORTAL FROM THE OUTSET. Please ensure you are able to download
all files immediately after accessing the ProContract portal.
About the buyer
Contact name
Michael Smith
Address
Procurement Services Group
1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill
West Malling
ME19 4YT
UK
Telephone
01622237076
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