Published date: 15 November 2024

Last edited date: 15 November 2024

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


Closing: 30 September 2024, 11:55am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Industry specific software package - 48100000

  • Compliance software package - 48170000

    • Corporate finance and venture capital services - 66122000

Location of contract

S2 2RL

Value of contract

£150,000

Procurement reference

IT-135-89-TSC-03-TE-2024 - AWARD

Published date

15 November 2024

Closing date

30 September 2024

Closing time

11:55am

Contract start date

12 November 2024

Contract end date

12 November 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The College require a fit for purpose comprehensive and cloud-based Finance System solution. Tenderers should be able to demonstrate that the system has been successfully used in similar sized organisations, ideally in the Further Education sector, and that there is high quality end user support. It is expected that the supplier will be committed to research and development of the system throughout the 3-year contract, to keep pace with technological and financial developments and that upgrades to the system and user-customised screens can take place with minimal disruption.

The key objectives are:

o To implement a secure, robust, reliable, and comprehensive Finance System solution from a single supplier.
o To provide a finance system to interface with the College data management systems (principally Tribal EBS student records, but also iTrent HR Payroll), to facilitate the reporting and analysis of fully informed Management Information.
o To support a cultural change in the management of college finances through the provision of accurate and timely information to staff and managers and the tools and processes to enable effective management and reporting of financial transactions, data, and information to support College strategies and financial performance.
o To improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of information transfer and transactional activity within the College through workflow.
o To facilitate the efficient and accurate recording of financial transactions.
o To facilitate legislative compliance of financial reporting.
o To enable efficient reporting for statutory, funding, and other College returns.
o To enable remote working as appropriate.
o To enable effective document management, reducing financial and environmental costs.

Award information

Awarded date

12 November 2024

Contract start date

12 November 2024

Contract end date

12 November 2027

Total value of contract

£149,995

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

iplicit

Address

124 City Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 2NX

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Tia Eardley

Address

Granville Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S2 2RL
United Kingdom

Telephone

07789333159

Email

tia.eardley@sheffcol.ac.uk