Financial analysis and accounting software package

Tender description

Cambridge City Council (CCC), South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) and Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) are working together in a number of areas to share both front line and back office services. The Councils have identified the need to use a common Financial Management System (FMS) to enable sharing and to maximise cashable and non-cashable benefits. It has therefore been decided to replace all 3 Councils current financial systems with a modern and flexible system common across the 3 Councils. The system selected and implemented will be externally hosted. It will enable and support the Councils' transformation through the provision of self-service functionality and intuitive enquiry and reporting capabilities. As such, it will be a key driver of change. The project will be split into 2 phases: Phase 1 — Supply, configuration, implementation, testing and ‘go live’/ handover to the Councils of the fully functioning system. The ‘go live’/ handover dates for each Council may be different. Phase 2 (effective from the ‘Go Live’ date) — Ongoing hosting, support and maintenance of the system. This Invitation to tender (ITT) is for all 3 Councils who are collaborating together on this procurement project with Cambridge City Council acting as procurement lead authority. Once the preferred tenderer is selected the Councils will award 1 contract (jointly signed by the 3 councils) to the successful contractor. This invitation to tender thus represents a lucrative opportunity for bidders and the Councils are looking for commercially attractive solutions that reflect the nature of this opportunity. The support and maintenance period (phase 2) will run for 5 years from the ‘go live’ date of the final Council system going live.