Provision of a Corporate Grants Management System

Tender description

Dublin City Council proposes to award a contract for 3 years, for the provision of a Corporate Grant Management System. Dublin City Council reserves the right to extend this term for a period of up to one year, with a maximum of two such extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authorities obligations at law. Initially, this system will cater for the grant management requirements of the community grants, arts grants, sports grants, local agenda 21 grants and LEO grants sections. In future, it is envisaged that the Grant Management System will be extended to cater for additional types of grant requirements. The system must allow applicants to register, apply for grants, provide key information/documentation electronically, view case status/history. The system must allow grant assessors to assess and approve of grant awards. The system should cater for requesting staged payments and organising payments. The Grants Management system must support internal day-to-day management of the community grants, arts grants, sports grants, local agenda 21 grants and LEO grants schemes. The Corporate Grants Management system must provide an interface to the corporate Oracle Financial Management System to enable automated production of grant payments .The Corporate Grants Management system may include an interface to the national GMIS system to update details of LEO Grants applied for and granted. The Corporate Grants Management system must have the ability to produce standard and ad-hoc reports, using DCC corporate reporting tools. The corporate Grants Management System should have the ability to link to the corporate GIS, to enable the mapping of grant applications and payments across the Dublin area.