Industry specific software package

Tender description

WDC is looking for a third party supplier to take over day to day support of the HomeChoice software from the internal ICT team as well as write future planned enhancements. The contract will run for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years on satisfactory performance and mutual agreement. The soft market testing will inform final decisions on the budget but at the moment a guide estimate of up to 25 000 GBP per annum has been made. Pre Market Engagement meetings with potential Providers will take place on 23.5.2017 from 9:00 at Warwick District Council, Riverside House, Milverton Hill, Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 5HZ. If you are interested in attending this event and / or receiving the tender documents and bidding for this work can you kindly register on our E Portal http://www.csw-jets.co.uk/ Warwick District Council (WDC) is seeking software support for its housing allocation service which is branded as ‘HomeChoice’. WDC operates the ‘ActiveH’ housing system (supplied by MIS-AMS Ltd) which provides the housing register (or ‘waiting list’), tenancy management, rent accounting, response repairs, planned maintenance and so on. WDC ICT Services have written a number of additional programs and a website which integrates with ActiveH to implement the WDC housing allocations policy, advertise properties to let and manage the bidding from people on the housing register. A number of registered social landlords (RSLs) work with WDC and so HomeChoice advertises RSL stock as well as council owned property. Alongside HomeChoice, WDC runs garage lettings and performs management moves etc. Each is set up as a separate ‘policy’ within ActiveH. However, only HomeChoice uses additional, WDC written, software. WDC is looking for a third party supplier to take over day to day support of.