Software package and information systems

Tender description

Nottingham City Council and Leicestershire County Council requested tenders for the provision of an integrated Finance, HR and Payroll Software and Maintenance Service. The contract is awarded for duration of 5 years, with a possible extension of up to 10 years in annual (or multiyear) increments, at the Authorities discretion. Based on responses to soft market test conducted via the Prior Information Notice issued on 14.6.2017, ref 2017/S 113-227665, the contract value is estimated to be below 15 000 000 GBP over the total length of the contract (including any extensions), based on the current user profile. A value of 22 500 000 GBP overall was inserted into the OJEU notice to reflect potential increases in users throughout the entire 15 year. Term as a result of EMSS providing HR, payroll and finance services to other bodies as part of this contract. Nottingham City Council and Leicestershire County Council (hereafter “the Authorities”) requested tenders from sufficiently experienced and qualified contractors (either single or multiple) for the provision of integrated Finance, HR and Payroll software and maintenance services. The Authorities requested responses from the market for all potential options for delivery including: ERP or best of breed solutions, cloud or externally hosted etc. Suppliers who were only able to offer one element of the solution (i.e. payroll) were given the opportunity to partner with other suppliers to provide an entire integrated solution for all requirements.