Business transaction and personal business software package

Tender description

The University of Nottingham is seeking to replace its extant UK Human Resources (HR), finance, payroll, and procurement systems with modern technology that will enable the University to make a step change in the way it manages its human and financial resources, with knock-on benefits for teaching and research. It will remove the current barriers to 21st century excellent people management practices and create visibility of the strategic information required to support the achievement of University ambitions. The future solution will be Software as a Service (SaaS) based and will provide greater efficiency, usability, and control for the University so that it may better serve its staff, students, and partners. The University of Nottingham is a world class teaching and research institution with campuses in the UK, China, and Malaysia. We are home to tens of thousands of students, academics, and staff. Our vision is to be a University without borders, where we embrace the opportunities presented by a changing world, and where ambitious people and a creative culture will enable us to change the world for the better. The future solution will support: • approximately 250 professional users for HR and finance; • approximately 100 professional users for procurement; • approximately 5 700 full-time and 2 300 part-time staff. We will be undertaking a competition to determine the most economically advantageous tender for the future solution and a partner able to share best practice processes. A competitive dialogue procedure will be employed using a single lot for all requirements with an expectation that a contract will be awarded in Q3 2021. It is anticipated that the contract term will be 10 years. This PIN is being issued to give potential applicants the opportunity to prepare, as required, ahead of a contract notice being published, and a selection questionnaire being made available in January 2021. The procurement outlined herein is subject to internal approvals; this notice should not be taken as a definitive statement of intent. Expected total value: GBP 7.5 million in the first year, followed by an annual charge of GBP 2 million.