Human Resources (HR), Payroll, Finance, Recruitment, Learning Development and Procurement – Soft Market Testing

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: HUMAN RESOURCES (HR), PAYROLL, FINANCE, RECRUITMENT, LEARNING DEVELOPMENT AND PROCUREMENT – SOFT MARKET TESTING
2. Awarding Authority: Cafcass, New Enterprise House, St Helens Street, Derby, GB, DE1 3GY. Tel: 07867656529. Email: jane.bate@cafcass.gov.uk. (Jane Bate)
3. Contract type: Supply contract
4. Description: The Awarding Authority is interested in further enhancing its operations, and as part of this work is focussing on key improvements in the following areas:
HR
Payroll
Recruitment and onboarding
Planning and budgeting
Financial management
Accounts payable
Fixed assets management
Learning, development and talent management
Procurement and contract management
Analytics relating to the above areas
Currently, Cafcass uses a mix of best of bread systems to provide the above functionality, merging data sets where possible to meet business intelligence and system integration needs. The following cloud-hosted SaaS systems are currently in operation at Cafcass:
MHR iTrent
Tableau
VMS Bridge
Advanced (Cloud Financials, Collaborative Planning, Making Tax Digital)
Proactis Procontract
Networx Recruitment
Learning Nexus
Adapt
Experian
Experian Rio
PowerBI
Business Objects
Microsoft Forms
Microsoft PowerApps
Microsoft Power Automate
Contracts for several of the above solutions are approaching end of life and therefore Cafcass are taking this opportunity to understand current market opportunities. The purpose of this soft market test is to gain intelligence on the supply market for our system needs, including timescales and indicative budget.

5. CPV Code(s): 48000000, 48450000
6. NUTS code(s): UKC, UKD, UKJ, UKK, UKH, UKI, UKM, UKF, UKJ, UKE, UKL, UKG, UKC2, UKC22
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Region(s) of supply North West (England)
South East (England)
East Midlands (England)
North East (England)
East of England
London
Yorkshire and the Humber
South West (England)
West Midlands (England)
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Opportunity Id DN712336
CAF409-23Systems
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Expression of interest end date 14.3.2024 (16:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:
12. Other information: Keywords Software, HR, Finance, Procurement
Key dates
Estimated contract dates
Start date 01/04/2025
End date 31/03/2028
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