Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-07-14
Buyer: Qualifications Wales
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48442000 | 48443000 | 48450000 | 48812000: Financial information systems
Estimated value: 220000 GBP

Technical requirements: The purpose of this PIN is to initiate engagement with the market for the procurement of finance, expenses and HR software.
Expense management (optional) we wish to explore options for expenses software and whether they are procured as part of the finance software or HR software. We may also choose not to include expenses as part of the procurement
Bi-lingual system — ability for the software to accommodate both Welsh and English languages. We wish to explore this further with interested parties in relation to finance software to establish what is achievable and what might be a mandatory or desirable requirement.
Parties interested in participating in pre-tender engagement with us should email procurement@qualificationswales.org by 31 July 2020 to book a call. Please insert 'Finance' or 'HR software' (or both) in the subject area of the email, state your interest and the names, titles and email addresses of those who will take part from your organisation. Calls will be arranged for August 2020.
Expense management (optional) we wish to explore options for expenses software and whether they are procured as part of the finance software or HR software. We may also choose not to include expenses as part of the procurement
Bilingual system — ability for the software to accommodate both Welsh and English languages. We wish to explore this further with interested parties in relation to HR software to establish what is achievable and what might be an essential or desirable requirement. As a minimum, we require the recruitment module to have bilingual capability
Parties interested in participating in pre-tender engagement with us should email procurement@qualificationswales.org by 31 July 2020 to book a call. Please insert 'Finance' or 'HR software' (or both) in the subject area of the email, state your interest and the names, titles and email addresses of those who will take part from your organisation. Calls will be arranged for August 2020.
The estimate of contract value is based on an initial 4-year period and includes both Finance and HR software however we will be looking to award a longer term contract with extension options after the initial period. We will confirm the length of the contract including extension options and revised estimated value when we publish the contract notice.
Participants in the pre-tender engagement will not be committed to taking part in any subsequent tender exercise.
When we proceed to the formal procurement process, we will publish another notice (anticipated to be September 2020) and we will run the process using the electronic tender system etenderwales(https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk).
Organisations that do not participate in the pre-tender engagement will still be able to participate in any subsequent tender exercise.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=99544


Award value: 220000