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West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority

FIREFIGHTER PENSIONS ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000 72000000 72200000 72260000
Value£920k
Deadline31 Mar 2021
Published25 Feb 2021
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 25 Feb 2021ClosedCloses 31 Mar 2021
Contract value in context
£920ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

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The brief

West Midlands Fire Service provides Firefighter Pension administration services in house through a dedicated team of three full time staff under the leadership of the Payroll and Pensions Manager.

Services are provided to a total membership of 4,439 members.

The system is currently used by three members of the Pension section plus the Payroll and Pensions manager on a day to basis.

It also provides a view only access to three staff members in the in-house Payroll team.

The software for the current system is licenced to the Authority and runs on the Authority's internal hardware.

The preferred organisational approach is to move to Software as a Service for all systems.

As part of the tender response Bidders are to indicate if and how they could meet this approach or whether they would recommend an alternative method of delivery.

This tender is for licences and support of a Firefighter Pensions Administration System for a period of 5 years with options to extend for a further 5 periods of 12 months.

The new system must be available for use by the staff of the Pension section from no later than 5 November 2021.

Bidders must be able to provide a standard off the shelf Firefighter Pensions Administration System to enable them to tender for this procurement.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This tender is for licences and support

This tender is for licences and support of a Firefighter Pensions Administration System for a period of 5 years with options to extend for a further 5 periods of 12 months.

02

The new system must be available

The new system must be available for use by the staff of the Pension section from no later than 5 November 2021.

03

Bidders must be able to provide

Bidders must be able to provide a standard off the shelf Firefighter Pensions Administration System to enable them to tender for this procurement.

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Source & provenance
OCID
41813a44-ce2f-449d-a90d-55c760570a90
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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20210225150027-34952
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