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OpenStage · planning

Forestry Commission

Statutory Plant Health Notices (SPHNS)

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£1.0m
Deadline
Published7 Nov 2024
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
commercial.service@forestryengland.uk
+44 3000674000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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£1.0mtotal contract value
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this tender£0£3.5m

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The brief

The purpose of the tender will be to build a new database solution to administer Statutory Plant Health Notices (SPHN).

The solution will include initially the five big pests and diseases but will need to be scalable to incorporate others in the future.

Our current access database is not fit for purpose – it does not support data capture workflows for all five big pests and diseases.

The SPHN Management solution will be made up of the following components - combination of workflow, geospatial elements, case management, document generation, reporting and dashboard and server capabilities.

Our solution will integrate ESRI and Microsoft components - ESRI components will be developed in house with Inventory, Forecasting and Operational Support (IFOS) - (ArcGIS and Forester products) – we do not need external contractors for this element.

The Microsoft components will be developed with external specialists, and internally with our IT Team who manage our Microsoft tenancy The overall solution and integration will be developed with development and integration specialist contractors.

We therefore want to hear from contractors who have specialist skills and experience in the Microsoft components as well as the integration.

We would like to start by building a prototype to test and validate the design, functionality and overall concept before we go ahead with full-scale development.

We want to work with an external specialist who will develop an early, simplified version of the proposed solution and work with us all the way through to the full solution going live.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The solution will include initially the five

The solution will include initially the five big pests and diseases but will need to be scalable to incorporate others in the future.

02

It does not support data capture workflows

it does not support data capture workflows for all five big pests and diseases.

03

Our solution will integrate ESRI and Microsoft

Our solution will integrate ESRI and Microsoft components.

04

ESRI components will be developed in house

ESRI components will be developed in house with Inventory, Forecasting and Operational Support (IFOS).

05

The Microsoft components will be developed

The Microsoft components will be developed with external specialists, and internally with our IT Team who manage our Microsoft tenancy The overall solution and integration will be developed with development and integration specialist contractors.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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OCID
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Stage
planning · Planning
Source
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Buyer ref
036152-2024
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