ID 4405531 - DoF - CED – DoF CED Supply, Configuration and Maintenance of Information Control System

***PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT EXCERCISE *** ID 4405531 - DoF - CED Supply, Configuration and Maintenance of Information Control System - Pre-Market Engagement.The Department of Finance, Central Expenditure Division (CED) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract with a Supplier to report NI Public Expenditure. The current contract is due to expire in 22/02/2023. CED operate a financial database, Resource Budgeting Management (RBM) to manage the financial processes and administers Departmental and Supply access to the system when required. To extract meaningful data/information and structured reports from RBM, CED currently use a WebFocus reporting system. The current system is used across the NICS infrastructure to retrieve, analyse and report both to support local processes and for updates to the HMT OSCAR system. These updates to HM Treasury OSCAR demonstrate that the NI budget remains within the control limits as set by Treasury. This is an important legal imperative and cannot be avoided. Please see the Pre-Market Engagement exercise document (inc. questionnaire) for all relevant details. The objectives of this exercise are to:

• gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion,
• provide confidence around viability of concept;
• gain insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions;
• understand risks and issues not previously considered;
• inform the Procurement Strategy; and
• prevent the Department from advertising an unachievable project **PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATION IS 3PM ON MONDAY 10 OCTOBER 2022. ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE MESSAGING FUNCTION on eTendersNI (under reference ID 4405531), BEFORE 3PM ON MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 2022**.