People and Finance: Business Process and TechnologyTransformation

ALL APPLICATIONS AND CORRESPONDANCE IN RELATION TO THIS OPPORTUNITY MUST BE MADE VIA THE YORTENDER PORTAL AT www.yortender.co.uk. Communications received outside of this portal may not be responded to. Leeds City Council seeks a Supplier that will work with them to transform the way it delivers its core People and Finance Functions of Human Resources (HR), Payroll, Finance and Procure to Pay (P2P), both within the Authority and to external partners and organisations as part of its Traded Services. This must be achieved through the delivery of a Business Change Programme supported by the implementation of Cloud based, fully integrated, People and Finance Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions utilising a post-modern ERP technology strategy. Leeds City Council requires the flexibility to retire and/or replace any number of the various components of the Solution over the lifetime of the contract. The Authority reserves the right to make substantive and relevant changes that relate to the transformation programme, subject to and in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Regulation 72). This will be procured subject to the Public Contract Regulations 2015, and will be a Competitive Dialogue procedure. Any indication of value in this notice or in the public domain is indicative only, and due to the nature of the process it is expected to be subject to change as the dialogue progresses. The Authority is entering a period of unprecedented change. The future scale and shape of the Authority is unknown and will only emerge as the transformation journey unfolds over the coming years. What is certain is that things will be very different. In this reality it is essential that the core business processes of the Authority are as efficient and streamlined as possible and that individual managers and staff have the right tools and information at their fingertips in order to deliver the services of the Authority as effectively as possible. The Core Business Transformation Programme is central to the Authority realising the changes it needs to make whilst ensuring its core business processes are appropriate for supporting a reshaped organisation. The programme seeks to bring about a transformation in the way Human Resources, Finance, P2P and Payroll activities are undertaken. Whilst the Core Business Transformation Programme is predominantly a business change programme it does contain a significant technology refresh element. It is the aim of this procurement to deliver not only the technology to enable changed ways of working but also to deliver a transformed way of working that is flexible enough to support an organisation that is on a change journey that will last well beyond the initial technology implementation timeline. It is for the above reasons that the Authority requires new systems and business processes to be operational and embedded well ahead of 2025. Additional information: Where the successful tenderer is using a company within its supply chain, or an individual consortium member, to deliver the People and Finance Software solution element of the tender the Council reserves the right to enter into a contract directly with that organisation at or around contract award; or for that element to be novated during the life of the contract (including any extensions).