Contract notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 30/10/2020

Expire date: 30/11/2020

External Reference: 2020-555884

TED Reference: 2020/S 213-523087

Contract notice

Contract notice

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Jisc
56579
4 Portwall Lane
Bristol
BS1 6NB
UK
Contact person: Tony Claxton
Telephone: +44 1235822230
Internet address(es):
I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:  
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=35167&B=JISC
Additional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:  
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
to the abovementioned address
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Other type:  National Education and Research Network Provider
I.5)

Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Jisc D365 Finance System Quote to Cash
Reference number:  Proc1285
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72246000  -  Systems consultancy services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The overall goal of the consulting activity resulting from this “Invitation to Tender” is, in conjunction with colleagues using our Salesforce CRM system, to configure the Dynamics system to complete the sell side “Quote to Invoice” process flows that run from end to end across both. We plan to enact this with 5-6 typical Jisc services only during this engagement and then to replicate the onboarding work on the remaining 100+ services ourselves.
We have a further requirement to facilitate the storage and billing of Expense Contracts, both as a standalone capability plus another where we need to ingest detail related to billable network assets and to pay the corresponding suppliers.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72266000  -  Software consultancy services
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Since August 2018 (start of that financial year for Jisc), our accounts system has been a cloud version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Enterprise Edition. Having implemented it with System Integrator Columbus Global Ltd inside 4 months, it is currently running as a minimum viable system; ledgers, banking, credit control but with most sales functionality disabled. We have been primarily relying on transactions using free text invoices on the sell side, and with payment journals to service suppliers. It has later had some custom integrations added to act as a pricing and invoicing back end for the Jisc Collections “LSM” License Subscription Manager website. More recently we’ve enabled purchasing functionality on the platform and are in the throes of rolling out basic purchasing and call-off functionality across the company.
The overall goal of the consulting activity resulting from this “Invitation to Tender” is, in conjunction with colleagues using our Salesforce CRM system, to configure the Dynamics system to complete the sell side “Quote to Invoice” process flows that run from end to end across both. We plan to enact this with 5-6 typical Jisc services only during this engagement and then to replicate the onboarding work on the remaining 100+ services ourselves.
We have a further requirement to facilitate the storage and billing of Expense Contracts, both as a standalone capability plus another where we need to ingest detail related to billable network assets and to pay the corresponding suppliers.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 7
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)

Conditions for participation

III.2)

Conditions related to the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.2)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date:  30/11/2020
Local time:  12:00
IV.2.4)

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English
IV.2.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months : 6  (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)

Conditions for opening of tenders

Date:  30/11/2020
Local time:  12:00

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement:  no
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Jisc Services Ltd
4 Portwall Lane
Bristol
BS1 6NB
UK