Procurement description
This Contract Award Notice is issued in accordance with Procurement Act 2023 confirming the award of a contract for Provision and Implementation of an Integrated HR, Payroll and Finance System. The procurement was conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 as a Competitive Flexible Procedure.
As part of our programme of change, Tai Tarian is seeking to award a Contract to a Supplier for the Provision and Implementation of an Integrated HR, Payroll and Finance System, to improve our colleague experience.
The scope of this Contract comprises of the implementation of an integrated HR, Payroll and Finance solution that provides a platform that streamlines people management, payroll processing and financial operations into a single seamless system providing a cohesive user experience. The solution must be cloud-based, scalable, secure, and compliant with UK regulations, including GDPR requirements. It must support automation, enable efficient data management, and provide robust reporting and analytics capabilities.
The successful Supplier must demonstrate a strong commitment to delivering a high-quality user interface and user experience. The solution should be intuitive, accessible, and designed with the end user in mind.
A detailed Specification of the requirements is provided in Appendix 1 (Functional and Non-functional Specification of Requirements) and Tenderers must complete Appendix 2 (Price Framework) to confirm the whole-life costs to deliver all the requirements of the Contract.
The key deliverables of the Contract are:
- A robust product development roadmap demonstrating futureproofing and scalability for at least a 5-10 year horizon.
- A strong commitment to delivering a high-quality user interface and user experience. The solution should be intuitive, accessible, and designed with the end user in mind.
- Improved operational efficiency providing a demonstrable return on investment.
- Enhanced employee experience.
- Real-time financial visibility.
- Mobile and self-service portals/apps.
- Real-time dashboards and analytics (e.g. financial performance reports, workforce and payroll dashboards, KPI tracking etc.).
- Implementation, Design, configuration, and deployment of HR, Payroll, and Finance modules, including employee lifecycle management, payroll processing, general ledger and purchase ledger features and financial transaction management.
- Environment management.
- Testing: Test strategy and planning, System Integration Testing (SIT), Functional Acceptance Testing (FAT) and bug fixing throughout (UAT).
- Data migration through a Data Warehouse to target solution, API integrations and compliance with UK statutory requirements (e.g., HMRC, pensions, financial reporting).
- Training and Documentation: user manuals and quick reference guides, technical documentation for support teams, training materials and delivery and knowledge transfer to internal teams.
- Cutover planning and change management support, acceptance into service and post-implementation support including user documentation and helpdesk services.
- Licences to use the proposed system.
Further information is provided in the Invitation to Tender document.