Speculative Notice – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which further information may be obtained

2 Contract Details

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Title

Database Development, Management & System Integration

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Description of the goods or services required

Social Care Wales is seeking to appoint a suitably skilled strategic partner to provide support, development and consultancy service for our existing Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM, Marketing and the SCWOnline capabilities as a priority.

We require assurances on bidders ability to work collaboratively with our internal and potential external stakeholders, as such we have identified the following requirements that will be assessed as part of the tender process.

Provide market research to identify what solutions exist that could support the Digital Strategy and identifying integration.

Supporting alignment between business, technology, and support requirements

Standard delivery and release cycles for testing and release (UAT, DEV, Live etc.)

Ensure the right resources are aligned at the right SFIA grades for each tasking.

Ensure alignment across all workstreams.

Maintaining interoperability across all Digital Services

Support the development of future requirements.

Alignment to SCW’s Governance and Accountability

Maintain system availability and resilience, with a priority for maintain Business Continuity across all services

Provision of a multidisciplinary teams for SCWonline with all the skills needed - user  research, design, software eng, delivery etc.

Supporting the transfer of knowledge and skills to the SCW Digital Team and wider teams

Supporting resource development through recognised Graduate Training or work based training schemes.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=134961.

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Notice Coding and Classification

3 Administrative Information

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

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Estimated Start of the Award Procedure

4 Other Information

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Additional Information

Social Care Wales will be holding a supplier engagement teams call on Wednesday 4th October 14.00-15.00.

During this call the project team will outline the upcoming opportunity and be on hand to answer any questions interested suppliers may have. Likewise, the project team may ask questions to the suppliers to better understand the market and help finalise the specification.

In terms for further timeframes, we are hoping to commission this tender in the next month, with contract mobilisation estimated to be April 2024.

If you or your colleagues would like to be added to this engagement call, please email procurement@socialcare.wales with the relevant email addresses and I will ensure the calendar invite is forwarded.

(WA Ref:134961)

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Publication date of this notice