United Kingdom-Solihull: Software package and information systems

PROJECT - 00002480

Solihull MBC (SMBC) runs an integrated Oracle e-business system (EBS) underpinning the main business functions of finance, human resources, payroll, customer service and organisational development. The Council also provides elements of these services to some of the Schools and Academies in the borough, its ALMO Solihull Community Housing and other organisations as part of a partnership arrangement. These organisations are listed below.
The principal reporting tool across Oracle EBS is Discoverer (Disco) which has been used for the last 10+ years for ad-hoc, operational and management reporting including statutory returns. Disco is well embedded and understood by SMBC.
The Council has over 3,000 users of the EBS platform. It is estimated around 700 of these access both Disco and in-house reporting tools. This has led to the creation of thousands of active reports. Currently all reports are created with expertise from within the ICT section and released to the service to run with limited parameterisation. This is no longer sustainable moving forward and the replacement solution needs to have the ability for services to build / modify and run their own reports with little or no technical expertise.
The Council is now initially seeking to procure a solution to address these business problems. The priority is to replace the existing reporting tools whilst maintaining business continuity. However the Council is open to opportunities that not only replace Disco and in-house reporting tools (like for like) but to upgrade and move towards an Integrated Data Warehousing solution with other line of business systems where this could be deemed cost effective. The four elements of the requirement are listed in II.2.1).
The following organisations may need access to the new contract
Solihull Schools and Academies
Solihull Community Housing
Birmingham City Schools and Academies: including — Kings Norton Boys School; Colmers Farm School; Walmley Infants School; Walmley Junior School
Solihull Sixth Form College
Heart of England Care Trust
Solihull Care Trust
There may also be a requirement in future for other local authorities and public service organisations within the West Midlands region to utilise the contract.

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UKG3 West Midlands

48000000 - Software package and information systems

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems

72500000 - Computer-related services

48482000 - Business intelligence software package

72260000 - Software-related services

48810000 - Information systems

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Official name: Oracle Corporation UK Limited
Postal address: Thames Valley Park
Town: Reading
Postal code: RG6 1RA
Country: GBR