PURCON 2084 Corporate Finance System

Concepts

• norwich
• packaged software products
• system
• corporate
• finances
• finance
• programming services
• contract management
• inventory management
• management

Location

NORWICH

Description

The University of East Anglia intend to enter into a contract with Unit4 in respect of the services described below. The proposed contract is term 3 years. The U4ERP (Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning) application is the system used by the entire university for the management of its finances. The application is essential IT infrastructure as it provides accounting functionality which enables budget allocation and management across the whole university.

Total Quantity or Scope

The U4ERP (Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning) application is the system used by the entire university for the management of its finances. The application is essential IT infrastructure as it provides accounting functionality which enables budget allocation and management across the whole university. It is also the system that handles all expense claims (staff & students), procurement, accounts receivable (commercial), accounts payable, estates inventory management, research costing & pricing, general ledger and commitment accounting. Included in the contract is also e-invoicing functionality, together with contract management, and an option to migrate to Unit4's new partner for providing a research costing & pricing platform. The firm also provides support and maintenance under this contract. In addition, UERP will also be hosted by Unit4 in the cloud.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The contract is subject to renewal options after the initial 3 year term.

CPV Codes

• 72210000 - Programming services of packaged software products

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below • U4ERP is the currently used system and is moving into the cloud, due to ending of on-premises support. Explanation: This award is lawful in accordance with the regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) because the competition is absent for technical reasons. The university has used the Unit4 application for over 10 years, and the system is an essential part of the university's infrastructure, such that any down time or system failure would have a detrimental effect on the running of the university. At the present time it would be impossible for the university to procure an alternative economic operator to provide the full range of services within a suitable timeframe and without detrimentally impacting the operations of the university. The application is currently hosted on premises; the support for on premises solutions is ending shortly which requires a SaaS contract.