# 000767 British Library Finance Business System

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The British Library](/buyers/british-library/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £600,000
- Published: 14 September 2017
- Planned start: 22 January 2018
- Planned end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c68c7922-4e78-4caa-a9e0-78f79aa558ae-170698
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-885964ad-c654-428c-ae4d-ea7356ac7457

## Description

The British Library is seeking to procure a cloud based financial management software that will provide scalable functionality for Finance and Procurement as well as meeting a range of technical and non-functional requirements\. The system must: • Provide system access for a minimum of 150 users, based on current usage, however this is expected to increase to maximise the advantages of the new solution\. The current number of employees is in the region of 1,500\. • Include General Ledger, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Budgeting and Forecasting and associated Reporting\. • Include regular upgrades and updates, on-going software maintenance, product defect fixes and regulation compliance updates\. • Provide backups, data storage, security, and disaster recovery\. • Include a solution for archiving and providing access to seven years of rolling historical data from the current system, with the migration of current year and prior year financial data into the live environment\. The scope of this tender, and subsequent contract, will also include the provision of implementation services, business process reengineering in order to redesign core finance processes, and on-going support and maintenance of the implemented system, through either the system provider or approved partner\. Support for the implementation through either the selected system provider or a partner, will be expected to deliver the project to time and cost ensuring staff at the British Library are provided with the key skills to manage the business process workflows in an efficient and effective way post implementation\. Please browse to https://bl\.bravosolution\.co\.uk and click on the Current Opportunities and Notices link for further details on registering on the Library's eTendering portal and replying to the SQ\.

## Related contract awards

- [002092 Security Systems Maintenance](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b45df408-ab15-4620-9f40-3fa7d45502e9): British Library
- [British Library Security Systems Consultant](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a88c17fd-4f24-4cb4-a9f5-d3095c74c093): British Library
- [Supply of Library Management Systems & Associated Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-909ea2ff-4c10-46be-8667-fcbed76924ff): THE BRITISH LIBRARY

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c68c7922-4e78-4caa-a9e0-78f79aa558ae-170698)