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Essex Fire & Rescue Service

GB-Witham: Finance Invoice Capture System

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79900000 79990000
Value£53k
Deadline3 Feb 2017
Published27 Feb 2017
RegionEast of England
Timeline
Published 27 Feb 2017ClosedCloses 3 Feb 2017
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£53ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

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The brief

ECFRS employ 718 Whole time and 478 On-Call Firefighters, 32 Control staff and 261 Support staff.

There are 50 ECFRS' fire stations - 12 Whole time, 34 On-Call, 4 Day Crewed, plus one USAR station (Urban Search and Rescue) are sited to offer fire and rescue cover to every community within the county.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service's Finance Department are responsible for procurement, processing of creditor and debtor invoices, petty cash, purchase card transactions, reporting of the statutory accounts Minimum current scanning requirements: Estimated at 24,000 Purchase Invoices, 1,700 Sales Invoices, plus back-up documentation, 1,000 Barclaycard statements, 2,500 BACS remittance advices, 1,000 petty cash claims It has been agreed by Essex Fire Authority that Finance can invest in a new scanning solution that will encompass a number of new features to improve the workflow and accuracy of the department.

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ECFRS employ 718 Whole time and 478

ECFRS employ 718 Whole time and 478 On-Call Firefighters, 32 Control staff and 261 Support staff.

02

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service's Finance

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service's Finance Department are responsible for procurement, processing of creditor and debtor invoices, petty cash, purchase card transactions, reporting of the statutory accounts.

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