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ClosedStage · preprocurement

DEVON & SOMERSET FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE

Fire Pension Administration & Payroll and Employee Payroll

Business ServicesCPV 79000000
ValueValue not published
Deadline23 Feb 2018
Published8 Feb 2017
RegionSouth West

No value published

Timeline
Published 8 Feb 2017ClosedCloses 23 Feb 2018
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DEVON & SOMERSET FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE's Business Services cycle is past due — it ran about every 12 months across 7 notices, and the door is open now. It may re-tender at any time.

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The brief

The purpose of this questionnaire is to provide suppliers with the opportunity to inform the development and ongoing management of a future procurement for the supply of firefighter pension administration & payroll and the provision of employee payroll.

This is information gathering to assist in informing the output requirements developed by Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service (DSFRS) and decisions about the strategy, scope, structure and nature of the procurement.

This is a collaborative procurement undertaken by Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service in collaboration with Dorset and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service (D&W FRS).

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Services (DWFRS) combined on 1st April 2016 there is a requirement for them to harmonise the Service's Fire Pension Administration & Payroll and Employee Payroll Services.

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service (DSFRS) are in the extension periods of their contract with their current provider, for the provision of Fire Pension Administration & Payroll and Employee Payroll Services.

The Objective of the upcoming tender process is to award a five (5) year contract with 2 potential extensions each of 12 months.

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The purpose of this questionnaire is to provide suppliers with the opportunity to inform the development and ongoing management of a future procurement for the supply of firefighter pension administration & payroll and the provision of employee payroll.

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Stage
preprocurement · Closed
Source
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Buyer ref
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