TC 806 Planning, Land Charges Address Management & Building Control

Manchester City Council (MCC) wish to procure off-the-shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution(s) for Planning, Building Control, Land Charges and Address Management to provide a modern, mobile, scalable solution which is configurable by the service and can grow and change dynamically as requirements change. The solutions required will meet the requirements of the two lots outlined below.

LOT 1 - Manchester City Council (MCC) wish to procure an off-the-shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution (specifically a vendor-hosted software solution licensed on a subscription basis) for Planning, Building Control and Land Charges, that is accessible, cost effective, flexible, futureproof, simple, scalable and secure, with a clear Development and Upgrade path.

LOT 2 - Manchester City Council (MCC) wish to procure an off-the-shelf Software as a Service (SaaS) solution (specifically a vendor-hosted software solution licensed on a subscription basis) for Address Management that is accessible, cost effective, flexible, futureproof, simple, scalable and secure, with a clear Development and Upgrade path.

We are seeking to provide a modern, off-the-shelf product currently in use by another Local Authority to enable data to be managed to meet all statutory and legal requirements.

Capabilities included are:

• maintain data quality, structure and sensitivity,
• provide a full range of APIs for standardised data integrations to other systems, run on supported technologies and compatible with all major modern browsers.
• Cloud security aligned to NCSC principles, including secure data in transit and at rest and role-based access controls, SAML compatibility to enable single sign on using modern authentication via MCC's preferred authentication platform (currently Azure Active Directory).
• Provision of logging and auditing capabilities for user activity and security events, usable, specifically being intuitive, with an accessible design, and quick to learn for users, reliable, specifically with high availability, recoverability and business continuity, flexible and scalable to handle variations in demand.
• Supplier provision of full technology support and a service desk, plus service wrapper including assigned account manager and regular service reviews.