More than two and a half years after it began talking to vendors, a city council in northern England has awarded a contract to Workday for £10.7 million to create a finance and HR system that will replace the ageing Oracle ERP installation.
The four suppliers bidding for the contract had already qualified for a Crown Commercial Service Back Office Software framework worth up to £1.2 billion , after encouraging suppliers to submit expressions of interest in February. With the new software, the Council is expecting to accrue an estimated £1 million digital efficiency saving each year starting from 2026/27.presented to the council's cabinet in December 2021, Oracle EBS has been used by the authority since 2002 and has needed"several key upgrades during this period to ensure it remains compliant which is costly and resource heavy for the authority.
When the council moved to third party support, it was no longer able to upgrade Oracle EBS from the current version, R12."As time goes on there is an increased risk regarding security and compatibility issues," the 2021 document added.for SaaS-based ERP system to replace the Oracle incumbent in a deal set to be worth up to £6 million.