The contract will be for an initial 3 year period with options to extend on a yearly basis over the following 2 years.

Kent Police is planning the implementation of a Workforce Management project whereby Kent Police wants to select and implement software that will help to support, automate, and optimise its workforce and support associated business processes. The Workforce Management software will support the scheduling and real time adherence related business processes for both Police Officers and Police Staff. While the software package will replace various legacy systems and ad-hoc tools as these business processes are primarily done

manually. Kent Police's objective is to implement the Workforce Management solution with few if any customizations, i.e.: Out-of-the-box (OTB). The preference is for Kent Police to adopt established industry best practices for the associated business processes as implemented within the software solution selected.

The Workforce Management project will form part of a strategic initiative within Kent Police to improve quality of service through increasing both resource efficiency and availability. Kent Police is therefore searching for the optimal software solution and vendor to work with to implement the project. Kent Police is seeking a Workforce Management application licensed to Kent Police which will be installed and hosted by Kent Police on its servers.

Whilst the initial contract requirement is for The Kent Police & Crime Commissioner the Essex Police & Crime Commissioner may wish to utilise the contract during the term of the contract also and therefore the system offered should be able to accommodate two organisations.

All potential bidders will need to be able to comply with the Kent Police and Essex Police Architecture Guide.