Helen Heath
Information Rights
Bedfordshire Police Headquarters,
Woburn Road, Kempston,
Bedford, MK43 9AX
Telephone: 01234 842547
Email
: xxx@xxxxx.xxx.xxxxxx.xx
21st April 2017
Our Ref:
FOI/0381/17
By email only to
: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Dear Mr Gilbert,
REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 Ref No: FOI/0381/17 I write in connection with your request for information received on 20th April 2017, I note you seek access to the following
information:
1)What Finance system do you use for Finance management?
2)What system do you use for Planning and Budgeting?
3)Which vendor/System Integrator (SI) implemented your current Finance System?
4)Who is your current Finance system support partner?
5)When is the contract for the current Finance System expiring?
6)Are you planning to renew your current finance System or tender for a new system upon expiry?
7)If tender, when are you planning to publish for a tender?
8)Which framework do you use for procurement?
9)Are you planning to join a Shared Service in the next 1-2 years?
10)Are you planning to collaborate/join with another Police Force in the next 1-2 years?
I am required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act) to handle all requests in a manner that is blind to the
identity of the requestor. Any information released in response to a request is regarded as being published and therefore,
in the public domain without caveat.
Following enquiries within the Constabulary please find the response to your query below.
1) Currently SAGE Line 50, moving to Advanced E-fin in next 6 months.
2) Advanced E-fin
3) K3FDS (Sage) Advanced (E-fin)
4) K3FDS (Sage)
5) 30/09/2017 (Sage)
6) We have awarded a contract for a new Finance System with Advanced – Efin, contracted to 2021 through a
tender in 2015.
7) N/A
8) For the award of contract to Advanced we used RM1042
9) & 10) Not at this stage, however Hertfordshire have long standing collaboration arrangements with Bedfordshire and
Cambridgeshire.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter please do not hesitate to contact me quoting the above
reference number.
Yours sincerely
Helen Heath
Information Rights Practitioner
Hertfordshire Constabulary provides you the right to request an independent review of this response under its review procedure. If you
require such a review you must notify us within two months from the date of this letter. After lodging a complaint with Hertfordshire
Constabulary if you are still dissatisfied with the decision you may make an application to the Information Commissioner. For information
on how to make a complaint please visit their website at
https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or contact then on 0303 123 1113.