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1. Nadolig Llawen/ Merry Christmas!
2. Building Arrangements
3. Contact Mailboxes
4. eTender Wales Upgrade
5. Product Manager Updates
6. Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in Telecom – Funding Opportunity
Merry Christmas to all our stakeholders! With the festive season fast approaching please be aware of working arrangements over the Christmas and New Year Period.
We hope you have a wonderful Christmas, enjoy your parties and remember to stay safe!
The Bedwas, Merthyr Tydfil, Aberystwyth, Llandudno Junction and Cathays Park offices will be closed for business on:
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Thursday 24 Dec
- Friday 25 Dec
- Monday 28 Dec
- Friday 01 Jan
During
this time you will be unable to gain access to the facilities. CP2 car parking facilities will also be closed.
Should you have any urgent enquiries over the Christmas period the following mailboxes will be available to contact. Please be aware that staff are limited over this time and responses may take longer than usual.
ePS-
eProcurementService@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Policy- VWPolicy@wales.gsi.gov.uk
The upgrade to the eTenderwales platform is scheduled to ‘go
live’ on 3rd Feb 2016, with all updates now available within your pre-prod
environment allowing early visibility of all enhancements.
The upgrade will include ;
- Enhanced user interface experience designed to improve the user experience, the updated look and feel has been developed in consultation with customers using the latest industry standards.
- Navigation via a new sidebar menu providing a simple, consistent way for users to move directly into different areas of the system - while reducing the number of clicks required for each step.
- To ensure ongoing compliance with evolving web standards BravoSolution have reduced the systems reliance on Java applets. For example, Customers will be able to upload files using ‘drag and drop’ technology and mass downloading files is completed via a ZIP file export
In line with Microsoft’s announcement back on 08/08/2014 that
their support for older browser versions would cease from January 12th 2016
onwards eTenderwales will no longer be compatible with Internet Explorer 8. If
any customers are still operating on old software please contact your Bravo
account manager for advice.
For further information please contact your ValueWales ePS
Lead or email eProcurementService@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Over
the last few weeks Procserve and eProcurement Service have delivered Product
Manager demonstrations at various locations.
Thank you to all those who
attended these events and gave us valuable feedback. We have listened to your
feedback and over the next few weeks a draft delivery plan will be created and
circulated to the Welsh Public Sector organisations for consultation.
The CEF is
a funding instrument run by the European Commission that releases money
(grants or procurements) to Member States to help promote practical
cross-border work in different areas. CEF released the following calls for
proposals for their 2015 funding rounds:
Please use the link below to find out more
about these opportunities or to apply for funding:
https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-europe-facility/cef-telecom/apply-funding
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