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Important information for all suppliers who provide goods and/or services to Waltham Forest Council.
Last updated: 8 February 2024
Next review: 8 February 2025
In early September 2023, the Council is upgrading its finance systems and as a current supplier, we are providing you with early information about how this will affect your transactions with the Council in future.
Oracle Cloud will replace SAP, and ProContract, to become our new system for managing our contracts, purchase orders and invoice payments.
The cutover from SAP to Oracle will start in August and is being well-planned to ensure minimum disturbance.
Here are some of the key things you need to know:
There will be a period of downtime which we aim to keep as short as possible in August, meaning invoices will stop being processed for a time whilst the Oracle Cloud system goes live. We will confirm the dates closer to the time but please be assured that we will continue to comply payment times within statutory obligations.
Oracle Cloud provides a major benefit for suppliers to be able to access a self-service portal, via a web browser. This will allow you to:
A subsection of active suppliers will be asked to use the portal when it goes live and if your company is selected, you will receive a separate communication from us about that.
If you have any questions, please email oracle.suppliers@walthamforest.gov.uk