Notice Information
Notice Title
HR Administration and Payroll Services to Non Cheque Book Maintained Schools
Notice Description
The Council plans to establish a framework of suppliers who can offer a timely and costeffective Payroll and HR Administration Service to Non-Cheque Book Maintained Schools in Westmorland and Furness Area. There are currently 76 Non-Cheque Book Maintained Schools who may initially plan to use the framework. Please note that the top 3 ranked tenderers will be awarded a place on the framework; however, tenderers that score less than 325 points on the quality marks will be disqualified and rejected. There will be further competitions conducted under the framework and these will be awarded on price alone.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Council plans to establish a framework of suppliers who can offer a timely and costeffective Payroll and HR Administration Service to Non-Cheque Book Maintained Schools in Westmorland and Furness Area. There are currently 76 Non-Cheque Book Maintained Schools who may initially plan to use the framework. Please note that the top 3 ranked tenderers will be awarded a place on the framework; however, tenderers that score less than 325 points on the quality marks will be disqualified and rejected. There will be further competitions conducted under the framework and these will be awarded on price alone.
Renewal: Renewal possible at the end of this 48 month framework contract period.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0513b4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037296-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79631000 - Personnel and payroll services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Maxine Moran, Mrs Alison Henderson
- Contact Email
- alison.henderson@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk, procurement.mailbox.waf@cumbria.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KENDAL
- Postcode
- LA9 4DQ
- Post Town
- Lancaster
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD1 Cumbria
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD14 Westmorland and Furness
- Delivery Location
- TLD1 Cumbria
-
- Local Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Electoral Ward
- Kendal Strickland and Fell
- Westminster Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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