Notice Information
Notice Title
Pendle Education Trust - Managed Payroll Services
Notice Description
Pendle Educational Trust are seeking proposals from suppliers of managed payroll services to support their requirements across five academies. The service is currently outsourced to a third party supplier. Suppliers are requested to note that this tender is for Payroll Services only with no requirement for HR Services.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Description of options - Include enough information to understand the scope of the options and the circumstances in which they could be used.
Renewal: Description of extensions - Include the circumstances in which they could be used, and provide a breakdown if multiple extensions are possible.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0546f1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074550-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79211110 - Payroll management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £81,580 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- £97,896 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- PENDLE EDUCATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Emma Middleton
- Contact Email
- emma.middleton@thecpc.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01282 440200
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LANCASHIRE
- Postcode
- BB9 7YT
- Post Town
- Blackburn
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD46 East Lancashire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Pendle
- Electoral Ward
- Bradley
- Westminster Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074550-2025
17th November 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067244-2025
21st October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031630-2025
11th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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