Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of HR & Payroll Software Services
Notice Description
Market engagement to secure Expressions of Interest to develop a full HR & Payroll software system and procurement strategy. The proposed HR & Payroll system will require a range of functionality as outlined in the brief, organisations capable of providing a suitable system for a busy FE college with approx. 2100 users. are invited to respond to allow for further conversations to be held in accordance with the timetable. All documents are available for free of charge download from the College's appointed system In-Tend Education portal at https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home. This is NOT a tender at this stage. This notice is for engagement only to better understand market developments and how best to design a tender moving forwards to ensure best value for money (including use of frameworks).
Planning Information
Please respond to the Guidance requirements via the Intend portal for consultation. All documents are available for free of charge download from the College's appointed e-tendering system In-Tend Education portal at https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home Note it is not mandatory to participate in this PME. The PME will be used to better understand and refine requirements before a procurement strategy can be developed. Note CCC reserve the right where best value can be achieved to use a compliant framework for later procurement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06704f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033241-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
48217000 - Transaction-processing software package
48422000 - Software package suites
48442000 - Financial systems software package
48450000 - Time accounting or human resources software package
48482000 - Business intelligence software package
48611000 - Database software package
72212442 - Financial systems software development services
72212450 - Time accounting or human resources software development services
72212517 - IT software development services
72261000 - Software support services
72262000 - Software development services
72263000 - Software implementation services
72266000 - Software consultancy services
72268000 - Software supply services
79211110 - Payroll management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,375,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Apr 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jun 20263 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Apr 2027 - 30 Apr 2032 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAPITAL CITY COLLEGE
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 2PD
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Lichfield
- Electoral Ward
- Little Aston & Stonnall
- Westminster Constituency
- Tamworth
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033241-2026
13th April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028144-2026
26th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025748-2026
20th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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