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Payroll Service

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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30 Jul 2026 at 07:33

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Summary of the contracting process

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust procured an outsourced payroll service. The requirement covers payroll management and related personnel and payroll services for the Trust, with delivery across England: the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West. The buying organisation is a public NHS foundation trust based in Manchester. The service is a specialist business process outsourcing requirement rather than the supply of payroll software alone, so relevant suppliers are those able to manage payroll operations for a large, geographically distributed public-sector organisation. The named requirement is “Payroll Service”, and the procurement category is services.

The procurement has been awarded and the tender is complete. The Trust made a direct award against the Countess of Chester Framework Agreement, using a limited procedure without prior publication of a competition notice. The award was made on 9 July 2026 to ELFS Business Services, an SME, for £990,000. One bid was recorded. Evaluation was based on price. The award is active and the associated contract is active. The requirement was arranged as one lot, although that lot is recorded as cancelled; the active award and contract relate to it. The contract includes options described as two additional 12-month periods. A contract duration is therefore structured around an initial period with those potential extensions, but the published information does not provide calendar start or end dates.

This procurement indicates established NHS demand for outsourced payroll management across a wide English geographic footprint. A credible future competitor would need to deliver end-to-end payroll and personnel-payroll services consistently across multiple NHS locations, with the operational capacity to support a large public-sector workforce and maintain reliable service across regions. The award route also shows that access to the relevant framework can be commercially important: this requirement was placed through a direct award against the Countess of Chester Framework Agreement rather than an open competition. Price was the stated award basis, so suppliers would need a competitive and clearly controlled cost model alongside dependable payroll processing, public-sector service delivery and the governance expected by an NHS foundation trust.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Payroll Service

Notice Description

Payroll Service Outsourced

Lot Information

Lot 1

Payroll Service Outsourced

Options: 2 X 12 months

Procurement Information

Direct award against framework.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d716
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071951-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79211110 - Payroll management services

79631000 - Personnel and payroll services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£990,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M25 3BL
Postcode Area
Manchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD37 Greater Manchester North East
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Bury
Electoral Ward
St. Mary's
Westminster Constituency
Bury South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ELFS Business Services

Further Information

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