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title: "NWSLC HR & Payroll Software and Services"
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buyer: "North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College"
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# NWSLC HR & Payroll Software and Services

Buyer: North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077f3b

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## Summary

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College procured HR and payroll software and associated services, including payroll management and time-accounting or human-resources software. The requirement is for the College’s HR and payroll operations, with delivery in the United Kingdom. The buyer is North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College, based in Nuneaton. The procurement covered a single lot and was classified as a services contract. Its stated scope combines software with services rather than a software-only purchase, so relevant suppliers include providers able to support both HR/payroll systems and payroll management.

The procurement is complete and HBHR was selected for the contract. The award was made on 16 September 2026, with an awarded value of £369,744. The contract period runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030, with up to five 12-month extensions allowed, giving a possible end date of 31 March 2035. The College describes the original competition as having been conducted through an open procedure, with competitive evaluation; its account says a required publication failed because of a technical systems error. The resulting award is recorded as a direct award. The College issued assessment summaries to unsuccessful tenderers on 18 September 2026 and planned an eight-working-day standstill after publication of the transparency notice.

For suppliers considering this buyer’s future HR and payroll requirement, the award demonstrates demand for a combined software-and-services solution covering HR, payroll management and time accounting. A credible competitor would need to show that its platform can support the College’s operational HR and payroll needs and that it can deliver the associated payroll services reliably. The selected supplier is HBHR, a large company, indicating that the requirement was met by a supplier with the scale to provide the package. The tender was described as competitively evaluated, and the lot was marked suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. Suppliers of relevant HR or payroll software may therefore be well placed where they can also demonstrate service delivery capacity.

## Notice

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College ('the College') is issuing this UK5 Transparency Notice in respect of the procurement for HR and Payroll Software and Services following completion of a competitive procurement process, conducted under internal reference CA17881. The procurement was commenced through publication of a tender via the Open Procedure on 22nd May 2026 and was conducted in accordance with the requirements applicable to above-threshold procurements. Tender notices were issued for publication to both Find a Tender and ContractsFinder through the College's eSender. Procurement documentation was made available without restriction through the College's eSender portal, enabling unrestricted access to procurement information and tender submission. The College has identified that, although an FO2 notice successfully published to ContractsFinder, the required UK4 notice failed to publish to Find a Tender. Investigation undertaken with the eSender confirmed that the omission arose as a result of a technical systems error and was not the consequence of any intentional action by the College. Although the underlying issue was subsequently rectified, the UK4 notice did not publish in relation to this procurement. The College's procurement process has been conducted competitively, and a robust process has been undertaken, despite the above omission. The procurement was subject to a competitive evaluation process, following which Assessment Summaries were issued to unsuccessful tenderers on 18th September 2026 in accordance with the Procurement Act. The College intends to award the contract to the supplier identified in this notice. This UK5 Transparency Notice is being published to ensure transparency regarding the procedural omission described above and to provide notice of the intended contract award. The College will observe an 8 working day standstill period subsequent to the publication of this Transparency Notice.

### Procurement Information

Please see description above for full justification.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093138-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £369,744 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College |
| Locality | NUNEATON |
| Postcode area | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV11 6BH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG13 Warwickshire CC |
| Local authority | Nuneaton and Bedworth |
| Electoral ward | St Nicolas |
| Westminster constituency | Nuneaton |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HBHR |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 48450000 - Time accounting or human resources software package
- 79211110 - Payroll management services

## Release History

- 2 Oct 2026 at 09:45 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093138-2026
- 2 Oct 2026 at 09:27 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093117-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093138-2026
  2nd October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093117-2026
  2nd October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nwhc.ac.uk/
- https://hbhr.io/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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