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1329 HR Support Services Framework

Buyer: Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation →

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BuyerYorkshire Purchasing Organisation
StatusClosed
Deadline14 Aug 2026
Value£500,000,000
Published5 Aug 2026

What is being bought

YPO are bringing to market a new national framework for the HR & Professional Services category that will cover areas we do not currently offer services in. We identified four key areas that we wish to incorporate into this framework including, HR Advice and Administration Services, Payroll Management, Vetting and Compliance and Below Threshold Recruitment Requirements. YPO are the sole public sector buying organisation for this procurement, we manage an array of frameworks for a variety of services and products. Public sector organisations utilise our frameworks as a compliant route to market to award contracts which meet their requirements. This framework will divided into lots, reflective of the areas mentioned above and then a lot covering multiple services described. • Lot 1a – Outsourced Payroll Services • Lot 1b - Outsourced Payroll Services for Education • Lot 2a – HR Advice and Administration Services • Lot 2b – HR Advice and Administration Services for Education • Lot 3 – Vetting and Compliance Services • Lot 4a – Combined HR Services (covering Lots 1-3) • Lot 4b – Combined HR Services for Education (covering Lots 1-3) • Lot 5a – Below Threshold Temporary Recruitment • Lot 5b – Below Threshold Permanent Recruitment

Delivery location

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Categories

Time accounting or human resources software package 48450000Administration services 75100000Administrative educational services 75121000Payroll management services 79211110Human resources management consultancy services 79414000Recruitment services 79600000Business organisation services 79996000

Lot details

Outsourced Payroll Services

Lot 1(a) of this Framework shall provide a compliant route to market for all public sector organisations seeking access to a fully managed or partially managed service solution for their outsourced payroll requirements. Delivery shall be available on a national basis.

Statusactive
Value£100,000,000
Contract periodFrom 17 Nov 2026 to 16 Nov 2028

Award criteria
Cost (35%)
Quality (45%)
Social Value/Sustainability (20%)

Outsourced Payroll Services for Education

Lot 1(b) of this Framework shall provide a compliant route to market for the education sector, which includes schools, academies, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and any other educational establishments within the UK, seeking access to a managed or partial service solution for their outsourced payroll requirements. Delivery shall be available on a national basis.

Statusactive
Value£50,000,000
Contract periodFrom 17 Nov 2026 to 16 Nov 2028

Award criteria
Cost (35%)
Quality (45%)
Social Value/Sustainability (20%)

HR Advice and Administration Services

Lot 2(a) of this Framework shall provide a compliant route to market for all public sector organisations seeking access to HR Advice and Administration Services. Delivery shall be available on a national basis.

Statusactive
Value£50,000,000
Contract periodFrom 17 Nov 2026 to 16 Nov 2028

Award criteria
Cost (35%)
Quality (45%)
Social Value/Sustainability (20%)

HR Advice and Administration Services for Education

Lot 2(b) of this Framework shall provide a compliant route to market for the education sector, which includes schools, academies, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and any other educational establishments within the UK, seeking access to HR Advice and Administration Services. Delivery shall be available on a national basis.

Statusactive
Value£50,000,000
Contract periodFrom 17 Nov 2026 to 16 Nov 2028

Award criteria
Cost (35%)
Quality (45%)
Social Value/Sustainability (20%)

Vetting and Compliance Services

Lot 3 of this Framework shall provide a compliant route to market for all public sector organisations seeking access to Vetting and Compliance services from Basic/Enhanced Vetting to Bespoke/Specialist Vetting. Delivery shall be available on a national basis.

Statusactive
Value£50,000,000
Contract periodFrom 17 Nov 2026 to 16 Nov 2028

Award criteria
Cost (35%)
Quality (45%)
Social Value/Sustainability (20%)

Combined HR Services

Lot 4(a) of this Framework shall provide a compliant route to market for the wider public sector  seeking access to a combination of Outsourced Payroll Services, HR Advice and Administration Services and Vetting and Compliance Services. Delivery shall be available on a national basis.

Statusactive
Value£100,000,000
Contract periodFrom 17 Nov 2026 to 16 Nov 2028

Award criteria
Cost (35%)
Quality (45%)
Social Value/Sustainability (20%)

Combined HR Services for Education

Lot 4(b) of this Framework shall provide a compliant route to market for the education sector, which includes schools, academies, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and any other educational establishments within the UK, seeking access to a combination of Outsourced Payroll Services, HR Advice and Administration Services and Vetting and Compliance Services. Delivery shall be available on a national basis. 

Statusactive
Value£50,000,000
Contract periodFrom 17 Nov 2026 to 16 Nov 2028

Award criteria
Cost (35%)
Quality (45%)
Social Value/Sustainability (20%)

Below Threshold Temporary Recruitment

Lot 5(a) of this Framework shall provide a compliant route to market for all public sector organisations for the recruitment of temporary workers for below threshold requirements. Delivery shall be available on a national basis.

Statusactive
Value£25,000,000
Contract periodFrom 17 Nov 2026 to 16 Nov 2028

Award criteria
Cost (35%)
Quality (45%)
Social Value/Sustainability (20%)

Below Threshold Permanent Recruitment

Lot 5b of this Framework shall provide a compliant route to market for all public sector organisations for the recruitment of permanent workers for below threshold requirements. Delivery shall be available on a national basis.

Statusactive
Value£25,000,000
Contract periodFrom 17 Nov 2026 to 16 Nov 2028

Award criteria
Cost (35%)
Quality (45%)
Social Value/Sustainability (20%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Payroll management servicesNot published
1bPayroll management servicesNot published
2aAdministration services, Human resources management consultancy servicesNot published
2bAdministrative educational services, Human resources management consultancy servicesNot published
3Recruitment servicesNot published
4aBusiness organisation services, Time accounting or human resources software package, Payroll management services, Administration services, Human resources management consultancy servicesNot published
4bBusiness organisation services, Administration services, Time accounting or human resources software package, Payroll management services, Human resources management consultancy servicesNot published
5aRecruitment servicesNot published
5bRecruitment servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Time accounting or human resources software package (48450000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 484,9831 median · 9 average (1,785 of 4,983 with a bid count)1.7 average (2,046 of 4,983 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer9Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,3051 median · 21.5 average (409 of 1,305 with a bid count)2.9 average (478 of 1,305 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)80Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0605fc
Latest release ID073996-2026
Latest release timestampWed Aug 05 2026 08:57:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073996-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-14T14:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-27T14:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-11-04T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailshttps://ypo2.my.site.com/s/Welcome Submissions will only be received through the Atamis portal, please see the ITT for further instructions.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£500,000,000
Tender lots in source9
Tender items in source9
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
5 Aug 2026tenderUpdate073996-2026
21 Jul 2026tenderUpdate068659-2026
21 Jul 2026tenderUpdate068490-2026
14 Jul 2026tender066463-2026
14 Jan 2026planningUpdate003232-2026
14 Jan 2026planning003226-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (6 releases)
5 Aug 2026 · 073996-2026 · tenderUpdate
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21 Jul 2026 · 068659-2026 · tenderUpdate
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21 Jul 2026 · 068490-2026 · tenderUpdate
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14 Jul 2026 · 066463-2026 · tender
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14 Jan 2026 · 003232-2026 · planningUpdate
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14 Jan 2026 · 003226-2026 · planning
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    "value": {
      "amount": 5000000,
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amountGross": 6000000
    },
    "status": "planning",
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
      "scheme": "UKPGA"
    },
    "techniques": {
      "hasFrameworkAgreement": true
    },
    "description": "YPO are bringing to market a new national framework for the HR & Professional Services category that will cover areas we do not currently offer services in. We identified four key areas that we wish to incorporate into this framework including, HR Advice and Administration Services, Payroll Management, Vetting and Compliance and Below Threshold Recruitment Requirements. \nYPO are the sole public sector buying organisation for this procurement, we manage an array of frameworks for a variety of services and products. Public sector organisations utilise our frameworks as a compliant route to market to award contracts which meet their requirements.\nThis framework will divided into five lots, reflective of the areas mentioned above and then a lot covering multiple services described. The current proposed structure is as follows (please note this is an indicative structure and dependant on the responses from this market engagement could be subject to change to ensure market needs are met):\n• Lot 1a – Managed Payroll Services\n• Lot 1b - Managed Payroll Services for Education \n• Lot 2 – HR Advice and Administration Services\n• Lot 3 – Vetting and Compliance Services\n• Lot 4 – Overarching HR Support Solutions (covering Lots 1-3)\n• Lot 5a – Below Threshold Recruitment Temporary\n• Lot 5b – Below Threshold Recruitment Permanent",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2026-04-13T23:59:59+01:00"
    },
    "aboveThreshold": true,
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services"
  },
  "parties": [
    {
      "id": "GB-PPON-PMRV-4748-MNJV",
      "name": "Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ],
      "address": {
        "region": "UKE45",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Wakefield",
        "postalCode": "WF2 0XE",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "41 Industrial Park"
      },
      "details": {
        "classifications": [
          {
            "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Public authority - sub-central government"
          }
        ]
      },
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PMRV-4748-MNJV",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "name": "Sabine Stolwijk",
        "email": "hrsolutions@ypo.co.uk"
      }
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "003226-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003226-2026",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2026-01-14T16:17:09Z"
      }
    ],
    "milestones": [
      {
        "id": "engagement",
        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2026-02-06T23:59:59Z",
        "description": "YPO are looking to undertake preliminary market engagement with suppliers in the various markets to understand the key elements of the markets and the support a national framework can provide to the Public Sector, and if there is the requirement for these services.\nThe first step of engagement will be conducted through the completion of a questionnaire, whereby YPO are seeking feedback from suppliers regarding the different markets and services we envisage under this solution. We seek to understand the challenges within these markets, relevant pricing models, market trends, social value considerations and more.\nPlease register your interest by contacting us at hrsolutions@ypo.co.uk and we will share a copy of the questionnaire for your review and completion by the deadline 6th February 2026 – 5pm. Please ensure the questionnaire request is made accordingly with the subject heading highlighted below and please specify the lot(s) you wish to complete the questionnaire for – \n‘PME 1329 - HR Support Services Framework’\nShould YPO require additional information from suppliers following the questionnaire responses we will arrange for a follow up session remotely via Microsoft Teams at a convenient time for both parties concerned. \nShould YPO wish to proceed further a formal procurement process will be followed in accordance with YPO’s Contract procedure rules and in line with the Procurement Act 2023. Please note that any information is being sought without prejudice and without commitment. \nFollowing the initial PME stage YPO are intending to advertise this opportunity through Find a Tender in spring 2026 with an estimated contract start date of the 10th August 2026. Please note whilst we strive to ensure all timescales are met the advertising date is indicative and can be subject to change without prior notice."
      }
    ]
  },
  "initiationType": "tender"
}