Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 22 May 2025, 15:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

GFRS Procurement of a Rota Management and Payroll system

Official notice

Authority: Gloucestershire County Council- (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 28 Feb 2031 · starts 1 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

GFRS is seeking information from potential suppliers of rota management and payroll systems, to gather information about products and services. We are conducting this exercise as the service is keen to assess available solutions and better understand the capabilities of potential vendors.

This Request for Information (RFI) seeks information relating to the procurement of a system, or combination, of systems, as detailed below.

-a single employee payments and Duties solution that replaces all systems currently in use by GFRS.

-a combination of modules that provides a payments and Duties solution that replaces all systems currently in use by GFRS.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Scheduling and productivity software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2031 (5 yrs)
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
22 May 2025, 15:48 BST
Last source update
22 May 2025, 15:48 BST
Authority reference
DN774820
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-025169
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportScheduling and productivity software package
Delivery area
South West (UKK13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051ecb Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 May 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 May 2025, 15:48 BST
  2. Market engagement
    6 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    GFRS is seeking information from potential suppliers of rota management and payroll systems, to gather information about products and services. We are conducting this exercise as the service is keen to assess available solutions and better understand the capabilities of potential vendors.

    Expressions of interest and submission of RFI are sought via Procontract - procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

  3. Contract starts241 days ago
    1 Mar 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 May 2025, 15:48 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Gloucestershire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZHT-7473-ZVPN Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester, South West, GL1 2TGContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure