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HR and Managed Payroll Solution

Buyer: Cairn Housing Association →

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BuyerCairn Housing Association
StatusClosed
Deadline14 Aug 2026
ValueValue not published
Published1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

HR system for housing association with 250 employees, plus MANAGED payroll system for same.

Delivery location

UKM75

Categories

Time accounting or human resources software package 48450000Data management services 72322000Human resources management consultancy services 79414000Time accounting or human resources software development services 72212450

Lot details

Lot 1

Open Tender via the Public Contracts Scotland platform

Statusactive

Award criteria
Accessibility & Self Service — 10
Recruitment — 10
Onboarding, Migration & Long Term Support — 10
Payroll Quality Assurance — 10
Business Efficiency — 10
Product Demonstrations — 20
price — 30

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Human resources management consultancy services, Data management services, Time accounting or human resources software packageNot 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 482,5441 median · 6.1 average (774 of 2,544 with a bid count)1.4 average (838 of 2,544 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKM75221 median · 3.4 average (13 of 22 with a bid count)1.1 average (15 of 22 with named award suppliers)Not 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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriasuitability
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

  • economicSelectionCriteria
  • technicalSelectionCriteria

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06abc5
Latest release ID061681-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 01 2026 11:35:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-14T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2026-08-14T12:30:00+01:00
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Jul 2026tender061681-2026
2 Jun 2026planning052029-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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2 Jun 2026 · 052029-2026 · planning
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