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Buyer: Oxford City Council →

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BuyerOxford City Council
StatusOpen
Deadline22 Sept 2026
Value£1,833,333
Published4 Sept 2026

What is being bought

A cloud-hosted SaaS HR and Payroll solution that supports the Council’s HR, payroll, recruitment, workforce management and employee self service elements, together with all implementation and ongoing support services set out within the Specification.

Delivery location

UKJ14, GB

Categories

Time accounting or human resources software package 48450000Time accounting or human resources software development services 72212450Payroll management services 79211110Personnel and payroll services 79631000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
ValueAED 1,833,333
Contract periodFrom 1 Feb 2027 to 31 Jan 2032

Award criteria
Bidders response to the specification (45%)
Price (40%)
Supplier Demonstration (15%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Time accounting or human resources software package, Time accounting or human resources software development services, Payroll management services, Personnel and payroll 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 486,8361 median · 9.6 average (2,488 of 6,836 with a bid count)1.7 average (2,927 of 6,836 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ14672 median · 4.4 average (38 of 67 with a bid count)1.7 average (40 of 67 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)376Not 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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
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

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The Authority intends to engage with the market in advance of a future procurement for a modern HR and Payroll Management System. The purpose of this Market Engagement is to obtain supplier insight and feedback to help shape the forthcoming procurement strategy, commercial approach and output‑based specification. The Authority seeks supplier input on implementation approaches, data migration, integration with corporate systems, configuration, testing, training, and ongoing SaaS support models, to inform the design of a robust, deliverable and outcome‑focused specification. Participation in this Market Engagement will not form part of any future evaluation process. Oxford City Council is hosting a Market Engagement Day to inform the forthcoming procurement of a new HR and Payroll system, expected to be delivered as a cloud‑based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. The purpose of this market engagement is to: • share the Council's objectives, scope and anticipated requirements; • obtain supplier views on feasibility, innovation, delivery approaches and potential challenges; and • help shape a proportionate, effective and outcome‑focused procurement process. The event will be held at Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford, OX1 1BX, on 24 March 2026 at 10:00am. Agenda • 10:00 - 11:00 - Oxford City Council Presentations • 11:00 - 11:30 - Q&A Session • 11:45 - 13:45 - 1:1 Supplier Meetings (15 minutes each) • 14:00 - Event Close The 1:1 session will provide suppliers with an opportunity to offer insight regarding delivery approaches, implementation considerations, integration capability, innovation, pricing models, and any early risks or dependencies. These sessions are not product demonstrations. Due to capacity limitations, suppliers must register to attend by Wednesday 18 March. Suppliers will also be able to request a 1:1 session. Please note, each supplier should submit one registration, listing all attendees. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=OQ89nyteiE-dQ-k0T5qgLSBzzjlhThRHk5Y7IsYriKJUNUZQODlWNVc4UEVPWkxQV05NVEo4VUQ4Ry4u Participation in this Market Engagement Day does not constitute any commitment to take part in a future procurement, nor does attendance confer any advantage. Any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately, and all interested organisations will be required to respond in line with that formal process. Suppliers who do not attend this Market Engagement Day will still be able to participate in the tender. Information shared during the event will be made available to all bidders at the point the tender documents are published. Suppliers wishing to tender for this or other opportunities should register on the Council's e‑tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/oxfordcc/aspx/Home Local Government Reorganisation Oxford City Council, along with all local authorities in Oxfordshire is involved in the process of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) as set out in the Government's English Devolution White Paper published in December 2024. This sets out an ambition for remaining two-tier areas to be restructured into single-tier unitary authorities. The future shape of unitary local government in Oxfordshire will be decided by Government in the summer. Ahead of that decision, Oxford City Council is working collaboratively with neighbouring councils to compile data on all contracts and will collectively start to consider how these might be consolidated within the new unitary council(s) that will vest in April 2028. Oxford City Council at the point of publishing this Market Engagement Notice can provide details of the current scope of requirements to interested suppliers. It is however anticipated, that during the delivery of the contract, the LGR decision on future structure of local government in Oxfordshire will be made by Government, which will lead to the replacement of Oxford City Council and may impact the delivery and scope of this contract.engagement24 Mar 2026scheduled

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-06554b
Latest release IDocds-h6vhtk-06554b-2026-09-04T13:23:12+01:00
Latest release timestampFri Sep 04 2026 12:23:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079089-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-22T14:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-04T14:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailsVia the Oxford City Council Intend Portal. Bidders who are not currently registered can do so here: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/oxfordcc/aspx/Home
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,833,333
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source4
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
4 Sept 2026tenderUpdate083900-2026
4 Sept 2026tenderUpdate083855-2026
19 Aug 2026tender079089-2026
16 Feb 2026planning013996-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (4 releases)
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4 Sept 2026 · 083855-2026 · tenderUpdate
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19 Aug 2026 · 079089-2026 · tender
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16 Feb 2026 · 013996-2026 · planning
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