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# HR and Payroll System (5 Year contract)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hr-and-payroll-system-5-year-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-05d6e8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Kent Colleges Group: "HR and Payroll System (5 Year contract)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £425,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.ekcgroup.ac.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [East Kent Colleges Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-kent-colleges-group-urn-130728)
- **Published Value:** £425,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 November 2025 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous services, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ, UKJ44
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £412,560 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 26 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hr-and-payroll-system-5-year-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-05d6e8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d6e8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hr-and-payroll-system-5-year-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-05d6e8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [ekcgroup.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekcgroup.ac.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hr-and-payroll-system-5-year-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-05d6e8#participate

## Description
As a family of six community-based colleges across East Kent, EKC Group's mission is to play a leading role for East Kent in developing the economic and social prosperity of the communities we serve.
The Group's current Human Resources and Payroll system is being phased out by the supplier from 31 March 2026 and this has bought forward a planned procurement exercise for these solutions.
The Group employs over 1500 staff and provides HR and payroll services for our sister EKC Schools Trust, which has 700 employees over 15 schools. We have a wholly owned subsidiary that runs a Hotel which has 41 employees and a Tronc Scheme of 51 employees.
At present the Group has proprietary software for performance management, leave and expenses claims and a third-party recruitment and onboarding system (e-ploy). Whilst these could be maintained this tender includes the potential to include these elements within the overall software supplied.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 98300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £425,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2031

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** HR and Payroll System Provider (2026 - 2031) (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **HEALTHBOXHR LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:16132339`
  - Value: £412,560 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 09/12/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £412,560
  - Signed Date: 23/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F069642-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-24T11:25:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T15:08:58.839Z
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