Official UK procurement notice
HR Online Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe House of Commons and the House of Lords are seeking a HR Online Service that can provide responsive, up-to-date HR and employment law advice, along with practical tools such as model policies, templates, and case law insights. The service should support workforce planning through data-driven HR intelligence and offer a robust pay benchmarking solution with current, impartial data across public and private sectors. The service will primarily serve four teams within the House of Commons and the House of Lords: People Management, Pay and Reward, Members’s and Members’ Staff Services (MMSST), and Lords HR team, supporting employees of both Houses, Members of Parliament, and their staff.
CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Time accounting or human resources software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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 Aug 2025, 10:29 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Aug 2025, 10:29 BST
- Authority reference
GSV4050- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050760- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058c98Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Aug 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published22 Aug 2025, 10:29 BST
- Market engagement2 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Soft market testing for an HR Online Service will be published on Atamis on 22 August 2025. Suppliers will have until 01 September 2025 to respond to the soft market testing document, which consists of six targeted questions designed to help shape the scope and direction of the upcoming procurement. Responses will be used to assess market capabilities, refine requirements, and inform the development of a formal tender, expected to be published in mid-September 2025.
- Tender notice expected15 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts358 days ago3 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 Aug 2025, 10:29 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender