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HR, Payroll and Employee Screening Services 2

Buyer: Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited →

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BuyerCrescent Purchasing Consortium Limited
StatusClosed
Deadline1 Jul 2026
Value£10,000,000
Published26 Jun 2026

What is being bought

For the past few years, CPC has outsourced the contract management of its HR, Payroll and Employee Screening Services framework agreement for various reasons, one of which being capacity internally. We are now looking to bring this framework back in-house and this tender exercise will form the new iteration of the framework. Suppliers must be capable of delivering high-quality, cost-effective HR, Payroll and Employee Screening Services to institutions such as schools, academies, colleges, universities, and educational trusts, as well as local authorities and the wider public sector. CPC will be using the MultiQuote e-Tendering platform to carry out this tender. In order to express your interest in this tender and obtain the tender documents, please register or log in at: https://suppliers.multiquote.com/Page/Login.aspx If you have any issues when using MultiQuote, please contact Elcom Ltd on 020 3920 8054 or email supplier@elcom.com

Delivery location

UK, GB · UK, GB · UK, GB · UK, GB

Categories

Human resources management consultancy services 79414000Recruitment services 79600000Personnel and payroll services 79631000

Lot details

Lot 1 - Human Resource Services

This Lot is for the provision of comprehensive Human Resources (HR) services to support organisations in the effective management, development, and wellbeing of their workforce

Statusactive
Value£2,500,000
Contract periodFrom 21 Nov 2026 to 20 Nov 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — Quality (60%)
Price — Price (40%)

Lot 2 - Payroll Services

This Lot is for the provision of comprehensive payroll services to support organisations in the accurate, timely, and compliant administration of employee remuneration and associated payroll functions.

Statusactive
Value£2,500,000
Contract periodFrom 21 Nov 2026 to 20 Nov 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — Quality (60%)
Price — Price (40%)

Lot 3 - Employee Screening Services

The purpose of this Lot is to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to provide comprehensive employee screening and vetting services to support the recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing employment of staff.

Statusactive
Value£2,500,000
Contract periodFrom 21 Nov 2026 to 20 Nov 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — Quality (60%)
Price — Price (40%)

Lot 4 - DBS Screening Services

The purpose of this Lot is to appoint a suitably qualified and accredited supplier to provide Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) screening services to support the safe recruitment and ongoing employment of staff, workers, volunteers, and contractors

Statusactive
Value£2,500,000
Contract periodFrom 21 Nov 2026 to 20 Nov 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — Quality (60%)
Price — Price (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Human resources management consultancy servicesNot published
2Personnel and payroll servicesNot published
3Recruitment servicesNot published
4Recruitment servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Human resources management consultancy services (79414000); 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 7913,7404 median · 30.9 average (5,804 of 13,740 with a bid count)3.2 average (6,508 of 13,740 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer8Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK3,8104 median · 60.1 average (1,524 of 3,810 with a bid count)5 average (1,810 of 3,810 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5463 median · 12 average (4 of 546 with a bid count)1.8 average (4 of 546 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs

“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 agreementYes
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

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

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06ac30
Latest release ID060415-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jun 26 2026 13:32:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060415-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-07-01T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-06-12T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-11-21T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailsTo access this opportunity, log in to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity. If you are not registered with MultiQuote, please visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com, complete the registration form on the log in page and quote the title and reference of the notice in your registration.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£10,000,000
Tender lots in source4
Tender items in source4
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
26 Jun 2026tenderUpdate060415-2026
3 Jun 2026tender052242-2026

All source data

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

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3 Jun 2026 · 052242-2026 · tender
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