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Published 20 Aug 2026, 15:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HR Payroll legacy system · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)

Direct award
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£345,531published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to SAP (UK) LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Direct award to SAP UK, due to legcay pension data being held on SAP and an auto renewal contract with SAP.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Aug 2026, 15:34 BST
Last source update
20 Aug 2026, 15:34 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079574
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e8df Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Technical reasons due to SAP holding data for pensions, that we could not extract in time to serve notice and hence auto renewed into a one year contract with SAP UK

Review and risk notes
Risks

If we do not serve notice in September the contract will auto renew

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 20 Aug 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    20 Aug 2026, 15:34 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    20 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £345,5311 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
SAP (UK) LIMITED21 Aug 2026 – 31 Dec 2026£345,531 inc. VAT—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leeds City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJYG-6658-PPMY Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 1URContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • SAP UK LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02152073 Clockhouse Place, Bedfont Road, Feltham, London, TW14 8HDContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender