Official UK procurement notice
HR & Payroll Solution · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Warwickshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDirect award for the continued provision of the MHR iTrent HR and Payroll solution and associated services to Warwickshire County Council. The contract will provide continued access to the Council's established HR and payroll platform and associated functionality, supporting the delivery of business-critical payroll processing, workforce administration and wider HR services. The arrangement will maintain operational continuity, system support and service stability throughout the contract period, including during Warwickshire County Council's transition through Local Government Reorganisation. It will also provide an appropriate period within which the Council and successor arrangements can consider and determine future HR and payroll system requirements.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 27 Oct 2026, 14:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2026, 14:21 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101603- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079152Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Warwickshire County Council intends to directly award a contract to the incumbent supplier in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023. The Council is unable to conduct a competitive procurement exercise for this requirement at this time due its involvement in the ongoing Local Government Reorganisation process. The additional time is required to properly scope out the requirement for the replacement
Authority or Authorities. This cannot be completed prior to any decision on the structure of Local Government in Warwickshire and therefore a direct award is required to cover the transition period and allow the new Authority or Authorities to conduct the appropriate procurement exercise.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 Oct 2026 → 5 Nov 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published2h ago27 Oct 2026, 14:21 GMT
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 9 days5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published27 Oct 2026, 14:10 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published27 Oct 2026, 14:21 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MHR International UK Limited16 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2031Options: The contract includes the option to purchase additional or upgraded modules of the software to facilitate the HR & Payroll solution. The contract also includes the option to extend the scope of the software in line with any additional customers that subsequently use Warwickshire County Council or any successor body/ies to provide their HR & payroll solution. The contract also provides for successor arrangements relating to the outcome of the Local Government Reorganisation process that Warwickshire County Council is currently subject to. | £4,000,000 | 27 Oct 2026standstill to 5 Nov 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MHR INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender