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HR system and payroll bureau services

Buyer: Science Museum Group →

BuyerScience Museum Group
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published17 Oct 2025

What is being bought

The current Science Museum Group (SMG) HR system is end of contract in September 2027 and are therefore planning to go out to tender for the new system in February 2026. In preparation for the tender, we are running this pre-market engagement survey.

Categories

Time accounting or human resources software package 48450000Payroll management services 79211110Personnel and payroll services 79631000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Sept 2027 to 31 Aug 2032

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Time accounting or human resources software package, Payroll management services, Personnel and payroll servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Time accounting or human resources software package (48450000); 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 483,0991 median · 6 average (1,012 of 3,099 with a bid count)1.5 average (1,131 of 3,099 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The Science Museum Group (SMG) is conducting preliminary market engagement to inform the upcoming procurement of HR system and payroll bureau services, scheduled for February 2026. As part of this engagement, we have published an optional Request for Information (RFI) for interested suppliers. The RFI is designed to gather high-level information on market capabilities, service models, and indicative costs to help shape our requirements and ensure a fair and competitive tender process. Suppliers are invited to complete the RFI via an online Microsoft Forms link. Responses are for information only and will not be scored or influence future evaluation. Completion is estimated to take 15-20 minutes. All responses will be reviewed to inform the development of our specification and procurement strategy. RFI link: https://forms.office.com/e/qH5g5nK5s8engagement30 Nov 2025scheduled

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-05cf0e
Latest release ID066406-2025
Latest release timestampFri Oct 17 2025 14:15:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
17 Oct 2025planning066406-2025

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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