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Published 17 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST
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Lionheart Educational Trust - HR & Payroll Software and Managed Payroll Services
Authority:Lionheart Educational Trust(Public Body)
services
Open procedure
Above threshold
SME suitable
VCSE suitable
Delivery:
UK
Published estimate
£600,000
Submission deadline
26 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT
Clarification Cut-Off
9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Contract duration
3 yrs 1 mo (with extension options)
What is being bought & procurement scope
Procurement Scope & Specification
Executive Summary: Lionheart Educational Trust: "Lionheart Educational Trust - HR & Payroll Software and Managed Payroll Services". Published status: active. Published value: £600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: suppliers.multiquote.com.
Official Requirement Description:
Lionheart Educational Trust is looking for a single supplier for their HR & Payroll Software and Managed Payroll Services requirements.
Lots and requirements (1)
Procurement Structure
- Lot #1Lot 1activeRenewalPublished value£600,000The source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract period:1 Mar 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs 1 mo)Eligibility:SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover benchmark:~£388,657/yrOptions / extension:Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months)Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
- Economic & FinancialIn the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Selection Questionnaire (SQ)must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Technical CapacityIn the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Selection Questionnaire (SQ)must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Economic & FinancialIn the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Selection Questionnaire (SQ)must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Technical CapacityIn the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Selection Questionnaire (SQ)must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
Published award criteria & contract terms
From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 140
Price: 60
Published sub-criteria
- Quality — 70
- Quality — 70
- Price — 30
- Price — 30
Published terms
Contract duration3 yrs 1 mo (with extension options)
Selection criteria are also published on 1 lot — see the lot list above.Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Accounting and auditing services (CPV 7921) in East Midlands — and who usually turns up
Lionheart Educational Trust has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the East Midlands market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →
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How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
This authority
Lionheart Educational Trust
no contract notices in Accounting and auditing services (CPV 7921) in 36 months
Lionheart Educational Trust has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Accounting and auditing services (CPV 7921) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).
The market · authority’s region
East Midlands · Accounting and auditing services (CPV 7921)
contract notices delivered in East Midlands in 36 months: 48 in CPV 7921 (39 contested) · 535 in division 79 (427 contested) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
Bids per lot5CPV 7921 · 36m · n=15 lots
Single-bid lots13%CPV 7921 · 36m · n=15 lots
Award vs estimate1% belowCPV 7921 · 36m · n=6 pairs
Deadline → award70dCPV 7921 · 36m · n=10 notices
SME bidders36%CPV 7921 · 36m · n=4 lots
Winners based in the region53%CPV 7921 · 36m · n=19 awards
robust · n=6 Awards in East Midlands (CPV 7921, n=6 pairs) land a median 1% below: on this notice’s £600,000 that is about £594,600, middle half £525,000–£600,000 (quartiles from East Midlands · CPV 7921). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Method and what to read with care
- Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
- Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
- Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
| Procedure method | Open procedure | Legal basis | UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023 | Procurement category | services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notice status | Open for tender | Procurement threshold | Above threshold (FTS publication) | Regulatory regime | Standard commercial regime |
| Commercial structure | Stand-alone contract (No framework) | Competition type | Competitive procedure | GPA WTO covered | Unspecified in notice |
| Recurring procurement | No (One-off requirement) | First published | 17 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST | Last source update | 17 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST |
| Award evaluation window | Submission end — 1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT | Classification (CPV) | Payroll management services, Personnel and payroll services, Time accounting or human resources software package | ||
| Delivery area | UK | ||||
| Official Registry OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-0774cb | ||||
How to participate & submission route
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Supplier login required
Online submission allowed
Language: EN
Access & Registration note: Free
| Expression of interest (EOI) | — | Tender submission deadline | 26 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT | Clarification deadline | 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission channel | Official e-sourcing portal | Electronic submission | Allowed | Accepted languages | en |
| Participation fee | Free of charge (Open access) | ||||
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
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Timeline
- Procedure published
17 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST - Clarification deadline
9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST - Submission deadline
26 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Awards (0)No award published |
Contracts (0)No contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Notice history
1 lines · 1 source events
- Official notice release published
17 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Lionheart Educational Trust
Contracting authority
Public Body
Official Documents & Specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 17 Sept 2026, 16:33 BST