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title: "Managed Payroll Services for Multi Academy Trust"
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# Managed Payroll Services for Multi Academy Trust

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-payroll-services-for-multi-academy-trust-ocds-h6vhtk-06f846). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Broad Horizons Education Trust: "Managed Payroll Services for Multi Academy Trust". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £250,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Broad Horizons Education Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/broad-horizons-education-trust-coh-08282834)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Payroll management services, Personnel and payroll services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-payroll-services-for-multi-academy-trust-ocds-h6vhtk-06f846#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06f846`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-payroll-services-for-multi-academy-trust-ocds-h6vhtk-06f846#tl-md)

## Description
Broad Horizons Education Trust is currently exploring options for the future provision of its payroll services commencing in September 2027. The Trust currently has an estimated headcount of 1408 employees across 18 sites/academies, processed on a monthly pay cycle.
The purpose of this Request for Information is to engage with potential suppliers prior to any formal procurement to:
Inform our procurement strategy, scope, and specification.
Gauge market interest, capacity, and capabilities.
Understand standard market pricing models, implementation timelines, and risk mitigation strategies.
The primary objectives of this engagement are to:
Gauge current market interest, capacity, and capabilities across service delivery models 
Seek supplier feedback to refine and finalize the procurement strategy, technical specification, and performance KPIs.
Understand commercial and pricing models.
Inform system integration requirements to ensure a successful go-live for September 2027.
Key operational requirements include:
Full and seamless transition
Full management processing of monthly payrolls.
Comprehensive public sector pension scheme administration, returns, and compliance-specifically Teachers' Pensions Scheme (TPS) and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) 
Pay scales - To be able to cope with Teaching pay scales, support staff pay scale, apprenticeships plus off-scale pay grades where needed
Pay awards and increments To be able to apply pay awards to current staff automatically
For back pay to be automatically calculated
To be able to chose to backdated pay awards to some leavers
To be able to apply increments at different dates for some staff
To be able to apply 'No Increment' for specific contracts
Integration capability with existing HR and Finance systems and simple data input
Integration with MIS - currently Arbor - to provide a 'single source of truth' from which reports and data flows
Access for Employees - To efficiently be able to download payslips, P60s etc.
To efficiently be able to update personal details, including bank account details
Knowledge and experience working with MATs in the education sector.
Please email procurement@bhetrust.co.uk for further details and a questionnaire.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 79211110, 79631000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2027 to 31/08/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F086505-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-11T13:48:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:57:18.148Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06f846