Official UK procurement notice
Middlesbrough College - HR and Payroll System
Authority: Middlesbrough College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMiddlesbrough College – Provision of a HR and Payroll System.
HR and Payroll System required for Line Managers to see High level information, functionality for staff absence, candidate engagement, transformation and analytics. Awarded under Regulation 32 2 (C)
CPV: Time accounting or human resources software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Middlesbrough College – Provision of a HR and Payroll System
Middlesbrough College – Provision of a HR and Payroll System.
HR and Payroll System required for Line Managers to see High level information, functionality for staff absence, candidate engagement, transformation and analytics. Awarded under Regulation 32 2 (C)– Use of Negotiated Procedure without prior publication is being utilised to Direct Award to Access People XD.
The grounds for this award are that the system implementation dates are extremely tight and would not work in line with any procurement timeline, the contracting authority have been forced to obtain a new system due to their current system becoming incompatible.
The new system must have parallel runs in both February and March 2024, which requires the implementation process to begin in October 2023 to meet the timescales. The College considered many other systems with demonstrations with no frameworks offering the required flexibility within their scope.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Oct 2023, 10:03 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Oct 2023, 10:03 BST
- Authority reference
CA13063 -- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-031423- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040ebbFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The College have looked at several systems and have had demonstrations before identifying Access as the ideal supplier for their needs. For this reason and due to time constraints around data transfer for a new system it was agreed that a Direct Award would go to Access People XD. Regulation 32 2 (C) The new system must have parallel runs Feb & March 2024 and required it to be installed by Oct 23
Publisher note: Section II.3) – dates refer to the initial contract period and do not include the options of any extensions. Section IV.3.5) – any dates shown are an estimate. In the first instance, candidates should register with www.multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract, full details of the contract will be available. The Contracting Authority shall not be under any obligation to accept any tender. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel the entire or parts of the tender, without such an action conferring any right to compensation on the Tenderers. The Contracting Authority has no liability to settle any cost incurred by the tenderer as a result of the tendering procedure.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access UK Ltd | £669,229 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Middlesbrough College - HR and Payroll System · Access UK Ltd
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2023
- Value
- £669,229
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Tenet Education ServicesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Access GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.