Official UK procurement notice
Payroll, HR and Corporate Services
Authority: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement exercise is conducted to establish the Payroll, HR, and Corporate Services Framework Agreement. It is awarded for 4 years.
CPV: Accounting services · Accounting system · Administration services · Human resources management consultancy services · Payroll management services · Personnel and payroll services · Time accounting or human resources software development services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 5 bids received · 7 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1This Lot provides a wide scope of options ranging from HR Service Solutions designed…Cancelled
This Lot provides a wide scope of options ranging from HR Service Solutions designed for managing organisations work structure & positions, activities, joiners, movers, leavers, people strategy & planning, building workforce intelligence solutions, Analysis & reporting solutions, advisory services by HR professionals, HR Administration, Employee information services, Recruitment & Resourcing, ESR Self-Service Implementation & Support (ESR training, ESR configuration, implementation of manager & employee self-service), Exit Interviews, Health, Wellbeing & Reward /Benefits Services.
Lot #2This Lot provides a wide scope of options ranging from HR Service Solution designed…
This Lot provides a wide scope of options ranging from HR Service Solution designed for managing organisations work structure & positions, activities, joiners, movers, leavers, people strategy & planning, building the workforce intelligence solutions, Analysis & reporting solutions, advisory services by HR professionals, HR Administration, Employee information services, Recruitment & Resourcing, ESR Self-Service Implementation & Support (ESR training, ESR configuration, implementation of manager & employee self-service), Exit Interviews, Health, Wellbeing & Reward / Benefits Services.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS/ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this framework agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, The management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION
This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at
healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk ↗.
Log into the portal with username/password. Click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link.
These are the SQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant SQ/ITT to access the content.
Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page.
This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page.
You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the SQ/ITT Details box.
Follow the on screen instructions to complete the SQ/ITT.
Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page.
If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at
HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at
sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register ↗
and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at [email protected].
Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.
Lot #3This Lot provides a wide scope of options legally compliant to cover the full range of…Cancelled
This Lot provides a wide scope of options legally compliant to cover the full range of Payroll opportunities available on the market for the public sector for ESR users and any other versions that uses implemented systems at the national and international level encompassing fully Managed, Blended, and Bureau Payroll Services.
Lot #4This Lot provides a wide scope of options legally compliant to cover the full range of…Cancelled
This Lot provides a wide scope of options legally compliant to cover the full range of Finance & Accounting Managed Services (generation & dispatch of PO, VAT compliance, electronic workflow processes for invoice, Accounting to Reporting - General Ledger, Payments Management, E-Procurement / Purchasing), Order to Cash (Accounts Receivable, Debt Collection, Cash Management) and Optional Services such as Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting, Fixed Assets and Lease Accountancy, VAT Advisory Services, and Procure To Pay service requirement
Lot #5For Participating Authorities that require more than one Lot, out of Lots 1, 2, and 3…Cancelled
For Participating Authorities that require more than one Lot, out of Lots 1, 2, and 3 and wishes to either direct award or run a competitive exercise for a sole award. Tenderers who can provide as a minimum, all or part of the services under more than one Lot can bid for Lot 4. A Tenderer must be able to provide all of the services of a particular Lot and either all or part of any other services of another Lot(s), to be able to bid for this Lot 4. Further
details on this can be found in the Specification document on this Lot.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 60
- Cost: 30
- price: 100
- Social Value: 10
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality: 60
- Social Value: 10
- Cost: 30
- Price: 100
- Suitability
HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Selection Questionnaire/Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
- Technical & professional ability
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
- Price carries 130 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 13 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Payroll, HR and Corporate Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 17 Oct 2024, 09:59 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Feb 2025, 14:14 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Nov 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004345- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ad29Find a Tender
- Review procedure
HTE will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract may be entered into.
Publisher note: HTE is undertaking central purchasing body activities in carrying out this tender exercise by virtue of its partnership with MSE. Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with MSE, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and all enquiries should be directed to HTE as confirmed in Section 1 above. MSE and not HTE will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this Agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as Agreement users: Public sector classification guide and forward work plan - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) To view the list use the downloadable spreadsheet. This list includes each organisation's successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and associated organisation created due to any organisational changes. This Agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the UK of a health, and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need, and/or any UK based central government authority listed at Annex I of Directive 2014/24/EU, in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organization.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 9 Dec 2024, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 19 Nov 2024, 09:00 GMT
Timeline
19 Nov 2024 → 10 Feb 2025 · 3 dates- Bids opened19 Nov 2024, 09:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Dec 2024, 14:00 GMT
- Notice published10 Feb 2025, 14:14 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Nov 2024- Deadline moved to 9 Dec 2024, 14:00 GMT5 Nov 2024, 11:14 GMT+21 days · was 18 Nov 2024, 17:00 GMT
- Buyer details updated5 Nov 2024, 11:14 GMT
- Status changed to complete10 Feb 2025, 14:14 GMT
- Buyer details updated10 Feb 2025, 14:14 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of expressions of interest · IV.2.2 | 18 Nov 2024 | 9 Dec 2024 | +21 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
HR Service Solution
- Signed
- 24 Jan 2025
- Value
- £450,000,000
- Status
- active
Payroll Management
- Signed
- 24 Jan 2025
- Value
- £750,000,000
- Status
- active
Finance and Accounting and P2P
- Signed
- 24 Jan 2025
- Value
- £300,000,000
- Status
- active
Aggregation of Lot 1 - 3
- Signed
- 24 Jan 2025
- Value
- £1,000,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids | — | — | £300,000,000 – £2,500,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf ofContracting authority
- HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation TrustContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust ("MSE")Review body
- Legal Department, HealthTrust EuropeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
8 commercial parties on the notice- Bright HR Limited (Health Assured)Framework contractor
- Mersey and West Lancashire teaching Hospitals NHS TrustFramework contractor
- NHS Shared Business Services LimitedFramework contractor
- NHS Shared Business Services LimitedFramework contractor
- Payroll Easy Group LimitedFramework contractor
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustFramework contractor
- VE3 Global LtdFramework contractor
- XEPOS LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria