Official UK procurement notice
Pendle Education Trust - Managed Payroll Services
Authority: Pendle Education Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPendle Educational Trust are seeking proposals from suppliers of managed payroll services to support their requirements across five academies. The service is currently outsourced to a third party supplier. Suppliers are requested to note that this tender is for Payroll Services only with no requirement for HR Services.
CPV: Payroll management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
In 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.
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)
- Added Value: 5%
- Implementation: 15%
- Service Delivery: 45%
- Contract Price: 35%
Published award criteria (4)
- Added Value
- Contract Price
- Implementation
- Service Delivery
- Economic & financial standing
In 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 & professional ability
In 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.
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Jun 2025, 15:57 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Nov 2025, 16:58 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
CA15933- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031630- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0546f1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
11 Jun 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published11 Jun 2025, 15:57 BST
- Clarification questions by7 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent377 days ago10 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published338 days ago17 Nov 2025, 16:58 GMT
- Contract starts204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by203 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Jun 2025- Tender notice published11 Jun 2025, 15:57 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published21 Oct 2025, 16:38 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Oct 2025, 16:38 BST
- Contract details notice published17 Nov 2025, 16:58 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Education Services LtdSME1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months) | £81,581 | 10 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Pendle Education Trust - Managed Payroll Services · Juniper Education Services LtdSME
- Signed
- 17 Nov 2025
- Value
- £97,897
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months)
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 16 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonJuniper Education · East of England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Juniper EducationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender