Official UK procurement notice
T2672 - Provision of software, licensing, maintenance, support and upgrade of Corporate HR and Payroll System
Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council require the continued use of the current Corporate HR & payroll system provided by Zellis Ltd to ensure that operational, regulatory and legislative requirements are met and are managed in an efficient way and employees are correctly paid via the Payroll module.
The contract is for software licensing, maintenance, support and includes moving from an on premise solution to a cloud based solution.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 24 Oct 2025, 17:15 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jan 2026, 17:19 GMT
- Authority reference
T2672- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000473- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d3b6Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
This notice is issued in accordance with Chapter 3 Direct Award, Schedule 5, point 6 of the Procurement Act 2023 to advise of and explain the use of the Direct Award procedure in this instance. The maintenance and support of an existing corporate HR and payroll system for Belfast City Council to include moving from an on premise solution to a cloud based solution will be awarded to Zellis UK Limited to guarantee continued maintenance and support of the existing system. The existing corporate HR and Payroll system is software owned by Zellis UK Limited, Zellis UK Limited are the sole company who can maintain and support the corporate HR and payroll system.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Dec 2025 → 5 Jan 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends303 days ago22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published290 days ago5 Jan 2026, 17:19 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published24 Oct 2025, 17:15 BSTUK5
- Transparency notice published9 Dec 2025, 17:30 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published11 Dec 2025, 10:50 GMTUK6
- Contract details notice published5 Jan 2026, 17:19 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected7 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 24 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zellis UK Ltd1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2029Amended: Original Contract End date was incorrectly entered as 31.01.2028, the Contract end date has been corrected to 31.01.2029. | £1,261,400 | 10 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
T2672 - Provision of software, licensing, maintenance, support and upgrade of Corporate HR and Payroll System · Zellis UK Ltd
- Signed
- 24 Dec 2025
- Value
- £1,261,400
- Period
- 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2029
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Total Contract Value is below £5M.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Zellis UK LimitedAwarded supplier
- Zellis UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
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
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender