Official UK procurement notice
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust - Payroll and HR Admin Services
Authority: The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Elliot Foundation Academies Trust is currently out to tender for the provision of Payroll and HR Administration Services.The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months. The contract commencement date is 31 October 2025.
- Recurrence: Further notices will be published in 2027, 2028 or 2029 dependent on the exercising of contract extension options.
CPV: Payroll management services · Personnel and payroll services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£575,000
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 (2)
- All criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 75%
- price: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- All criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 75
- Price: 25
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- Restricted 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · Further notices will be published in 2027, 2028 or 2029 dependent on the exercising of contract extension options.
- First published
- 21 Feb 2025, 09:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2025, 14:25 BST
- Authority reference
MPN-10322- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049527- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e5e5Find a Tender
- Review procedure
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust 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 is entered into The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Mar 2025 → 18 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline24 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected7 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published18 Aug 2025, 14:25 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete18 Aug 2025, 14:25 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capita Business Services LtdPayroll, HR Admin and Associated Services | £623,469 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Payroll, HR Admin and Associated Services · Capita Business Services Ltd
- Signed
- 25 Jul 2025
- Value
- £623,469
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Capita Business Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria