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Published 29 May 2025, 16:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HR, Payroll & Employee Screening Services

Official notice

Authority: Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Mar 2026from the planned procurement notice

Framework period 8 yrsends 18 Nov 2034 · starts 19 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

CPC will be tendering for the provision of HR, Payroll & Employee Screening Services following the expiry of the current agreement on 20/11/2026, details of which can be found at:

www.thecpc.ac.uk/services/frameworks/… ↗

The Lot structure is likely to remain broadly the same, provisionally along the lines of:

Human Resources Services

Payroll Services

Employee Screening Services

Pension Services

DBS and Related Services

CPV: Human resources management consultancy services · Payroll management services · Personnel and payroll services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Framework period: 8 yrs from 19 Nov 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 8 yrsSME

Contract period: 19 Nov 2026 – 18 Nov 2034 (8 yrs)

Eligibility: SME eligible

79211110 Payroll management services 79414000 Human resources management consultancy services 79631000 Personnel and payroll services

What it takes to win
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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 more

What this means for your bid

“HR, Payroll & Employee Screening Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 29 May 2025, 16:13 BST
Last source update: 29 May 2025, 16:13 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-028576
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Human resources management consultancy servicesPayroll management servicesPersonnel and payroll services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052920 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Appointment period ends: —

Timeline

29 May 2025 → 19 Nov 2026 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
29 May 2025, 16:13 BST
Tender notice expected239 days ago
1 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Today
27 Oct 2026
Contract startsin 22 days
19 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
29 May 2025, 16:13 BST
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Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: 1130461 · GB-PPON: PZPR-8554-XHNX Procurement House, 23 Leslie Hough Way, Salford, North West, M6 6AJContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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