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Published 27 Oct 2026, 14:10 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

HR & Payroll Solution · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Warwickshire County Council (Local council)

Direct award
Awarded value£4,000,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 27 Oct 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to MHR International UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Direct award for the continued provision of the MHR iTrent HR and Payroll solution and associated services to Warwickshire County Council. The contract will provide continued access to the Council's established HR and payroll platform and associated functionality, supporting the delivery of business-critical payroll processing, workforce administration and wider HR services. The arrangement will maintain operational continuity, system support and service stability throughout the contract period, including during Warwickshire County Council's transition through Local Government Reorganisation. It will also provide an appropriate period within which the Council and successor arrangements can consider and determine future HR and payroll system requirements.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 Oct 2026, 14:10 GMT
Last source update
27 Oct 2026, 14:21 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101603
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079152 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

Warwickshire County Council intends to directly award a contract to the incumbent supplier in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023. The Council is unable to conduct a competitive procurement exercise for this requirement at this time due its involvement in the ongoing Local Government Reorganisation process. The additional time is required to properly scope out the requirement for the replacement

Authority or Authorities. This cannot be completed prior to any decision on the structure of Local Government in Warwickshire and therefore a direct award is required to cover the transition period and allow the new Authority or Authorities to conduct the appropriate procurement exercise.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

27 Oct 2026 → 5 Nov 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published1h ago
    27 Oct 2026, 14:21 GMT
  2. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  3. Standstill endsin 9 days
    5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    27 Oct 2026, 14:10 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    27 Oct 2026, 14:21 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £4,000,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MHR International UK Limited16 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2031Options: The contract includes the option to purchase additional or upgraded modules of the software to facilitate the HR & Payroll solution. The contract also includes the option to extend the scope of the software in line with any additional customers that subsequently use Warwickshire County Council or any successor body/ies to provide their HR & payroll solution. The contract also provides for successor arrangements relating to the outcome of the Local Government Reorganisation process that Warwickshire County Council is currently subject to.£4,000,00027 Oct 2026standstill to 5 Nov 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Warwickshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDTN-5446-NMXW Shire Hall, Warwick, West Midlands, CV34 4SAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • MHR INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01852206GB-PPON: PLVH-3271-VZNN MHR Campus, Mere Way, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG11 6JSContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender