Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 23 Jul 2025, 20:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Human Resources and Recruitment System

Official notice

Authority: The British Museum

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 2 Aug 2031 · up to 2 Aug 2034 with extensions · starts 3 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The British Museum (BM) is reviewing its Human Resources (HR) System and Applicant Tracking System (ATS). An options appraisal is underway to determine the best solution for its needs: whether to pursue a fully integrated system that includes both an HR system and an ATS (under a single contract), or standalone HR and ATS solutions (two separate contracts with potentially different suppliers). We are seeking to understand the ability of suppliers to deliver these options. The selected provider will be required to assist with the transfer of information from existing databases during the implementation process, provide training, and supply comprehensive documentation to ensure seamless integration with current systems.

The HR System shall support the management of various staff types, including full-time, part-time, fixed-term contract (FTC), and zero-hour employees, as well as non-employees such as volunteers, agency workers, and visiting academics.

The ATS shall support all stages of the hiring process, starting from the initial application stage on the British Museum careers site, through to interview scheduling and the final hiring decision. It will also assist the HR team in organising candidate information, scheduling interviews, communicating with applicants, and onboarding selected candidates by providing references and necessary onboarding documentation.

A fuller description of requirements can be obtained from the contact details provided in the engagement process description provided below.

CPV: Time accounting or human resources software development services · Time accounting or human resources software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 3 Aug 2026 – 2 Aug 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 2 Aug 2034 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
23 Jul 2025, 20:11 BST
Last source update
23 Jul 2025, 20:11 BST
Authority reference
BM.25.036
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042549
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Time accounting or human resources software development servicesTime accounting or human resources software package
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0564fd Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Jul 2025 → 3 Aug 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 Jul 2025, 20:11 BST
  2. Market engagement
    15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise is to understand the market's capacity to deliver the options being considered for the renewal of the BM's HR systems. We ask that interested suppliers complete a questionnaire confirming functionalities included in their offerings (both functional and non-functional) as well a high-level pricing. The information received may be used to inform the options appraisal, budgeting and to shape the final specifications and requirements ready for the active tender phase of this procurement.

    If you would like to receive the RFI Pack, please send your main contact details, including your name, email address, and phone number to hrprocurement@britishmuseum.org

    We will send you a copy of the questionnaire in the week commencing the 28th July along with details instructions from this address. Any correspondence relating to the PME including requests for clarification will be managed via that email address, we ask that you do not contact the BM with respect to this PME exercise by any other method.

    The BM may at its discretion choose to contact specific respondents to further discuss elements of their questionnaire responses. These discussions might include emails, phone calls, or in-person/online meetings to seek further information.

    By participating in this PME, suppliers should be aware that there is no guarantee they will be shortlisted for any subsequent procurement process which will be conducted in compliance with The Procurement Act 2023. The BM may at its discretion choose to award the contract via a framework, rather than an Open or Competitive Flexible Procedure, in which case only those suppliers appointed to the selected framework will be able to participate.

  3. Contract starts85 days ago
    3 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Jul 2025, 20:11 BST
    UK2

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

British Museum

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PCDW-8715-VGZT Great Russell Street, London, London, WC1B 3DGContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure