Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 1 Oct 2025, 10:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

University of York HR, Payroll & Finance Transformation Technical Implementation Partner

Official notice

Authority: University Of York (Pelican) (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£15,472,0002 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 30 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to KPMG, Workday Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Call-off agreement under CCS framework RM6193 - Software design and implementation services.

The University is undertaking a transformation of its HR, Payroll, Finance and Procurement functions, across people, process, data and technology. The key drivers for undertaking change at this time are systems reaching the end of licence or support, systems and data constraining organisational agility and labour intensive ways of working. The University intends to embrace an 'adopt not adapt' principle to optimise the use of new technologies to support standardisation, simplification and operational efficiencies.

The University is seeking a Technical Implementation Partner to enable our HR, Payroll, Finance and Procurement transformation programme. The transformation will be enabled with a Tier 1 ERP product.

The University requires direct contract(s) between it and the relevant product vendor, for supply, licence and, if required by the University, maintenance and support. The Technical Implementation Partner will be responsible for providing the vendor's terms and conditions as part of the bid submitted as part of the further competition, and for ensuring the vendor enters into the relevant direct contract(s) with the University. As

part of the further competition the University may stipulate requirements for the terms and conditions, such as that the vendor will accept instructions from the Technical

Implementation Partner during the Services period.

During the period of time in which the Technical Implementation Partner is providing its Services and the Deliverables, the Technical Implementation Partner will also be solely

responsible for instructing and managing the vendor of the Tier 1 ERP product, and related supply chains (including licensors of Licensed Software, and providers of maintenance and support services in relation to Licensed Software, as well as Subcontractors) which are required for the performance of the Services and provision of the Deliverables.

CPV: Business transaction and personal business software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Transformation consultancyAwarded

Transformation consultancy

Implementation consultancy

Provision of Tier 1 ERP solution 10 years

Associated services Additional information: A PIN was issued to conduction Preliminary Market Consultation:

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-028324

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-049821

Published 4 September 2024, 4:51pm

Subsequently a second round of Preliminary Market Engagement was undertaken via the CCS e-procurement portal under RM6193, our reference UY PROC 1134.

Finally a further competition was undertaken following receipt of expressions of interest under RM6193, again using the CCS e-procurement portal.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
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
1 Oct 2025, 10:55 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2025, 10:55 BST
Authority reference
UY PROC 1178
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061203
Classification (CPV)
Business transaction and personal business software packageIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a59c Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

A competition was undertaken following receipt of expressions of interest via the CCS portal accessing the Framework identified in this notice.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £15,472,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 2latest 30 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
KPMGTransformation and Implementation Services£7,996,000 †—Awarded
Workday LtdLicences and training£7,476,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Transformation and Implementation Services · KPMG

    Signed
    30 Sept 2025
    Value
    £7,996,000
    Status
    active
  • Licences and training · Workday Ltd

    Signed
    30 Sept 2025
    Value
    £7,476,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of York

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-UKPRN: 100007167 Heslington, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO105DDContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • University of York - Legal ServicesReview body York

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • KPMG LLPAwarded supplierGB-COH: OC301540 15 Canada Square, London, London, E14 5GL
  • Workday LimitedAwarded supplier521013 The Kings Building 152-155 Church Street Smithfield, Dublin 7, IE05, D07 AOTN

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.