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Oxford City Council

HR and Payroll

Government ServicesCPV 48450000
Value£1,833,333
Deadline22 Sept 2026
Published4 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide

£1,833,333 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 4 Sept 2026ClosedCloses 22 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Procurement@oxford.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Via the Oxford City Council Intend Portal. Bidders who are not currently registered can do so here: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/oxfordcc/aspx/Home

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.8mtotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£2.0m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Oxford City Council publishes Software & IT Systems work continuously — 32 notices, roughly one every 67 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

28% of Oxford City Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

A cloud-hosted SaaS HR and Payroll solution that supports the Council’s HR, payroll, recruitment, workforce management and employee self service elements, together with all implementation and ongoing support services set out within the Specification.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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A cloud-hosted SaaS HR and Payroll solution

A cloud-hosted SaaS HR and Payroll solution that supports the Council’s HR, payroll, recruitment, workforce management and employee self service elements, together with all implementation and ongoing support services set out within the Specification.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06554b
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
083855-2026
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