RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · tender 22 days to close

Office of Rail and Road

Managed Payroll Services

Business ServicesCPV 79631000
Value£114k
Deadline4 Aug 2026
Published7 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 7 Jul 202622 days leftCloses 4 Aug 2026
Who to contact
procurementteam@orr.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£114ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is seeking to appoint a supplier to provide a fully managed payroll service for approximately 404 payees.

The service will include end-to-end payroll processing, pension administration, statutory deductions and reporting, BACS payment services, employee query support, payroll reporting and management information, and support for Civil Service Pension and Railway Pension Scheme arrangements.

The scope also includes implementation and mobilisation activities, including data migration, testing, dual running, transition from the incumbent provider, and integration with ORR's Oracle Cloud HCM platform.

The supplier will be responsible for ensuring a compliant, accurate, secure and efficient payroll service and delivering a fully operational solution by 1 April 2027.

Estimated volume: Approximately 404 payees, comprising permanent employees, fixed-term appointees, Fees for Service workers, and Non-Executive Directors, with potential workforce growth of 10-15% during the contract term.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR)

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is seeking to appoint a supplier to provide a fully managed payroll service for approximately 404 payees.

02

The service will include end-to-end payroll processing

The service will include end-to-end payroll processing, pension administration, statutory deductions and reporting, BACS payment services, employee query support, payroll reporting and management information, and support for Civil Service Pension and Railway Pension Scheme arrangements.

03

The scope also includes implementation and mobilisation

The scope also includes implementation and mobilisation activities, including data migration, testing, dual running, transition from the incumbent provider, and integration with ORR's Oracle Cloud HCM platform.

04

The supplier will be responsible for ensuring

The supplier will be responsible for ensuring a compliant, accurate, secure and efficient payroll service and delivering a fully operational solution by 1 April 2027.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c55e
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
063717-2026
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