Payroll Services for Germany Network 2026

Business ServicesCPV 79631000

Value£300k

Deadline20 Sept 2026

Published1 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 1 Sept 202617 days leftCloses 20 Sept 2026

Who to contact

commercial.smi@fcdo.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£300ktotal contract value

median £66k

this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office publishes Business Services work continuously — 210 notices, roughly one every 1 day. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

49% of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Provision of payroll services to the British Embassy Berlin and Germany Network.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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