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Barcud Shared Services · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Prior Information Notice (PIN) for HR & Payroll System for Housing Association Title: BAF 25005 - Procurement of an Integrated HR & Payroll system for a housing association/registered social landlord. Organisation: Bron Afon Community Housing Publication Date: 13/03/2025 1. Introduction Bron Afon, which is a social housing association, is seeking to procure a new HR & Payroll system to replace our existing solution. This new system will provide like-for-like functionality while introducing improvements to enhance efficiency, user experience, and compliance. 2. Scope of the Requirement The new system must offer the following functionalities: Core HR functions (employee records, absence management, recruitment, etc.). Payroll processing, including compliance with UK payroll regulations, flexible to allow alignment to internal policies, ability to provide a variety of payment types Data Security and Compliance: Adherence to data protection regulations and high standards of security. User-Friendly Interface: The system should have an intuitive interface accessible to various user levels across the organisation. Scalability and Flexibility: Capability to grow with the organisation’s needs and accommodate future system integrations if required. Self-service functionality for employees and managers. Integration with existing finance and reporting systems. Improved automation and reporting capabilities. All systems will be assessed against a more in-depth set of requirements and standards following shortlisting for demos. System needs to be integrated and allow workflows across business and remove the need for duplicate entry of data Ability to roll back a payroll period whereby errors are identified Ability to integrated with direct workforce applications such as Total mobile to allow us to capture out of hours work electronically Ability to data load pay increases at scale Report function Salary forecasting tool 4. Current System Bron Afon Community Housing currently uses an on-premise Civica HR & Payroll system. This software is reaching its end of life and needs to be imminently replaced. 5. Indicative Timeline The main procurement constraint that we have is due to the HRP Windows software reaching end of life in March 2026. This means that the intention would be to procure and implement the new HR & Payroll system by December 2025, in time for us to do a parallel run of both old and new systems to ensure successful payroll before Year End period 25/26. We would therefore appreciate supplier information on timescales for implementation of their system and how achievable our indicative timeline is and any other constraints we need to consider with this timeline. PIN Publication Date: 13/03/2025 PIN Duration: 3 Weeks 5. Supplier Engagement Bron Afon invites suppliers with experience in delivering integrated HR & Payroll systems for housing associations or similar sectors to register their interest. Pre-tender market engagement activities will include supplier workshops and demos/consultations to gather insights on current solutions and best practices. 6. Contact Information For further information or to express interest, please use the S2W Function. Please note that this is a prior information notice only and does not constitute a formal tender or invitation to tender.

Classification

  • CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems
  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
  • CPV79400000 — Business and management consultancy and related services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
BAF25005
Status
planning
Above Threshold
No
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
3 Apr 2025, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Ends
17 Mar 2026, 23:59
Starts
14 Apr 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
17 Mar 2027, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
48000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Software package and information systems
Entry 2
Id
72000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Entry 3
Id
79400000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Business and management consultancy and related services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
009726-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
17 Mar 2025, 15:38

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
3 Apr 2025, 23:59
Description
The main procurement constraint that we have is due to the HRP Windows software reaching end of life in March 2026. This means that the intention would be to procure and implement the new HR & Payroll system by December 2025, in time for us to do a parallel run of both old and new systems to ensure successful payroll before Year End period 25/26. We would therefore appreciate supplier information on timescales for implementation of their system and how achievable our indicative timeline is and any other constraints we need to consider with this timeline.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-12136070
Name
Barcud Shared Services

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKL22
Country
GB
Locality
Cardiff
Postal Code
CF24 2SA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
2 Alexandra Gate Ffordd Pengam

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicUndertaking
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public undertaking
Entry 2
Id
GB-WLS
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Description
Welsh devolved regulations apply

Identifier

Id
12136070
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Name
Brad Richards
Telephone
+447454350734
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-IP30235R
Name
BRON AFON COMMUNITY HOUSING LIMITED

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKL16
Country
GB
Locality
Cwmbran
Postal Code
NP44 3AB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Ty Bron Afon

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicUndertaking
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public undertaking
Entry 2
Id
GB-WLS
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Description
Welsh devolved regulations apply

Identifier

Id
IP30235R
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Name
shannon love

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Cardiff · UKL22 · CF24 2SA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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