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Payroll and HR Software Services

MERSEYRAIL ELECTRICS 2002 LIMITED · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 17:31.

Opportunity overview

Provision of payroll and human resources software via the existing software provider.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

ZELLIS UK LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£1m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 01587537
Location
Bristol, UKK12, BS32 4UF, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

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
MEL02-2025
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
MEL intends to directly awarded this contract to Zellis UK Limited on the basis that, due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only Zellis can supply the services required and there are no reasonable alternatives to those services at this time. The conditions set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 therefore apply. There is an absence of competition for technical reasons because the services currently required are interim services to maintain its Payroll & HR system while it carries out a re-procurement, and subsequent transitional and mobilisation period, for its longer-term Payroll & HR Software requirements. Continuity of these services is necessary for MEL to continue operating. Zellis is the current supplier of the services and has the specific know-how and relevant systems in place to ensure the continuing functioning of these critical services. No other supplier would be able to provide and implement an adequate replacement system (requiring data migration, configuration, interface work, testing, parallel payroll runs, user acceptance testing and mobilisation) before MEL's current Payroll & HR contract expires. There is no reasonable alternative to the provision of these interim services by Zellis because of MEL's need for an uninterrupted Payroll & HR service. No alternative supplier could be integrated into the current live system environment before expiry of the existing contract without at least a significant risk to continuous service delivery. MEL is unable to self-deliver the services for this interim period due to their scale, sensitivity and the associated statutory compliance risks. This direct award will guarantee a stable and continuous service while MEL undertakes a robust re-procurement process that will enable a solution for its long-term project delivery.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

utilities

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
MERSEYRAIL ELECTRICS 2002 LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-04356933

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
04356933

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PLZV-3258-DCDV

Address

Street Address
Rail House
Locality
Liverpool
Postal Code
L1 1JF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD72

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
privateUtility
Description
Private utility
Organisation 2
Name
ZELLIS UK LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-01587537

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
01587537

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PQHG-5162-TXDV

Address

Street Address
740 Waterside Drive Aztec West
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS32 4UF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK12

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Payroll and Human Resources Software
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Options
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48450000
Description
Time accounting or human resources software package
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
72212450
Description
Time accounting or human resources software development services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD7
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
1,025,524
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-01587537
Name
ZELLIS UK LIMITED

Contract period

Starts
29 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
28 Oct 2029, 23:59

Options

Description
Right to purchase additional licenses or software due to business need.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
093504-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
2 Oct 2026, 16:07
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
12 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Liverpool · UKD72 · L1 1JF · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 093504-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·