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HR and Payroll System
Loughborough University · Local authority
In brief
Loughborough University has announced plans to buy IT and software and recruitment work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £2,000,000 including VAT.
The contract runs for 5 years, starting 1 October 2028.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually high: a median of 14 bids per contract for this buyer (from 10 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
The primary aim of the project is to deliver a reliable, sustainable HRM solution which will meet the long-term needs of the university. The project will provide a system that supports and improves operational efficiency and user experience – including through the step change in the self service functionality for both managers and employees. Our objectives are to deliver a meaningful evolution in HR business processes, refining them as appropriate, and to ensure that our systems are future-fit, whilst ensuring continuity of essential services such as payroll through any change or transition. User facing services such as leave or absence requests need to be efficient and effective, with…Read the full description
The primary aim of the project is to deliver a reliable, sustainable HRM solution which will meet the long-term needs of the university. The project will provide a system that supports and improves operational efficiency and user experience – including through the step change in the self service functionality for both managers and employees. Our objectives are to deliver a meaningful evolution in HR business processes, refining them as appropriate, and to ensure that our systems are future-fit, whilst ensuring continuity of essential services such as payroll through any change or transition.
User facing services such as leave or absence requests need to be efficient and effective, with effective workflows for compliance and approval that reduce the administrative effort required. All self service functionality used by either employees or managers is expected to be intuitive, consistent and accessible for all such staff.
The following employee lifecycle activities are within the scope for consideration:
Organisation structure, establishment control, recruitment, onboarding, workforce relations, case management, timesheet, casual management, employee changes, payroll management, offboarding
The university currently uses 3 separate systems to manage the casual, adhoc and rostered workforce in the university, and one aim of the project is to simplify and improve the user experience for such employees and managers for such by implementing rationalised processes, using the HRM system functionality wherever possible.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Loughborough:-Time-accounting-or-human-resources-software-package./FU4935739Z
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/FU4935739Z
How to bid
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- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 057376-2026
About the buyer
Loughborough UniversityLast 12 months
Procurements
15Awards
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- £1.5mframework ceiling
From notice 057376-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 18 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.