AwardedAwarded 21 April 2026

Award of fully bilingual (Welsh and English) HR Information System (HRIS)

Social Care Wales · Local or regional public body

In brief

Social Care Wales awarded IT and software work to Healthboxhr Ltd on 21 April 2026.

The notice gives a value of £125,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 5 May 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

The purpose of this procurement was to select and implement a modern, secure, fully bilingual (Welsh and English) Human Resources Information System (HRIS) that will replace Social Care Wales’s current HR platform (Ciphr). The new system must improve and streamline HR processes, support efficient workforce management, ensure legal compliance with Welsh language standards, and provide better user experience for employees, managers, and HR teams. It aims to deliver a solution that enables a smooth, well‑managed implementation ready for Day‑1 operation on 1 September 2026.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Healthboxhr Ltd (SME)
3 bids received
£79,400
Awarded 21 April 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 079550-2025
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 005456-2026
  3. Tender notice · UK4, notice 012118-2026
  4. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 036318-2026

About the buyer

Social Care WalesLast 12 months

Procurements

7

Awards

7

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From notice 079550-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 4 December 2025, last updated 21 April 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.