Opportunity brief
Closes in 20 daysAspire Academy Trust - Provision of HR and Payroll System
This tender opportunity has been issued by Aspire Academy Trust (the Trust), and Tenderers are invited to tender for the provision of an integrated Human Resources and Payroll system, with the capability to support a fully managed payroll service. Full details of all contract requirements are set out in Document 2: Specification of Requirements. The Trust comprises multiple academies operating under a unified governance structure and workforce framework. To support effective workforce management, regulatory compliance, and strategic oversight, the Trust requires a fully integrated HR and Payroll platform operating from a single, authoritative dataset. The solution must enable compliant payroll and workforce administration in accordance with relevant legislation, HMRC requirements, Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) regulations, statutory employment obligations, and sector best practice. It must also provide the transparency, reporting capability, and internal controls necessary to support efficient Trust-wide operations.
- Other sectors
- Public sector
- United Kingdom

- Buyer / issuer
- Aspire Academy Trust
- Sector
- Other sectors
- Country / region
- United Kingdom
- Public or private
- Public sector
- Closing date
- 27 Nov 2026, 14:00 SAST
- Closes in 20 days
- Estimated value
- £450k
- GBP
- Submission method
- Via the buyer's portal, linked from Find a Tender
- Tender number
- ASP01.61
- Status
- Active
Scope summary
This tender opportunity has been issued by Aspire Academy Trust (the Trust), and Tenderers are invited to tender for the provision of an integrated Human Resources and Payroll system, with the capability to support a fully managed payroll service. Full details of all contract requirements are set out in Document 2: Specification of Requirements. The Trust comprises multiple academies operating under a unified governance structure and workforce framework. To support effective workforce management, regulatory compliance, and strategic oversight, the Trust requires a fully integrated HR and Payroll platform operating from a single, authoritative dataset. The solution must enable compliant payroll and workforce administration in accordance with relevant legislation, HMRC requirements, Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) regulations, statutory employment obligations, and sector best practice. It must also provide the transparency, reporting capability, and internal controls necessary to support efficient Trust-wide operations.
Category: services
Key requirements
- Procurement method: Open procedure
- Briefing session: Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Eligibility and evaluation: set out in the tender documents. Check mandatory returnables, registrations and scoring before you commit.
Required documents
- Notice documentOpen (opens the source site)
Important dates
- Published
- 21 Oct 2026
- First seen by Atlas
- 22 Oct 2026
- Briefing session
- Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Submission deadline
- 27 Nov 2026, 14:00 SAST
Commercial snapshot
- Estimated value
- £450k
- Contract type
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- Source
- UK Find a Tender
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