FTS UK public procurement

HR and Payroll System (5 Year contract)

East Kent Colleges Group

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-05d6e8
Tender value£425,0001 awards · 1 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 24 March 2026
Buyer
East Kent Colleges Group
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Competitive flexible procedure
Category
services
CPV classification
Not supplied
Tender period
Not supplied — 24 November 2025

Description

As a family of six community-based colleges across East Kent, EKC Group's mission is to play a leading role for East Kent in developing the economic and social prosperity of the communities we serve. The Group's current Human Resources and Payroll system is being phased out by the supplier from 31 March 2026 and this has bought forward a planned procurement exercise for these solutions. The Group employs over 1500 staff and provides HR and payroll services for our sister EKC Schools Trust, which has 700 employees over 15 schools. We have a wholly owned subsidiary that runs a Hotel which has 41 employees and a Tronc Scheme of 51 employees. At present the Group has proprietary software for performance management, leave and expenses claims and a third-party recruitment and onboarding system (e-ploy). Whilst these could be maintained this tender includes the potential to include these elements within the overall software supplied.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown
Active

HR and Payroll System Provider (2026 - 2031)

Awarded
9 December 2025
Award value
£412,560
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
23 December 2025

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

2 parties
Buyer

East Kent Colleges Group

Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs, UKJ44, CT10 1PN, United Kingdom

GB-UKPRN 10006570

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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