01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- THE ACADEMIES FOR CHARACTER AND EXCELLENCE
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 30 March 2026
Description
Trust required 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. The Trust was seeking a platform that provides operational flexibility, allowing payroll processing to be delivered either in-house or via a managed service within the same system environment. The Trust may transition between these delivery models during the contract term and therefore required a solution that enables this without system replacement or material disruption.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
ACE - Provision of Integrated HR and Payroll System
- Awarded
- 6 May 2026
- Award value
- £450,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 21 May 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Academies for Character & Excellence
Pathfields, Totnes, UKK43, TQ9 5TZ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PYNM-4868-XBBNTHE ACADEMIES FOR CHARACTER AND EXCELLENCE
Totnes St Johns C Of E Primary School, Totnes, UKK43, TQ9 5TZ, United Kingdom
Companies House 10098444 →JUNIPER EDUCATION SERVICES LIMITED
Boundary House, 4 County Place, Chelmsford, UKH36, CM2 0RE, United Kingdom
Companies House 12004688 →PHP Law LLP
Unit 3 The Brutus Centre Station Road Totnes, Totnes, UKK43, TQ9 5RW, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PPRM-9434-VNYQPHP LAW LLP
Unit 3 The Brutus Centre, Totnes, UKK43, TQ9 5RW, United Kingdom
Companies House OC429243 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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