How to win: Payroll Services for Spencer Academies Trust

About this contract

Spencer Academies Trust is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced provider for the delivery of fully managed payroll services. The contract will support approximately 2,900 employees across 27 academies and the Trust's central services team. Services are required to include, but are not limited to, payroll processing, pension administration, statutory deductions and submissions, year-end processing, payroll reporting, employee self-service functionality, management information, regulatory compliance, and customer support. The successful provider will be expected to support the education sector requirements of the Trust, including administration of Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) arrangements, integration with Trust systems, implementation and mobilisation services, data migration, and ongoing service delivery. The contract will be awarded for an initial term of three years with options to extend for up to a further two years in annual increments. The procurement is being conducted using a Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers will first complete a Supplier Participation Questi

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £1,100,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 17 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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