Who won: Provision of MHR People First HR and Payroll Software and Associated Services

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Havant and South Downs College intends to enter into a call-off contract with Softcat plc for MHR People First, an integrated cloud HR and native payroll platform, together with associated implementation, hosting and support services. The platform will support a single employee record, HR and payroll administration, employee and manager self-service, workflow automation and workforce reporting. The scope comprises People First HR Hub, Payroll, Talent, LearnNow and Data Explorer (Core HR and Absence); the Pension Data Solution (LGPS and MDC); single sign-on and Active Directory synchronisation; hosting and maintenance; configuration, implementation, data migration and parallel payroll runs; training; the MHR Assist programme; and support and service desk. Pricing is based on approximately 800 employees plus 50 casual staff. Recruitment & Onboarding, Learning (LXP), BYOBI and RightCheck screening are excluded from this award.

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