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Corrigendum-Provision of Corporate and Professional Services to Big Life Schools Multi Academy Trust
AI Summary
Big Life Schools Multi Academy Trust is procuring a single, strategically aligned partner to deliver a comprehensive suite of corporate and professional services that will allow school leaders to concentrate on educational outcomes while ensuring the trust operates efficiently, safely, compliantly, and sustainably. The contract seeks an integrated management structure that provides strategic advice, operational delivery, performance monitoring, continuous improvement, and innovation across the trust’s organizational framework. The selected supplier will manage and streamline operations, enabling the trust to maintain high standards of governance and operational excellence.
The scope covers ten distinct service areas: financial management including transaction processing and statutory reporting; payroll processing for approximately 200 staff with full HMRC and pension scheme administration; human resources operations such as recruitment, employee relations, policy development, TUPE advice, and wellbeing initiatives; staff training and development encompassing safeguarding, cyber security, health and safety and CPD; legal support covering contracts, employment, and health and safety; managed ICT services to deliver a secure and resilient network, servers, connectivity, filtering, cyber security, help‑desk, backup and device management; estates and facilities management that incorporates statutory compliance and environmental strategy; communications, marketing and public relations activities; governance and company secretarial services; and managed procurement advising, tendering, contracts register maintenance, supplier management and compliance with the Procurement Act 2023. All services will be delivered in accordance with the service‑level agreements, performance indicators and technical standards outlined in the specification.
Description
The Services comprise the following ten service areas, described in full in the Specification:
Financial Services- Operational and transactional financial management, management accounts, 5-year planning, VAT/ONS returns and audit liaison (Sage 200; circa 20,000 transactions per year).
Payroll Services - Payroll processing and system for circa 200 staff (pay date 15th), RTI/HMRC, Teachers’ Pension and Local Government Pension Scheme administration.
Human Resources Services - Operational HR, recruitment, employee relations, policy development, TUPE advice and the staff wellbeing offer.
Staff Training & Development - Mandatory and wider training (safeguarding, cyber, H&S and more), CPD support and maintenance of Trust accreditations.
Legal Services (incl. employment) - Operational and strategic legal support on contracts, employment and H&S matters, from suitably regulated advisers.
Managed ICT Services- Secure, resilient network, servers, connectivity, filtering, cyber security, helpdesk, backup and device management across both schools and the nursery.
Estates Management Services - Strategic and operational facilities and estates management, statutory compliance, estates/asset/carbon strategy and H&S support.
Communications, Marketing & PR - Brand and reputation management, media and PR, website and social media, prospectus and admissions materials, internal communications.
Governance Support Services - Company secretarial and governance support, clerking and minutes (Convene), statutory filings and governance advice.
Managed Procurement Services - Procurement advice, tendering and quotations, contracts register, supplier management and Procurement Act 2023 compliance.
The full Specification, including service-level agreements, key performance indicators and technical standards for each area, is available to download via the Delta eSourcing website.
This procurement is being conducted under the Open Procedure pursuant to section 20(2)(a) of the Act — a single-stage procedure with no restriction on who may submit a tender and no separate shortlisting stage. All compliant tenders received by the deadline will be assessed against the Conditions of Participation, the exclusion grounds and the award criteria in this ITT, and the Contract will be awarded to the Most Advantageous Tender under section 19 of the Act.
The deadline for the submission of tenders via the Delta eSourcing portal is 12noon 7 October 2026
Contract location: UKD33
Communication: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/X7SY8A5TKF
Amendments:
Other additional information: Please note the figure of £90,000 per annum as originally stated in the Tender notice was stated in error. The correct estimated annual contract value is £109,000 per annum. This is a correction of an administrative error only and does not represent a change to the scope, specification, requirements or service provision being procured. Bidders should therefore treat £109,000 per annum as the estimated value of the requirement as a whole and should base their tender submissions and pricing on the requirements and scope set out in the procurement documents. The relevant published procurement information will be amended to reflect the correct estimated value.
Enquiry deadline: 2026-09-28T17:00:00+01:00
Submission address and any special instructions: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/X7SY8A5TKF
Tenders may be submitted electronically: allowed
Award decision date (estimated): 2026-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
Lot: 1
Lot value (estimated)
545.000,00 GBP excluding VAT
654.000,00 GBP including VAT
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals: Commencing 1 January 2027 for an initial term of 36 months, with the option to extend for up to 2 × 12 months
Award criteria:
| Name | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | cost | 70% |
| Quality/Technical Method Statements | quality | 20% |
| Social Value and Innovation | quality | 10% |
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En