Invitation To Tender for a Managed Payroll Service for the Mulberry Schools Trust

Description

The Mulberry Schools Trust requires a managed payroll service for each of the five schools within the academy Trust. At present, and as a consequence of schools joining the Trust, the Trust currently works with two payroll providers. It is looking to engage a single payroll provider to support the Trust’s current school portfolio and additional schools as the join the Trust throughout the contract term. The Trust is looking to engage with a provider for a Managed Payroll Service for a period of five years with an option to extend for a further 12 months. Lot 1: The Trust requires a Managed Payroll Service across each of its schools. At present, and as a consequence of schools joining the Trust, the Trust currently works with two payroll providers. It is looking to engage a single payroll provider to support the Trust’s current portfolio of five schools plus any additional schools as the join the Trust throughout the contract term. The Trust currently has a decentralised system for many aspects of our finance, HR and payroll services. Each school is responsible for its payroll and the payroll costs are taken from each school bank account. This will continue for the foreseeable future. The Trust requires a Managed Payroll Service solution to meet its requirements as detailed within the Invitation to Tender documentation.