Stale Pre-tender

Overseas Workers - Employer of Record

Details

Topic
Payroll management services
Published
27 June 2024

Tender description

This is a PIN Call for Competition. The University of Portsmouth's Global Strategy is to become a truly global institution by extending our presence, reach and impact around the world. In order to achieve the University's strategy there will be times where work outside of the UK is required. The University currently have individuals working in a range of countries globally. Depending on the work being undertaken they are engaged to the University in a variety of different ways. We currently have approximately 20 overseas workers, though this number fluctuates. The University is now looking to streamline our process of employing overseas workers and are interested in pursuing contracting with a third party who would act as an 'Employer of Record' on behalf of the University. We would like to gather expressions of interest, via a Call for Competition PIN notice, to enable the University to engage an 'Employer of Record' to work with the University and support the achievement of our Global Strategy. To Express an Interest in this project please register for free on the University of Portsmouth In-Tend webpage and express an interest in this project. Please find the weblink for our webpage below: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/port/ Please note - The tender documents will only become available after this PIN notice expires. Lot 1: This is a PIN Call for Competition. The University of Portsmouth's Global Strategy is to become a truly global institution by extending our presence, reach and impact around the world. In order to achieve the University's strategy there will be times where work outside of the UK is required. The University currently have individuals working in a range of countries globally. Depending on the work being undertaken they are engaged to the University in a variety of different ways. We currently have approximately 20 overseas workers, though this number can fluctuate. The University is now looking to streamline our process of employing overseas workers and are interested in pursuing contracting with a third party who would act as an 'Employer of Record' on behalf of the University. We would like to gather expressions of interest, via a Call for Competition PIN notice, to enable the University to engage an 'Employer of Record' to work with the University and support the achievement of our Global Strategy. To Express an Interest in this project please register on the University of Portsmouth In-Tend webpage and express an interest in this project. Please find the weblink for our webpage below: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/port/ Please note - The tender documents will only become available after this PIN notice expires. This is intended to be awarded on a two year, plus two one year extensions. Taking the total possible length to four years total.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published27 June 2024
    Current notice

About the buyer

University of Portsmouth is a higher education provider, buying through a centralised procurement and contracting team in its Finance department. Tenders are advertised through its In-tend portal and the UK government's Find a Tender service for contracts above threshold. The University is a member of the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC), a major framework body for UK higher education. SUPC membership also gives access to London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) frameworks. Transactional purchasing also runs alongside this centralised function within professional services. Procurement follows the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the newer Procurement Act 2023.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Portsmouth's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, software and information systems and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79211110 · Payroll management services

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