Tender: Single Strategic Partner for Integrated Corporate & Professional Services — Big Life Schools Multi Academy Trust

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Big Life Schools Multi Academy Trust is seeking a single strategic partner to deliver an integrated suite of corporate and professional services so school leaders can focus on educational outcomes while the Trust operates efficiently, safely, compliantly and sustainably. The services cover ten areas in the Specification: Financial Services (operational/transactional finance, management accounts, five‑year planning, VAT/ONS returns, audit liaison using Sage 200 with circa 20,000 transactions per year), Payroll Services (processing for circa 200 staff, pay date 15th, RTI/HMRC, Teachers’ Pension and Local Government Pension Scheme administration), Human Resources, Staff Training & Development, Legal Services (including employment advice from suitably regulated advisers), Managed ICT Services (secure/resilient network, servers, connectivity, filtering, cyber security, helpdesk, backup and device management), Estates Management (facilities, statutory compliance, estates/asset/carbon strategy and H&S support), Communications/Marketing/PR, Governance Support (company secretarial, clerking, statutory filings) and Managed Procurement Services (procurement advice, tendering, contracts register, supplier management and Procurement Act 2023 compliance). The full Specification, SLAs, KPIs and technical standards are available via the Delta eSourcing website. This procurement is an Open Procedure single-stage process and the Contract will be awarded to the Most Advantageous Tender under section 19 of the Act; the tender submission deadline is 12 noon on 7 October 2026.