Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking to contract out the provision of a payroll and pension service for the payment of approximately 3 400 employees and 200 bank workers on a monthly basis. The main requirement expected of the Contractor is to ensure that employees of the Trust are paid accurately and on time using the national NHS integrated HR and payroll system ESR (Electronic Staff Record). The Contractor shall be expected to provide a flexible and responsive service, which will meet the ongoing needs of the Trust. The Trust operates exception reporting, staff are paid basic pay and any additional hours are claimed through the completion of electronic SVLs.

In addition, expenses are paid monthly, through salary to staff and to bank staff via the ESR & BACS system.