Official UK procurement notice
Athlete Medical Scheme (AMS)
Authority: THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Sport is seeking a suitably qualified supplier to deliver its Athlete Medical Scheme, providing timely, high-quality healthcare to eligible funded athletes. Tenderers may propose a fully insured model, a trust-based model, or both. The contract will cover the administration and management of the scheme, access to an appropriate healthcare provider network, claims handling, management information and performance reporting. The contract will commence on 1 April 2027 for an initial three-year term, with the option to extend for a further year.
Please see more detail in the ITT.
CPV: Health insurance services · Medical insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£11,500,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please see ITT
- Technical & professional ability
Please see ITT
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality of services: 55%
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I): 10%
- Pricing: 25%
- Environmental Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Pricing: Please see ITT
- Quality of services: Please see ITT
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I): Please see ITT
- Environmental Sustainability: Please see ITT
- Economic & financial standing
Please see ITT
- Technical & professional ability
Please see ITT
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £7,659,672 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL buys Insurance services (CPV 6651), and who usually turns up
THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Insurance services (CPV 6651) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 64 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid28%
2–345%
4–626%
7+1%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate44%
Within ±2%33%
Above estimate23%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 6651Published estimate£12m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–347%
4–636%
7+1%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 26 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£8.2m–£11m
Estimate£12m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £76m116 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 53 live · £96m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=34 | |
Marsh LtdLarge | £56m127 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 60 live · £45m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=45 |
Zurich MunicipalLarge | £19m64 awards in 36m · last this month | 28 live · £27m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 4% below n=28 |
Aon LimitedLarge | £56m18 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 7 live · £894k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 |
MercerLarge | £6.1m22 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 7 live · £1.6m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Oct 2026, 15:29 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2026, 11:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 7 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092959- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ee1Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 11 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please submit all tenders to amstender@uksport.gov.uk.
Timeline
1 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published25 days ago1 Oct 2026, 15:29 BST
- Clarification questions by17 days ago9 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Latest notice published3 days ago23 Oct 2026, 11:16 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 16 days11 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 42 days7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 156 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2026- Tender notice published1 Oct 2026, 15:29 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2026, 09:05 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published23 Oct 2026, 11:16 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 11 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT23 Oct 2026, 11:16 BST+9 days · was 2 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
Published amendments (2)
Thank you for your patience whilst we prepare responses to the clarification questions submitted as part of the Athlete Medical Scheme (AMS) procurement process. Following consideration of the volume and complexity of the questions received, UK Sport has decided to extend the period for issuing clarification responses. This will ensure that all questions are considered fully and that complete and …
3 changes have been made to this notice: (A) Updated ITT with new timetable (B) Answers to clarification questions (C) AMS amendment notice confirming the withdrawal of the Trust Model option.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (12)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications UK Sport responses to clarification questions
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications Updated ITT following: (A) Removal of trust model option (B) Updated timetable (C) Update wording to Section 15 (Contractual Terms)
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications AMS amendment notice following decision on feasibility of the trust based model.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender