Official UK procurement notice
Contract Variation for the Provision of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Administration for the UK Department for Education
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Financial and insurance services · Pension fund administration services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1On 20 December 2018, the Court of Appeal ruled that transitional protection…
On 20 December 2018, the Court of Appeal ruled that transitional protection arrangements contained within the judges’ and firefighters’ pensions schemes (the McCloud and Sargeant cases, respectively) were discriminatory on the grounds of age, sex and race. The transitional protection arrangements are policy provisions that were introduced on 31 March 2012 and enabled those who were closest to their normal pension age to stay in the final salary schemes whilst those who were younger transitioned over into the new Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) schemes from 1 April 2015. And therefore there is a need to deliver transitional protection discrimination remedy.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 24 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-023885- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
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Publisher note: A voluntarily 30 day standstill period shall be applied to this modification notice.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capita Employee Benefits Limited | £213,641,111 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 023885-2021-09/S 180-258507/EN-1 · Capita Employee Benefits Limited
- Signed
- 24 Apr 2011
- Value
- £213,641,111
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2025
- Status
- active
- Change This is a contract modification delivered under the Public Contracts Regulations (2015) regulation 72(1)(b) to rectify member records. The Court of Appeal determined, on 20 December 2018, that the transitional protection arrangements contained within the Firefighters’ (Sargeant) and Judicial (McCloud) pension schemes (introduced as part of pension scheme reforms in 2015) constituted unlawful discrimination. While the Court of Appeal decision relates specifically to the Firefighters and Judges’ schemes, HM Treasury has confirmed that it impacts all main public service schemes, including the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme. The Court of Appeal ruling therefore has two main effects for the TPS: We must amend the Scheme to avoid further discrimination going forward; and TPS members who have already been impacted by the discrimination must be appropriately compensated. We now need to deliver the transitional protection discrimination remedy in accordance with the primary legislation that HM Treasury is bringing forward and consequential amendments to the statutory regulations that govern the Scheme. Value of the Variation Increase in price will be up to 20,597,816 GBP against the current contract value of 193,043,295 GBP., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The contracting authority is relying on Regulation 72.1.b. due to economic and technical reasons that a change of contractor would cause significant inconvenience and have to overcome significant technical barriers in order to amend and reconcile live pension data as well as substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Government Cabinet OfficeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Capita Employee Benefits LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
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