Official UK procurement notice
Defined Contribution Pension Administration and Investment Services
Authority: COMBINED NUCLEAR PENSION PLAN TRUSTEES LIMITED (Public body)·On behalf of: MUSE ADVISORY LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCombined Nuclear Pension Plan Trustees Limited (the "Trustee") intends to procure a bundled defined contribution pension service, comprising administration and investment services, including the provision of services for both pension accumulation and decumulation.
The services will support a multi-employer pension arrangement with approximately 16,000 members and assets of approximately £1.2 billion. The contract is expected to commence on 14th March 2027.
CPV: Financial and insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£37,500,000
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 (7)
- Transition of services and assets: 10%
- Member experience: 30%
- Client experience: 15%
- Fund range and default requirements: 20%
- Contracts: 5%
- Costs: 10%
- Low risk, well controlled and sustainable operation: 10%
Published award criteria (7)
- Low risk, well controlled and sustainable operation
- Transition of services and assets
- Member experience
- Client experience
- Costs
- Fund range and default requirements
- Contracts
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- 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
- 17 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2026, 16:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Nov 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071415- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b736Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Jun 2026 → 14 Mar 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published132 days ago17 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Market engagement125 days ago24 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Service providers who express an interest in the premarket engagement may request a questionnaire from paul.armitage@museadvisory.com including the following detail:
- Quote Reference: CNPP-DC Administration
- Full name
- Company/organisation name
- Contact details: email and phone number
The Trustee would like service providers to respond to the request for premarket engagement before 5pm on 24th June 2026. Responses should be sent to paul.armitage@museadvisory.com
Once the preliminary market engagement has closed, the Trustee will review feedback received to inform the structure and approach to the forthcoming procurement.
- Tender notice published91 days ago28 Jul 2026, 16:42 BST
- Submission deadline64 days ago24 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 9 days6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 136 days14 Mar 2027
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Jun 2026, 15:00 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published28 Jul 2026, 16:42 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £37,500,00028 Jul 2026, 16:42 BST
- Status changed to active28 Jul 2026, 16:42 BST
- Procurement method changed28 Jul 2026, 16:42 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST28 Jul 2026, 16:42 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- MUSE ADVISORY LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityResponding to queries
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender