Official UK procurement notice
Insurance Broker tender · UK public procurement notice
Authority: City College Norwich (Education)
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: East of England (UKH15)
Budget not disclosed£0exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 31 Oct 2025awarded 9 Dec 2025
Awarded to Alan Boswell Group
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jan 2029 · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTender process to select a service provider for insurance brokerage
CPV: Financial and insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£0
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Customer care: 15%
- Account management and technical support: 15%
- Accreditations: 10%
- Crisis management: 5%
- Innovation: 10%
- Contract Financials: 35%
- Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (7)
- Contract Financials
- Customer care: cover levels (presentation question), auditing, organisation structure and senior management involvement, staff absence, KPIs
- Account management and technical support: Mobilisation (presentation question), claims process,
- Accreditations: Environmental management system and processes, training
- Crisis management: Future crisis management
- Social value: Community investment and CCN ways of working
- Innovation: Innovative practices and suggestions, digital innovation
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 12 May 2025, 11:26 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2025, 13:44 GMT
- Authority reference
Insurance Broker - IB2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049891- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05109fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 31 Oct 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx… ↗
Potential bidders will need to register on in-tend as a "Supplier" (by clicking on the "Register" tab) and then will need to express an interest in the tender opportunity (this allows them to view and download the tender document set and also allows them to upload their tender bids via the portal)
Timeline
12 May 2025 → 1 Feb 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published12 May 2025, 11:26 BST
- Market engagement31 May 2025, 00:59 BST
See pre market engagement notice
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2025, 15:20 BST
- Next notice expected2 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Clarification questions by375 days ago17 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline361 days ago31 Oct 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Latest notice published314 days ago17 Dec 2025, 13:44 GMT
- Contract starts269 days ago1 Feb 2026
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 May 2025, 11:26 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2025, 15:20 BSTUK4
- Published value updated19 Aug 2025, 15:20 BST
- Status changed to active19 Aug 2025, 15:20 BST
- Procurement method changed19 Aug 2025, 15:20 BST
- Deadline published: 31 Oct 2025, 15:00 GMT19 Aug 2025, 15:20 BST
- Contract award notice published17 Dec 2025, 13:44 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Dec 2025, 13:44 GMT
- Contract signature expected31 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £16,2001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 5
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Boswell Group1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2029 · up to 31 Jan 2031Extensions: 2 x 1 year extensions available | £16,200 inc. VAT | 9 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Alan Boswell GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (12)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications CCN claims record past 5 years
- Bidding documents and specifications List of current policies
- Bidding documents and specifications CCN Strategic plan
- Bidding documents and specifications Competition document
- Bidding documents and specifications Easton campus map
- Bidding documents and specifications Paston campus map
- Bidding documents and specifications CCN Campus Map
- Bidding documents and specifications Purchasing agreement insurance broker
- Bidding documents and specifications CCN risk presentation
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender