Official UK procurement notice
Insurance Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Orbit Group Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrbit is seeking to source a suitable single provider/broker to cover and manage Orbit's Insurance requirements.
The provider should be able to cover at a minimum the insurance services marked with a * below and ideally, all lines of insurance. However, where this is not possible, options will be reviewed.
Tender submissions will be sought from service providers for Insurance Policies for Orbit to commence on 1st April 2026. Orbit requires the contract to be provided on a 3 + 2 + 2 year long term agreement with provision of a claim's performance bonus or risk
management fund for Orbit.
The policy will then renew annually from 1st April every subsequent year of cover. All full premiums are required to be quoted on an annual basis, confirm where rates are
guaranteed and for how long, be net of commission and all discounts, IPT and VAT where applicable must be shown separately but also included. Any brokerage fees should be noted separately but also included. Any commissions or brokerage fees should be made explicitly clear and subject to prior agreement of Orbit.
Insurance services should cover the following:
- *General Rented Property
- *Leasehold/Shared Ownership/RTB/Private Leasehold Retirement
- *Commercial and Office Buildings
- *Landlord Contents
- *Newbuild awaiting sale
- *Private Rented
- *Works in Progress
- *Business Interruption
- *All Risk (specified equipment)
- *Money
- *Public and Product Liability including Financial Loss Extension (Asbestos cover)
- *Employers Liability (Asbestos cover)
- *Motor Fleet & Legal Protection
- *Terrorism
- *Commercial Property Owners
- Libel and Slander
- Professional Negligence
- Group Personal Accident
- Computers
- Contract All Risks, Works
- Contractors Plant
- Travel
- Fidelity Guarantee
- Cyber
- Directors & Officers Liability
CPV: Financial and insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£28,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
This is a Nominated Market Exercise
- Technical & professional ability
This is a Nominated Market Exercise
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 award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
This is a Nominated Market Exercise
- Technical & professional ability
This is a Nominated Market Exercise
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 16 May 2025, 09:56 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2026, 11:24 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
GPL0061- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043259- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051555Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All tender submissions must be submitted via the Proactis e-procurement portal, Procontract, procontract.due-north.com ↗. All queries must be raised via the message function on the portal.
Timeline
16 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published16 May 2025, 09:56 BST
- Tender notice published25 Jul 2025, 16:07 BST
- Next notice expected25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by22 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline19 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent351 days ago10 Nov 2025
- Award decision expected by341 days ago19 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends313 days ago17 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published293 days ago6 Jan 2026, 11:24 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
15 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 May 2025- Pipeline notice published16 May 2025, 09:56 BSTUK1
- Planned procurement notice published7 Jul 2025, 13:14 BSTUK3
- Published value published: £20,000,0007 Jul 2025, 13:14 BST
- Procurement method changed7 Jul 2025, 13:14 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST7 Jul 2025, 13:14 BST
- Tender notice published25 Jul 2025, 16:07 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £28,000,00025 Jul 2025, 16:07 BSTwas £20,000,000
- Status changed to active25 Jul 2025, 16:07 BST
- Deadline moved to 19 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST25 Jul 2025, 16:07 BST+8 days · was 11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract award notice published8 Dec 2025, 12:59 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 Dec 2025, 12:59 GMT
- Procurement termination notice published8 Dec 2025, 14:40 GMTUK12
- Contract award notice published6 Jan 2026, 11:24 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected22 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract signature expected23 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2025-07: 2 releases · 7 Jul 2025, 25 Jul 2025
- 2025-05: 1 release · 16 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2033Extensions: 2 x option to extend for 24 months. | £24,166,666 | 5 Nov 2025 | CancelledThe contract award notice was published in error . The consultation period with our leaseholders, (stage 2) under Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act, has not yet been completed. |
| ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2033Extensions: 2 x option to extend for 24 months | £24,166,666 | 5 Nov 2025standstill to 15 Jan 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD · South East England
- did not winMarsh Limited · Greater London
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- Marsh LimitedBidder / tenderer
- ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications This procurement exercise is via the Proactis e-procurement portal Procontract. To view the procurement documents and submit your response, please visit https://procontract.due-north.com/
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender