Official UK procurement notice
Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) Owner Controlled Insurance Programme (OCIP) for Follow Insurers
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNational Highways requires follow insurers to provide suitable insurance cover in line with the appointed lead insurers contract of insurance policy for the construction of Lower Thames Crossing.
For more information about the project, please follow this link: nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/lower-tham… ↗
- How the procedure runs: The procurement is split into 9 Lots, with only Lots 1, 4 , 5 & 6 requiring capacity from follow insurers and therefore being let. Follow insurer Tenderers are invited to complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) alongside completion of the Information to Tender (IfT) which includes Quality, Social Value and Commercial criteria for each Lot. Following the evaluation and negotiation processes (if required) as outlined within the IfT (Section 7), Tenderers who successfully pass all criteria within the PSQ and have the highest-ranking score(s) resulting in 100% co-insurance in each Lot will be awarded as insurers for their respective Lot.
CPV: Contractor's all-risk insurance services · Insurance services · Liability insurance services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value (£56,000,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Contractor All Risks, Primary public liability (£2.5m), Delay in Start Up and TerrorismPublished value£52,000,000
Lot 1 Contractor All Risks, Primary public liability (£2.5m), Delay in Start Up and Terrorism
Lot #2Excess public liability Limit £50m in excess of £50mPublished value£1,600,000
Lot 4 Excess public liability Limit £50m in excess of £50m
Lot #3Excess public liability Limit £150m in excess of £100mPublished value£1,600,000
Lot 5 Excess public liability Limit £150m in excess of £100m
Lot #4Excess public liability Limit £250m in excess of £250mPublished value£800,000
Lot 6 Excess public liability Limit £250m in excess of £250m
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 (3)
- Quality: 65%
- Commercial: 25%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Commercial
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- Competitive flexible 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
- 24 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090633- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0779a6Find a Tender
- How it runs
The procurement is split into 9 Lots, with only Lots 1, 4 , 5 & 6 requiring capacity from follow insurers and therefore being let. Follow insurer Tenderers are invited to complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) alongside completion of the Information to Tender (IfT) which includes Quality, Social Value and Commercial criteria for each Lot. Following the evaluation and negotiation processes (if required) as outlined within the IfT (Section 7), Tenderers who successfully pass all criteria within the PSQ and have the highest-ranking score(s) resulting in 100% co-insurance in each Lot will be awarded as insurers for their respective Lot.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please sign up to the National Highways e-sourcing portal on the below link
provided in order to access the reqired tender pack including the
Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and Information to Tender (IfT)
documentation.
nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/ogc-host/public… ↗
Timeline
24 Sept 2026 → 31 Dec 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published34 days ago24 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
- Clarification questions by20 days ago8 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline7 days ago21 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 41 days9 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 62 days31 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published24 Sept 2026, 14:40 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender