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Published 2 Oct 2026, 16:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NHFM Insurance Brokerage · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£250,000≈ £83k / year · £300,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 28 Oct 202612:00 GMT · 1d 17h left
Clarification cut-off 20 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsends 21 Dec 2029 · up to 21 Dec 2031 with extensions · starts 22 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Insurance Brokerage, sourcing third party insurance cover.

CPV: Insurance consultancy services · Risk management insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£250,000
Contract period: 22 Dec 2026 – 21 Dec 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 21 Dec 2031 with extensionsValue: £250,000 exc. VAT · £300,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North EastEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£166,515/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: 2 x 12 month extensions available

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids are scored
Quality: 40%Price: 50%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Price
  • Quality
  • Social Value

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £166,515 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management buys Insurance services (CPV 6651), and who usually turns up

Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Insurance services (CPV 6651) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
The marketInsurance services (CPV 6651) · North East England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 of 6 known-size awards · market: CPV 6651 · North East England, n=45
50%7%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North East England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 5 known-location awards · market: CPV 6651 · North East England, n=58
20%3%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 6651 · North East England, n=11
—80 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 80 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 1 of 3 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 6651 · North East England, n=40
1 of 340%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer16 lots with bid counts · all categories
6% had one bid
The market27 lots with bid counts · CPV 6651 · North East England
19% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid6% / 19%
Buyer: 1 of 16 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
2–356% / 33%
Buyer: 9 of 16 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
4–625% / 48%
Buyer: 4 of 16 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
7+13% / 0%
Buyer: 2 of 16 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 27 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer13 lots with estimate and award · all categories
54% below estimate
The market8 lots with estimate and award · CPV 6651 · North East England
75% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate54% / 75%
Buyer: 7 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%8% / 13%
Buyer: 1 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate38% / 13%
Buyer: 5 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 665136 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£250k
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

2expected bids17% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 10
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid17%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 17%. This is a forecast.
2–368%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 68%. This is a forecast.
4–614%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 14%. This is a forecast.
7+1%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 1%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

Based on 2 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

£200k20% below estimate
2 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£171k–£234k
Half of likely prices fall between £171,306 and £234,445.
Estimate£250k
The buyer published an estimate of £250,000 for this lot.
A 10% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Lockton Companies LLPLive contractInsurance & Brokerage Feeruns to Dec 2026—£247kMatched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
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Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
Live contract1 win in North East England
£468k3 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago1 live · £247k
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

no comparable pairs
4 wins in North East England3 panel places
£56m127 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago60 live · £45m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

3% below n=45
3 wins in North East England40 panel places
£19m64 awards in 36m · last this month28 live · £27m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

4% below n=28
3 wins in North East England40 panel places
£19m64 awards in 36m · last this month28 live · £27m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

4% below n=28
4 wins in North East England2 panel places
£56m18 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago7 live · £894k
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=7
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

What this replaces
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

69% title match.

A past supplier may not bid again.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (69% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Insurance & Brokerage Fee — held by Lockton Companies LLP and Lockton Companies LLP; the published contract ends 20 Dec 2026.

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
Open for tender
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
2 Oct 2026, 16:21 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 16:21 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 19 Nov 2026
Authority reference
NH2594
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093520
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Insurance consultancy servicesRisk management insurance services
Delivery area
North East (UKC2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07801a Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Atamis (Health Family)
Submission portal named on this notice: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
20 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £250,000 excludes VAT (£300,000 including VAT).

Timeline

2 Oct 2026 → 22 Dec 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published24 days ago
    2 Oct 2026, 16:21 BST
  2. Clarification questions by6 days ago
    20 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 2 days
    28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 24 days
    19 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 56 days
    22 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    2 Oct 2026, 16:21 BST
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PLMV-4859-MQXP Northumbria House, Unit 7 & 8 Silver Fox Way, Cobalt Business Park, North Shields, North East, NE27 0QJContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender