Official UK procurement notice
OPG Deputyship and Guardianship Surety Bonds
Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority has concluded a tender to procure the provision of a service for surety bonds, for both deputy and guardianship bonds. The Surety Bonds requirement exists to safeguard individuals for whom a Deputy or Guardian has been appointed.
In most cases, the Court of Protection requires Deputies or Guardians to provide a form of ‘security’ – a safeguard designed to protect the financial interests of individuals who lack capacity or who are missing. This security is typically provided in the form of a Surety Bond, which is guaranteed by an insurance company and remains standard practice under current legal arrangements.
The requirement is for a sole supplier to deliver the Surety Bonds for Deputies and Guadian’s consisting of:
Responsible and accountable for the end-to-end provision, administration and management of all Surety Bonds Compliant with statutory obligations .
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 20 Sept 2031, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£16,488,311
- Economic & financial standing
The questions within the Procurement Specific Questionnaire relating to Financial Capacity Conditions are listed below:
Q13. Are you relying on another Concessionaire to act as a guarantor?
If so, please provide their name and evidence of their financial standing.
Q14. The Authority will assess your self-certified response using the financial information provided as detailed in the FVRA.
Q15. Please confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
a. Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* = £5M
b. Public Liability Insurance = £10M
c. Professional Indemnity Insurance = £10M
*There is a legal requirement for certain employers to hold Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of £5 million as a minimum. See the Health and Safety Executive website for more information: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse39.pdf ↗
Q17. Please confirm that you have the human and technical resources to perform and comply with the GDPR Schedule 6 The Contract Terms and Conditions by the award of the contract.
- Technical & professional ability
Q18 Relevant experience – Brokerage Requirement
As part of the mandatory requirements for this contract, the successful tenderer must have an underwriter in place to facilitate the issuance and management of the OPG Bond.
Please confirm you have or will have an underwriter in place at the time of submitting your bid.
If yes, provide the underwriters name, contact details, and a brief description of their role in relation to this contract.
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)
- Implementation: 15%
- Bond Application & Management: 25%
- Service Delivery & Customer Support: 20%
- Exchange of Information: 15%
- Contract Management: 10%
- Contract Exit: 5%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (7)
- Implementation
- Bond Application & Management
- Service Delivery & Customer Support
- Exchange of Information
- Contract Management
- Contract Exit
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
The questions within the Procurement Specific Questionnaire relating to Financial Capacity Conditions are listed below:
Q13. Are you relying on another Concessionaire to act as a guarantor?
If so, please provide their name and evidence of their financial standing.
Q14. The Authority will assess your self-certified response using the financial information provided as detailed in the FVRA.
Q15. Please confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
a. Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* = £5M
b. Public Liability Insurance = £10M
c. Professional Indemnity Insurance = £10M
*There is a legal requirement for certain employers to hold Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of £5 million as a minimum. See the Health and Safety Executive website for more information: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse39.pdf ↗
Q17. Please confirm that you have the human and technical resources to perform and comply with the GDPR Schedule 6 The Contract Terms and Conditions by the award of the contract.
- Technical & professional ability
Q18 Relevant experience – Brokerage Requirement
As part of the mandatory requirements for this contract, the successful tenderer must have an underwriter in place to facilitate the issuance and management of the OPG Bond.
Please confirm you have or will have an underwriter in place at the time of submitting your bid.
If yes, provide the underwriters name, contact details, and a brief description of their role in relation to this contract.
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
- ConcessionLight touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 20 Sept 2031
- First published
- 1 May 2025, 17:12 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Apr 2026, 15:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
ITT_9818- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066843- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050bceFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The Ministry of Justice is using the E-Sourcing Portal, Jaggaer, for this procurement which means the ITT is available only in electronic form. To access this procurement opportunity please log on to Jaggaer at ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk ↗ and search for the ITT using reference ITT_9818 to be able to view the ITT documents and submit a response.
If you do not already have a Jaggaer account please register to create an account via the following link - ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
If you have any issues registering, please contact 0845 0100 132 or e-mail esourcing@justice.gov.uk.
Any queries regarding Jaggaer should be sent to the Authority’s Central Support Team (Mon – Fri 08:30 – 17:00) by calling 0845 0100 132 or by emailing: esourcing@justice.gov.uk
Timeline
1 May 2025 → 29 Jul 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published1 May 2025, 17:12 BST
- Market engagement2 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
The OPG and COP Guardianship and Deputy Surety Bonds Market Engagement Webinar will be held via Teams at 3.00pm on 22 May 2025. The Webinar presentation will last approximately 35 minutes with 20 minutes for Q&A following the presentation. The presentation Webinar will be presented by OPG, COP and MoJ.
Please register your interest via 'PQQ_494 OPG Guardianship and Deputy Surety Bonds in the MoJ Jaggaer Portal by no later than 2.00pm on 16 May 2025. Please send a message through PQQ_494 requesting attendance at the Preliminary Market Engagement Webinar event.
Please include the following detail in your message
Full names of those attending
Company/organisation name
Contact details – email and phone number
If you would like to ask any questions prior to the event please send these through PQQ_494 and we will do our best to cover them at the event.
We may follow up with further market engagment after the event.
If you do not already have a Jaggaer account please register to create an account via the following link - ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
If you have any issues registering, please contact 0845 0100 132 or email esourcing@justice.gov.uk
*MoJ Commercial is facilitating this procurement on behalf of OPG
This notice is for Information only and the Authority reserves the right to not proceed to tender. Additionally the Authority reserves the right to discontinue the tender process and not to award the contract.
The information contained in this notice, including information relating to the nature and scope of the requirements, the estimated value, the service classification of this requirement or the list of CPV codes, is only indicative of current thinking and is neither exhaustive nor binding, and the Authority reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue or any further notices or at any other time. The publication of this notice in no way obliges the Authority to commence any competitive tender process. The Authority is not/shall not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in participating in this market engagement exercise. Any contracts are subject to the relevant legal and Cabinet Office controls and policies. The Authority reserves the right to source items included through other means (e.g. an existing contract or framework).
- Next notice expected376 days ago16 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published373 days ago20 Oct 2025, 16:23 BST
- Clarification questions by356 days ago6 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline341 days ago21 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by281 days ago19 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published209 days ago2 Apr 2026, 15:47 BST
- Standstill ends195 days ago15 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts91 days ago29 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
19 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 May 2025, 17:12 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 13:25 BSTUK1
- Published value updated to £1,500,00023 May 2025, 13:25 BSTwas £15,000,000
- Status changed to planned23 May 2025, 13:25 BST
- Planned procurement notice published20 Aug 2025, 14:55 BSTUK3
- Published value updated to £18,770,00020 Aug 2025, 14:55 BSTwas £1,500,000
- Procurement method changed20 Aug 2025, 14:55 BST
- Deadline published: 13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST20 Aug 2025, 14:55 BST
- Planned procurement notice published9 Sept 2025, 11:21 BSTUK3
- Published value updated to £16,488,3119 Sept 2025, 11:21 BSTwas £18,770,000
- Deadline moved to 27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT9 Sept 2025, 11:21 BST+14 days · was 13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Planned procurement notice published2 Oct 2025, 11:44 BSTUK3
- Deadline moved to 17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT2 Oct 2025, 11:44 BST+21 days · was 27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published20 Oct 2025, 16:23 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active20 Oct 2025, 16:23 BST
- Deadline moved to 21 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT20 Oct 2025, 16:23 BST+4 days · was 17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract award notice published2 Apr 2026, 15:47 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete2 Apr 2026, 15:47 BST
- Contract signature expected24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Tender dates have been updated within the Submission.
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 9 Sept 2025
- 2025-08: 1 release · 20 Aug 2025
- 2025-05: 2 releases · 1 May 2025, 23 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh LtdOPG Deputy and Guardianship Surety Bonds24 Apr 2026 – 23 Apr 2032 | £1,648,831 | 1 Apr 2026standstill to 15 Apr 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- did not winCLS Property Insight Limited · Greater London
- did not winMark Bates LimitedSME · East Midlands
- wonMarsh Ltd · 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
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- CLS Property Insight LimitedBidder / tenderer
- Mark Bates LimitedBidder / tenderer
- Marsh LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- 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
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender