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Published 29 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Insurance Brokerage and related Services to Papworth Trust

Authority: Papworth Trust (Public body)·On behalf of: YMCA Saint Pauls Group

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£175,000≈ £58k / year · £175,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 2 Nov 202617:00 GMT · 6d 17h left
Clarification cut-off 2 Nov 202617:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Apr 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Papworth Trust are looking to appoint a single provider to deliver their Insurance Brokerage and related services for Property, legal liability and other general (non-life) insurable risks.

The programme will require Insurance and related services for risks that may include but not be limited to: property damage and business interruption, employers, public, products and property owners liability, business combined/office, money, all risks, computer, contract works, group personal accident and employment practices liability. This list is to be decided at the sole discretion of Papworth Trust.

The successful supplier will be required to demonstrate the financial ability to deliver the Broker and related Services, including in due course the use of Insurers with a minimum rating of ‘A-’ from standard and poor, 'A-' from AM Best, or an equivalent rating by an independent and reputable credit rating agency and approved by the successful bidder’s market security committee.

Suppliers will be assessed but not limited to the following high level criterion:

  • The ability to provide the Contracting Authority with a choice of suitable insurers and/or suitable cover options
  • A skilled and competent service team, being Client Relationship Management, Insurance Claims management, Insurance Broking / underwriting and insurance risk managers
  • The delivery of quality service to the Contracting Authority and it's customers, including that provided to the Trust by any third-party contractor employed by you or by the Insurer(s) you propose

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CPV: Contractor's all-risk insurance services · Damage or loss insurance services · Engineering insurance services · Financial and insurance services · Financial loss insurance services · Fire insurance services · General liability insurance services · Insurance brokerage services · Insurance services · Legal expenses insurance services · Liability insurance services · Motor vehicle insurance services · +3 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£175,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 1 Apr 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensionsValue: £175,000 exc. VAT · £175,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£116,556/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: Papworth Trust will consider entering into Long Term Agreements with the bidder and/or the bidder's proposed Risk carriers in due course for 3 years (or 3 periods of insurance), with the option to extend the award period by up to 2 further years (or 2 periods of insurance), subject to satisfactory service, performance and cost.

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 2: 60%
  • Criterion 1: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 2

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

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £116,556 (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 Papworth Trust buys Insurance services (CPV 6651), and who usually turns up

Papworth Trust has little published record in this market. 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
This buyerPapworth Trust · this authority
The marketInsurance services (CPV 6651) · UK-wide
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: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 6651 · UK-wide, n=814
—2%

Across this market, small firms won 2% of awards with a known supplier size.

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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 6651 · UK-wide, n=509
—42%

Across this market, 42% of winners were registered in the delivery region.

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 · UK-wide, n=99
—64 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 64 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

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

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no awards on record · market: CPV 6651 · UK-wide, n=452
—33%

Across this market, at least 33% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.

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 buyerNo bid counts published
The market702 lots with bid counts · CPV 6651 · UK-wide
28% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid28%
Market: 194 of 702 lots with published bid counts.
2–345%
Market: 317 of 702 lots with published bid counts.
4–626%
Market: 183 of 702 lots with published bid counts.
7+1%
Market: 8 of 702 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 buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market247 lots with estimate and award · CPV 6651 · UK-wide
44% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate44%
Market: 108 of 247 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%33%
Market: 82 of 247 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate23%
Market: 57 of 247 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£175k
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.

3expected bids11% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 27
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid11%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 11%. This is a forecast.
2–347%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 47%. This is a forecast.
4–640%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 40%. This is a forecast.
7+2%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 2%. 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 12 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.

£162k7% below estimate
12 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£133k–£175k
Half of likely prices fall between £133,398 and £175,000.
Estimate£175k
The buyer published an estimate of £175,000 for this lot.
A 23% 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
Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers LtdEarlier contractProvision of Insurance and Related Services to North Devon Homesstarted Mar 2026Insurance and related services associated with Terrorism and /or Political Violence (Non-Pool Re) for North Devon Homes—Matched as the earlier contract
Marsh LtdEarlier contractProvision of Insurance and Related Services to North Devon Homesstarted Mar 2026Insurance and related services for Motor vehicle risks (possibly including Motor Legal Expenses and Occasional Business Use) for North Devon Homes—Matched 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
Earlier contract1 panel places
£76m116 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago53 live · £96m
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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=34
Earlier contract3 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 panel places
£58m88 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago41 live · £14m
i

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=36
40 panel places
£19m64 awards in 36m · last this month28 live · £27m
i

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
1 panel places
£12m41 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago19 live · £804k
i

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=15
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.

60% title match.

A past supplier may not bid again.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (60% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Provision of Insurance and Related Services to North Devon Homes — held by Marsh Ltd and Marsh Ltd (+1 more); no contract end date published.

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
Open for tender
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
29 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091763
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Contractor's all-risk insurance servicesDamage or loss insurance servicesEngineering insurance servicesFinancial and insurance servicesFinancial loss insurance servicesFire insurance servicesGeneral liability insurance servicesInsurance brokerage servicesInsurance servicesLegal expenses insurance services
+5 moreLiability insurance servicesMotor vehicle insurance services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c3e Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
2 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
2 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £175,000 excludes VAT (£175,000 including VAT).

Timeline

29 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published28 days ago
    29 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST
  2. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 7 days
    2 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 7 days
    2 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 156 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 11:32 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

3 public bodies on the notice

Papworth Trust

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PDTZ-9849-VXCZ Saxongate, Bradbury Place, Huntingdon, East of England, PE29 3RRContact email

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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