Financial and insurance services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 66000000·Services · division·15 classes with notices
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 908 lots from 352 competitions run by 274 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 407 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 501 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 1,395 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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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.
Based on 183 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 55 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York College - Provision of EV Cars Salary Sacrifice Scheme | York College | 27 Nov 2026 | 23d | £4,000,000 |
| Provision of Insurance and Related Services to One Manchester | One Manchester | 27 Nov 2026 | 24d | £8,150,000 |
| Durham County Council - Appointment of an Independent Person to the Pension Fund | Durham County Council | 27 Nov 2026 | 23d | £170,000 |
Sub-sectors of financial and insurance services
15 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 2,724 of 3,279 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Insurance services66510000 | 15 open → | 723 | 3 | 2% | |
Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services66170000 | 15 open → | 289 | 2 | 37% | |
Banking services66110000 | 6 open → | 177 | 3 | 7% | |
Pension services66520000 | 4 open → | 101 | 4 | 12% | |
Treasury services66600000 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 10% | |
Financial markets administration services66150000 | 2 open → | 36 | 3 | 20% | |
Banking and investment services66100000 | 4 open → | 64 | 5 | 28% | |
Investment banking services and related services66120000 | 3 open → | 49 | 3 | 0% | |
Brokerage and related securities and commodities services66130000 | 1 open → | 34 | 7 | 31% | |
Portfolio management services66140000 | 1 open → | 36 | 5 | 29% | |
Insurance and pension services66500000 | 2 open → | 36 | 4 | 24% | |
Trust and custody services66160000 | 1 open → | 22 | — | — | |
Loan brokerage services66190000 | 3 open → | 12 | — | — |
Show 2 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Reinsurance services66700000 | 0 | 3 | 18 | — | |
Foreign exchange services66180000 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities36%(1,128 notices)
1,128 of 3,166 notices are Local authorities (36%).Central government20%(618 notices)
618 of 3,166 notices are Central government (20%).Other public bodies17%(553 notices)
553 of 3,166 notices are Other public bodies (17%).Housing associations9%(295 notices)
295 of 3,166 notices are Housing associations (9%).Education & universities7%(207 notices)
207 of 3,166 notices are Education & universities (7%).Not classified12%(365 notices)
365 of 3,166 notices are Not classified (12%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Central government | 127 | 35 | 2 |
| CASTLES & COASTS HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED | Housing associations | 53 | 50 | 0 |
| Norfolk County Council | Local authorities | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Other public bodies | 24 | 20 | 0 |
| British Council | Local authorities | 23 | 10 | 0 |
| Ministry of Justice | Central government | 23 | 9 | 0 |
| The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London | Local authorities | 21 | 15 | 0 |
| British Business Bank | Central government | 20 | 19 | 1 |
| Kent County Council | Local authorities | 19 | 5 | 1 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 19 | 11 | 0 |
1,186 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 1,924 of 3,279 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Greater London | 3 | 18% | 51% | |
| South East England | 3 | 15% | 22% | |
| North West England | 3 | 12% | 11% | |
| East of England | 3 | 23% | 8% | |
| East Midlands | 3 | 12% | 6% | |
| West Midlands | 3 | 16% | 8% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | 20% | 7% | |
| Scotland | 3 | 6% | 70% | |
| South West England | 3 | 17% | 12% | |
| North East England | 3 | 17% | 5% | |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 5% | 44% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 9% | 6% |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract91%(2,978 notices)
2,978 of 3,279 notices are Contract (91%).Framework7%(219 notices)
219 of 3,279 notices are Framework (7%).Dynamic purchasing system3%(82 notices)
82 of 3,279 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (3%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open40%(1,302 notices)
1,302 of 3,279 notices are Open (40%).Route not published17%(558 notices)
558 of 3,279 notices are Route not published (17%).Selective17%(546 notices)
546 of 3,279 notices are Selective (17%).Limited / restricted14%(447 notices)
447 of 3,279 notices are Limited / restricted (14%).Direct award13%(426 notices)
426 of 3,279 notices are Direct award (13%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold79%(439 notices)
439 of 558 notices are Above threshold (79%).Below threshold21%(119 notices)
119 of 558 notices are Below threshold (21%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (1,715) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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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.
1 bid26%(237)
237 of 908 lots fall in 1 bid (26%).2–344%(395)
395 of 908 lots fall in 2–3 (44%).4–627%(246)
246 of 908 lots fall in 4–6 (27%).7 or more3%(30)
30 of 908 lots fall in 7 or more (3%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 908 lots from 352 competitions run by 274 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 407 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 501 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
820 of 1,587 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 128 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
282 SME bids out of 2,016, on 644 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
164 of 1,430 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 367 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
35 of 1,715 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 131 lots from 48 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 3,881 awards to 1,106 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 20% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Zurich Municipal | 110 | 202 | 14 | 101 |
| Marsh Ltd | 96 | 193 | 73 | 84 |
| Risk Management Partners Ltd | 92 | 211 | 8 | 86 |
| Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd | 86 | 154 | 67 | 81 |
| ECCLESIASTICAL INSURANCE OFFICE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 62 | 62 | 60 | 14 |
| PROTECTOR INSURANCE (UK) | 61 | 80 | 9 | 52 |
| ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | 58 | 93 | 43 | 53 |
| American International Group UK Limited | 37 | 60 | 17 | 28 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 1,135 of 3,279 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in financial and insurance services
55 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
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.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 66, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 2 Nov 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- 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.