Official UK procurement notice
003797 - Purchase of Cyber attack insurance and resilience response
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPurchase of Cyber attack insurance and resilience response. The insurance cover is for both public liability indemnity cover and also response resilience.
Note - This is being recorded as a Direct Award as a mechanism for completing this award, however this has been sourced competitively, using Marsh as our contracted broker. Marsh advised that this market is extremely limited and contacted 6 providers for quotes. 4 providers declined to quote due to us being a public sector industry. A combined tiered approach was recommended by Marsh with Beazley Insurance DAC and Areco Ltd.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Aug 2026, 09:42 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Aug 2026, 10:44 BST
- Authority reference
OPEN20261823- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080724- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e336Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Further Following Competitive Procedure
- Published justification
This is being recorded as a Direct Award as a mechanism for completing this notice, however this has been sourced competitively, using Marsh as our contracted broker. This contract is out of scope of the original contract, therefore it can be considered as a Direct Award. Marsh advised that this market is extremely limited and contacted 6 providers for quotes. 4 providers declined to quote due to us being a public sector industry.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Aug 2026 → 25 Aug 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends59 days ago24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Notice published59 days ago25 Aug 2026, 10:44 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published13 Aug 2026, 09:42 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published13 Aug 2026, 09:47 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published25 Aug 2026, 10:44 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected25 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Ltd25 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2027 | £268,800 | 12 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Marsh Ltd
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2026
- Value
- £268,800
- Period
- 25 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: NA for Insurance
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Marsh LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender