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# ACCESS Pool Authorised Contractual Scheme Operator

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/access-pool-authorised-contractual-scheme-operator-ocds-h6vhtk-0449ad). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hampshire County Council: "ACCESS Pool Authorised Contractual Scheme Operator". Published status: complete. Published Value: £80,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 May 2024, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Hampshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hampshire-county-council-ons-e10000014)
- **Published Value:** £80,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 May 2024 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pension fund management services, Pension investment services, Pension services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF24, UKH12, UKH14, UKH15, UKH16, UKH3, UKJ22, UKJ27, UKJ28, UKJ3, UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £80,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/access-pool-authorised-contractual-scheme-operator-ocds-h6vhtk-0449ad#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0449ad`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/access-pool-authorised-contractual-scheme-operator-ocds-h6vhtk-0449ad#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fhampshire%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/access-pool-authorised-contractual-scheme-operator-ocds-h6vhtk-0449ad#participate

## Description
Hampshire County Council (the Authority) is procuring this requirement on behalf of the ACCESS Pool of LGPS Pensions.
ACCESS is seeking a suitably experienced, knowledgeable and skilled organisation, with the appropriate regulatory registrations, to fulfil the role of the FCA regulated company which undertakes selection, appointment, dismissal and variation of terms of investment managers, and provides and operates pool vehicles for Administering Authorities in the ACCESS Pool.
The Authorised Contractual Scheme (ACS) is an authorised contractual scheme in co-ownership form and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with effect from 9 August 2018. The ACS has an unlimited duration
The ACCESS Pool is a collaboration of 11 like-minded Local Government Pension Scheme
Authorities, investing the pensions of over one million members, delivering strong
investment performance, achieving greater cost efficiency and benefiting from the best of
local authority procurement. Further information regarding the ACCESS Pool can be found
here: https://www.accesspool.org/.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66131100, 66520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF, UKH, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £80,000,000
- **Description:** Hampshire County Council is undertaking this procurement on behalf of the ACCESS Pool of LGPS Pension Funds.
The procurement will follow a single stage, Open Tender process for the appointment of a the ACS Operator.
The Operator Agreement will run fo...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** ACCESS Pool Authorised Contractual Scheme Operator (active)
  - Award id: `040158-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Waystone Management (UK) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:03692681`
  - Value: £80,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** ACCESS Pool Authorised Contractual Scheme Operator (active)
  - Signed Value: £80,000,000
  - Signed Date: 01/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040158-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-12T16:33:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T03:43:58.986Z
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