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Published 18 Aug 2022, 09:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ACCESS Pool Investment Manager for Real Estate - UK Core

Official notice

Authority: Hampshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 13 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£2,000,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 Sept 2022awarded 14 Feb 2023
Awarded to CBRE Investment Management Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority is seeking an investment manager to manage and grow the assigned UK Core

Real Estate mandates of the ACCESS pool members.

This procurement is being undertaken by Hampshire County Council (the Authority) on

behalf of the Administering Authorities who together comprise the ACCESS Pool.

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: www.accesspool.org ↗.

CPV: Pension investment services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Hampshire County Council is running this procurement on behalf of ACCESS pool and isAwardedPublished value£2,000,000,000

Hampshire County Council is running this procurement on behalf of ACCESS pool and is

seeking to appoint an investment manager to manage and grow the assigned UK Core Real

Estate mandates of the ACCESS Pool members.

The procurement will be carried out as a two stage Restricted procedure.

At the conclusion of the procurement procedure, each named Authority will enter into its

own contract with the successful Supplier at their own discretion.

The duration of the contract(s) shall be thirty (30) years, subject to a five (5) yearly review

cycle during this period.

Full details of the requirement can be found in the Specification at Annex 1 of the ITT

documentation by registering within Hampshire's instance of the In-Tend e-procurement

platform at the following URL: in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home ↗ Additional information: Note: The stated contract value is an estimate of fees payable over the life of the contract

based on anticipated mandate size and maximum fees set out in the Pricing Schedule. The

actual fees payable will depend on these and other relevant factors applicable over the

course of the mandate. This amount should not be taken as a guaranteed value or payment.

Specifically, the estimated total contract value shown above has been derived by making a

number of assumptions at the time of writing, which include: the authorities' current

exposure of £4.9 billion as initial assets in the mandate; a contract length of 30 years; a

maximum blended fee rate of 50 basis points; a constant asset growth assumption of 6.0%.

p.a. It should be noted that in practice the actual levels of assets, fees and growth rates are

highly likely to differ materially from these assumptions over the term of the mandate.

Extensions: Across the 11 ACCESS Authorities there is currently a total aggregated exposure of c. £4.9 billion to UK Real Estate, relative to a target exposure of c. £5.8 billion (this is based on each Authority's current strategic asset allocation and latest overall portfolio valuation). Of this existing c. £4.9 billion exposure, four Authorities have direct UK core property portfolios totalling c. £2.5 billion and the other seven Authorities have indirect UK core exposure allocations (via fund of funds allocations or single fund allocations) totalling c. £2.1 billion. In addition, c. £0.3 billion in aggregate has been allocated by some Authorities to alternative UK strategies via single-fund allocations. The current expectation is that the c. £2.1 billion indirect UK core exposure will create the foundation of the ACCESS pooled UK Core Real Estate mandate. The respective Authorities are expected to redeem from their fund of funds allocations/ single fund allocations and invest the redemption proceeds into the pool. However, although possible, not all the c. £2.1 billion indirect UK core exposure is expected to be transitioned to the pool. There are some existing allocations which are not expected to be redeemed initially, and it is also expected that some of the redemption proceeds may be allocated to a separate ACCESS UK Alternative Real Estate solution. There is scope for the total mandate size to significantly increase in scale (and - although unlikely based on information available currently - to possibly decrease), both initially and throughout the life of the mandate, due to the following factors: i. Authorities are currently undertaking reviews of their strategic asset allocations following the 31 March 2022 triennial actuarial valuations (these are expected to be completed by Q1 2023). The results of these reviews may affect each respective Authority's target allocation to UK Core Real Estate. This may have the impact of further increasing the capital that Page 13 to 16 Authorities will collectively allocate to the UK Core Real Estate pool (it is also possible that the results may lead to a decrease in the amount allocated). For context, were each Authority with existing indirect UK core real estate exposure to increase their target exposure by 1%, this would result in an additional c. £0.3 billion being potentially available to be allocated to the pool. ii. It has been assumed that a portion (c. £0.3 billion) of the total redemption proceeds from the existing indirect UK core exposure will be allocated to the ACCESS UK Alternative Real Estate solution. However if this does not turn out to be the case then this will likely be allocated to the ACCESS UK Core Real Estate mandate. iii. Based on discussions with some Authorities, it has further been assumed that c. £0.3 billion in existing single-fund allocations will not be redeemed immediately for strategic reasons. However if this does not turn out to be the case then this will likely be allocated to the ACCESS UK Core Real Estate mandate. iv. For the anticipated initial mandate size for the pool (£0.75 billion - £1.25 billion) the low end of the range has been determined by assuming that only around half of the expected redemptions will be transitioned to the pool i.e. there is scope for an additional c. £0.75 billion to be allocated to the pool if all respective Authorities ultimately decide to transition. v. In addition to the seven Authorities with existing indirect UK core exposure, there are four further Authorities who have existing portfolios of direct UK core exposure. As noted previously, it is anticipated that initially one of these Authorities may appoint the investment manager to the ACCESS pooled solution to manage its own direct holdings. However, over the life of the mandate it may be the case that one, two or all of the other three Authorities will seek a similar arrangement. Across these three Authorities, the current aggregated market value of their direct UK portfolios is c. £1.8 billion.Variant bids: not allowed

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 were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Aug 2022, 09:06 BST
Last source update
10 Mar 2023, 14:43 GMT
Authority reference
CR19851
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-007093
Classification (CPV)
Pension investment services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF2)East of England (UKH)South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035fc3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
23 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Sept 2022 → 10 Mar 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    18 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    10 Mar 2023, 14:43 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Mar 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Mar 2023, 14:43 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    10 Mar 2023, 14:43 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value Not summedvery large published value (£1bn+), not counted until verified; check the notice
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Feb 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CBRE Investment Management Ltd£2,000,000,000 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

11 public bodies on the notice

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public servicesEconomic affairs The Castle, WINCHESTER, South East, SO238ZBContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England & WalesReview body London
  • High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria