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# ACCESS Private Equity Allocators

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/access-private-equity-allocators-ocds-h6vhtk-0453e2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hampshire County Council: "ACCESS Private Equity Allocators". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,000,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 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:** £2,000,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 May 2024 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pension investment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF2, UKH, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/access-private-equity-allocators-ocds-h6vhtk-0453e2#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0453e2`

## 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-private-equity-allocators-ocds-h6vhtk-0453e2#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-private-equity-allocators-ocds-h6vhtk-0453e2#participate

## Description
The Authority is seeking to appoint up to two Private Equity Allocators to manage and grow the Private Equity Mandates of the ACCESS Pool members.
Two allocators will be appointed unless only one supplier is capable of meeting the requirements set out in the ITT, in which case the Authority reserves the right to appoint only a single supplier.
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: https://www.accesspool.org/.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKF, UKH, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000,000
- **Description:** Hampshire County Council is running this procurement on behalf of ACCESS pool and is seeking to appoint up to two investment managers to undertake the role of Private Equity Allocator in relation to the ACCESS Pool's Private Equity Mandates.
The proc...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** ACCESS Private Equity Allocator - Contract A (active)
  - Award id: `000165-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Adams Street Partners LLC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:3288300`
  - Value: £1,000,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** ACCESS Private Equity Allocator - Contract B (active)
  - Award id: `000165-2025-2`
  - Supplier(s): **HarbourVest Partners (U.K.) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:2512083`
  - Value: £1,000,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** ACCESS Private Equity Allocator - Contract A (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,000,000
  - Signed Date: 16/12/2024

- **Contract:** ACCESS Private Equity Allocator - Contract B (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,000,000
  - Signed Date: 16/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000165-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-06T11:18:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:16:01.518Z
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