Official UK procurement notice
Advisory Services Consultancy · UK public procurement notice
Authority: BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED (Public body)
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£45,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 2 Feb 2026
Awarded to Mercer
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRFP proposal to support the Border to Coast advisory team in setting up the templates and compliance check lists to support the basis for both advisory functions. The team may also require assistance in the population of documents below:
- Advice documents:
- Template reports for: annual strategic health checks & portfolio construction and proposition suitability
- Check lists to facilitate regulatory, TAS and best practice standards
- Appropriate compliance (including TAS) statements, disclaimers and risk statements to reduce risk to Border to Coast
2a. IMS process:
- Draft ISS template in compliance with the draft 2025 pensions bill and associated regulations and guidance.
- Workshop(s) with Border to Coast to define appropriate objectives, beliefs and preferences framework to consistently translate ISS documents into an IPS that aligns with Border to Coasts systems, frameworks and proposition range.
- Draft Investment Policy Statement
2b. IMS role out (requirement to be confirmed after completion of stage 1 and 2.a)
- Support in the completion of ISS and IPS documents across the 18 Partner Funds
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Feb 2026, 14:31 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Mar 2026, 13:47 GMT
- Authority reference
DN802735- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018470- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064722Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Feb 2026- Contract award notice published4 Feb 2026, 14:31 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published2 Mar 2026, 13:47 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £45,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercerAdvisory Services Consultancy RFP16 Feb 2026 – 16 Mar 2026 | £45,000 | 2 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Advisory Services Consultancy Support RFP · Mercer
- Signed
- 26 Feb 2026
- Value
- £45,000
- Period
- 27 Feb 2026 – 26 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
- Options
- Fees for support on the completion of documents to be agreed separately in writing between Border to Coast and Mercer, subject to the guidance range of £20,000-£60,000 plus VAT.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MERCER LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
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