Official UK procurement notice
Athlete Medical Scheme (AMS)
Authority: THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL (Central government)
UK Sport is seeking a suitably qualified supplier to deliver its Athlete Medical Scheme, providing timely, high-quality healthcare to eligible funded athletes. Tenderers may propose a fully insured model, a trust-based model, or both. The contract will commence on 1 April 2027 for an initial three-year term, with the option to extend for a further year.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Sport is seeking a suitably qualified supplier to deliver its Athlete Medical Scheme, providing timely, high-quality healthcare to eligible funded athletes. Tenderers may propose a fully insured model, a trust-based model, or both. The contract will cover the administration and management of the scheme, access to an appropriate healthcare provider network, claims handling, management information and performance reporting. The contract will commence on 1 April 2027 for an initial three-year term, with the option to extend for a further year.
Please see more detail in the ITT.
CPV: Health insurance services · Medical insurance services
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£11,500,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please see ITT
- Technical & professional ability
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What it takes to wini
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Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality of services: 55%
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I): 10%
- Pricing: 25%
- Environmental Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Pricing: Please see ITT
- Quality of services: Please see ITT
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I): Please see ITT
- Environmental Sustainability: Please see ITT
- Economic & financial standing
Please see ITT
- Technical & professional ability
Please see ITT
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 1 Oct 2026, 15:29 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2026, 11:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 7 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100347- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please submit all tenders to [email protected].
Timeline
1 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published45 days ago1 Oct 2026, 15:29 BST
- Clarification questions by37 days ago9 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Latest notice published23 days ago23 Oct 2026, 11:16 BST
- Submission deadline4 days ago11 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Today15 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected byin 22 days7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 136 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2026- Tender notice published1 Oct 2026, 15:29 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2026, 09:05 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published23 Oct 2026, 11:16 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 11 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT23 Oct 2026, 11:16 BST+9 days · was 2 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
Published amendments (2)
Thank you for your patience whilst we prepare responses to the clarification questions submitted as part of the Athlete Medical Scheme (AMS) procurement process. Following consideration of the volume and complexity of the questions received, UK Sport has decided to extend the period for issuing clarification responses. This will ensure that all questions are considered fully and that complete and …
3 changes have been made to this notice: (A) Updated ITT with new timetable (B) Answers to clarification questions (C) AMS amendment notice confirming the withdrawal of the Trust Model option.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (12)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications UK Sport responses to clarification questions
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications Updated ITT following: (A) Removal of trust model option (B) Updated timetable (C) Update wording to Section 15 (Contractual Terms)
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications AMS amendment notice following decision on feasibility of the trust based model.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender