Official UK procurement notice
Consultancy Support for Investment Platform Implementation
Authority: BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBorder to Coast has propositions within Public Listed, Private Markets, and Real Estate asset classes that deliver investment opportunities and management to our Partner Funds, with specific systems in place for each asset class.
As part of our strategy to offer more capabilities to our Partner Funds and a unified approach to investments data within the organisation, we need to implement a platform that enables management of, and insight into, Partner Fund cross-asset investments.
We engaged in a public procurement for the platform and are well progressed through that process. We require consultancy support to assist us with the implementation of the selected system, as set out below.
The platform needs to be integrated with our administrator and other third parties to enable us to gain efficiency benefits, manage from the perspective of the whole customer fund, and strategically implement the provision of new capabilities.
- How the procedure runs: Border to Coast will evaluate the Responses and select a maximum of 3, highest ranking Suppliers to be taken through to the next stage of the Procurement. In the event that 2 or more Suppliers receive the same score and are placed 3rd in ranking, all such Suppliers will be invited to Stage 2 of the Procurement. Stage 2 full bids will then be assessed and supplier clarification sessions held where required.
CPV: Software implementation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Bid Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Bid Price
- Quality
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jan 2026, 10:20 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
DN792383- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072694- Accelerated
- Qualifying planned procurement notice
- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a452Find a Tender
- How it runs
Border to Coast will evaluate the Responses and select a maximum of 3, highest ranking
Suppliers to be taken through to the next stage of the Procurement. In the event that 2 or more
Suppliers receive the same score and are placed 3rd in ranking, all such Suppliers will be
invited to Stage 2 of the Procurement. Stage 2 full bids will then be assessed and supplier clarification sessions held where required.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Nov 2025
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
29 Sept 2025 → 20 Jan 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published386 days ago29 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
- Market engagement346 days ago7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Border to Coast have/will have initial discussions with at least 3 suppliers that are/will be non-commercial in nature. Suppliers that haven't been initially approached are still invited to bid for the ITT.
- Next notice expected343 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published343 days ago11 Nov 2025, 10:58 GMT
- Clarification questions by336 days ago18 Nov 2025
- Submission deadline333 days ago21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by321 days ago2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent321 days ago3 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends311 days ago12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts293 days ago31 Dec 2025
- Latest notice published273 days ago20 Jan 2026, 10:20 GMT
Notice history
8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2025- Planned procurement notice published29 Sept 2025, 16:05 BSTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Sept 2025, 16:51 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published11 Nov 2025, 10:58 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active11 Nov 2025, 10:58 GMT
- Contract award notice published3 Dec 2025, 14:38 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete3 Dec 2025, 14:38 GMT
- Contract signature expected15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published20 Jan 2026, 10:20 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-09: 2 releases · 29 Sept 2025, 30 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRATA FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTING LTDSME31 Dec 2025 – 31 Dec 2026 · up to 30 Jun 2027Extensions: There will be the option for an additional 6 month extension after the initial 1 year term, although this is not guaranteed. | £2,000,000 | 2 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · STRATA FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTING LTDSME
- Signed
- 19 Jan 2026
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Period
- 20 Jan 2026 – 4 Jan 2027 · up to 4 Jul 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Optional 6 month extension
No agreed KPIs: Contract value not greater than £5million
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- STRATA FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTING LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender