CS-People: Group Medical Insurance & Accidental Insurance for Country Based Staff (and their dependents) of British High Commission in India

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  "date": "2026-06-09T12:41:57+01:00",
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    "id": "GB-PPON-PXRR-8771-PHVX",
    "name": "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"
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    "title": "CS-People: Group Medical Insurance & Accidental Insurance for Country Based Staff (and their dependents) of British High Commission in India",
    "value": {
      "amount": 3000000,
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amountGross": 3000000
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      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
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    "description": "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) represented by the British High Commission in New Delhi (India) intends to competitively identify (using PA 2023 - Open Procedure) competent Insurance Broker and an Insurance Agency for providing following two General Insurance Products:\nProduct 1: Group Medical Insurance (to cover OPD & IPD) for Staff and their Dependents. \nProduct 2: Group Accidental Insurance cover for Staff. \nOur preference will be to identify and Insurance Agency via a Broker. The Broker will be engaged for a period of 3 years and the Insurance provider for 1 year initially, with the policy period commencing on 1st April 2027. Towards the end of first year, the Broker will help British High Commission in selecting the insurance provider for the following 2 years (1 year at a time).\nSuitable and interesed Brokers and Insurance providers are invited to participate in a virtual Market Engagement Event. During this event we will present our requirements in detail, inform the suppliers market about our procurement process and seek views to better define our requirement in order to achieve Best possible insurance cover for our staff and Better Value for Money for the FCDO.",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2026-08-20T23:59:59+01:00"
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "services"
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      "name": "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office",
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "SW1A 2AH",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "King Charles Street"
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        "name": "Regional Procurement Lead",
        "email": "southasia.procurement@fcdo.gov.uk"
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  "language": "en",
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        "id": "054258-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054258-2026",
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        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "datePublished": "2026-06-09T12:41:57+01:00"
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        "id": "engagement",
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        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2026-07-02T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "Early Market engagement is being planned on 2nd of July 2026 from 12 PM to 01 PM IST\nSuitable and interested suppliers are invited to participate in the virtual market engagement session. The prime objective of organising this session is to share our tentative requirements and gain understanding of what can be provided or achieved by the players in the local market and incorporate any suggestions in our requirement.\nFCDO team will share the insights of the required policy's features along with the tendering process, evaluation process and tender pack.\nInterested suppliers should register their interest in participating this event by filling this form:\nhttps://forms.office.com/e/BBWgeQa6dQ\nA joining link to this virtual market engagement will be shared with suppliers who have completed this form, please ensure your details are shared with us by date 29th ofJune 2026 ."
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