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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02dd09"
title: "Defined Benefit Administration Services"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/defined-benefit-administration-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02dd09"
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# Defined Benefit Administration Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/defined-benefit-administration-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02dd09). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS LIMITED: "Defined Benefit Administration Services". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Sept 2021, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.sgn.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scotia-gas-networks-limited-coh-04958135)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 September 2021 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pension fund management services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02dd09`

## 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/defined-benefit-administration-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02dd09#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [sgn.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sgn.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/defined-benefit-administration-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02dd09#participate

## Description
SGN operates a closed defined benefit (final salary) pension arrangement which is registered in the UK and governed by a Trustee Board. The Scheme is currently administered by SSE Pensions, by their in-house Team in Perth, and the Scheme Actuary is Hymans Robertson LLP. The Scheme has been in force in its current form since 2005. It has assets of c£1.3bn, is relatively well funded, and is looking for a high quality administrative and secretariat service to operate from autumn 2022.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Management and Administration of Defined Benefits pension Scheme

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021914-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-03T14:53:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:31:24.249Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02dd09