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Published 17 Dec 2025, 20:22 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Group Income Protection · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE (Central government)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: East of England (UKH24)

Published estimate£500,000≈ £250k / year · £600,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 23 Jan 2026awarded 5 Jun 2026

Awarded to J.M Glendinning (Insurance Brokers) Limited

Contract term 2 yrsends 25 Feb 2028 · up to 25 Feb 2031 with extensions · starts 26 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract is to provide a new Group Income Protection for the Employees of the Money and Pensions Service (MAPS) to enhance Employee Benefits

How the procedure runs: There will be two stages to this tender. Stage 1 participation stage and Stage 2 tender stage. Stage 1 As part of your tender response, you must confirm that you meet the specification forming part of this ITT. The authority will reject any bids that fail to comply with the specification in full. Stage 2 The Tender This will be conducted using a quality proposal and a commercial proposal. The quality proposal will be assessed against a set of questions which will be evaluated and scored. The Commercial Proposal will be a cost based evaluation. The bidders' price will be calculated on the basis of a 5-year cost proposal. Full instruction are provided in the tender documentation, After stage 1 MaPS may alter the value of the contract. After stage 1 MaPS may refine the requirements of the insurance cover being procured. After stage 1 MaPS may amend the timelines and or dates for the stage 2 process.

CPV: Insurance and pension services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£500,000

Contract period: 26 Feb 2026 – 25 Feb 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 25 Feb 2031 with extensionsValue: £500,000 exc. VAT · £600,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: East of England

Extensions: option to renew for a further 3 years at a minimum annual intervals.

66500000 Insurance and pension services

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Cost of Purchase
Requested level of Cover

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 Dec 2025, 20:22 GMT
Last source update: 17 Sept 2026, 10:36 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 12 Feb 2026
Authority reference: C1237
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-084083
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Insurance and pension services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH24)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f868 Find a Tender

How it runs: There will be two stages to this tender. Stage 1 participation stage and Stage 2 tender stage.
Stage 1
As part of your tender response, you must confirm that you meet the specification forming part of this ITT. The authority will reject any bids that fail to comply with the specification in full.
Stage 2 The Tender
This will be conducted using a quality proposal and a commercial proposal. The quality proposal will be assessed against a set of questions which will be evaluated and scored.
The Commercial Proposal will be a cost based evaluation. The bidders' price will be calculated on the basis of a 5-year cost proposal. Full instruction are provided in the tender documentation,
After stage 1 MaPS may alter the value of the contract. After stage 1 MaPS may refine the requirements of the insurance cover being procured. After stage 1 MaPS may amend the timelines and or dates for the stage 2 process.

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)

Submission deadline: 23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

For details please refer to the Invitation to Tender document on the sourcing e-portal (Atamis)

Please ensure your are registered to Atamis to review tender documents and to submit your bid

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Timeline

17 Dec 2025 → 17 Sept 2026 · 7 dates

Tender notice published310 days ago
17 Dec 2025, 20:22 GMT
Submission deadline274 days ago
23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Award decision expected by253 days ago
12 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Contract starts240 days ago
26 Feb 2026
Assessment summaries sent141 days ago
5 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Standstill ends128 days ago
17 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Latest notice published37 days ago
17 Sept 2026, 10:36 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Dec 2025

Tender notice published
17 Dec 2025, 20:22 GMT
UK4
Contract award notice published
5 Jun 2026, 14:30 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
5 Jun 2026, 14:30 BST
Contract signature expected
18 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
17 Sept 2026, 10:36 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £932,9401 award exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 6 Aug 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
J.M Glendinning (Insurance Brokers) LimitedSME18 Jun 2026 – 17 Jun 2029 · up to 17 Jun 2031Extensions: Two allowed for extension of 1 year each	£932,940	5 Jun 2026	Awarded

Contracts

Group Income Protection · J.M Glendinning (Insurance Brokers) LimitedSME
Signed
6 Aug 2026
Value
£932,940
Period
10 Aug 2026 – 9 Aug 2028 · up to 9 Aug 2031 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
3 X 1 year (3 years in total)
No agreed KPIs: KPIs are set but contract is under £5m threshold, Publishing not required.

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one	1	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 07172704 · GB-PPON: PYCD-3829-CVCG Money and Pensions Service Borough Hall, Bedford, East of England, MK42 9ABContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

J.M. GLENDINNING (INSURANCE BROKERS) LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01079593GB-PPON: PYLB-5325-YTDZ Elmwood House Ghyll Royd, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS20 9LTContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender17 Sept 2026, 10:36 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender5 Jun 2026, 14:30 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender17 Dec 2025, 20:22 GMT