Official UK procurement notice
Group Life Assurance · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Orbit Group Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrbit Group is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver Group Life Assurance services for eligible employees.
The successful provider will deliver a reliable, compliant and cost-effective death in service benefit that supports Orbit Group and provides financial protection to employees nominated beneficiaries.
Pleaes note that Orbit are seeking Bid Submissions from suitably qualified insurers or providers who are able to contract directly with Orbit and deliver the Group Life Assurance services. Bid Submissions from brokers, intermediaries or agents acting only in an intermediary or advisory capacity will not be accepted. The successful Bidder will, however, be required to work collaboratively with Orbit's appointed broker/adviser (EBC) in connection with the placement, administration and ongoing management of the scheme.
Please note that a Planned Procurement notice for this tender was published on 11th August 2026 therefore qualifying a reduced tendering period. The reduced tender period is not due to state of urgency.
CPV: Life insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£891,000
- Economic & financial standing
Tenderer's must hold the appropriate regulatory permissions, authorisations or status required to provide, arrange or administer the proposed Life Assurance services, including FCA authorisation where applicable
- Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must:
1, have recent relevant experience of delivering corporate Life Assurance services in the UK
- be able to evidence appropriate data protection, information security and confidentiality controls for handling employee and special category health data, including secure transfer arrangements such as SFTP or equivalent secure data transfer
- have the technical ability to migrate existing members into a new scheme without re-underwriting and protecting current underwriting status
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Tenderer's must hold the appropriate regulatory permissions, authorisations or status required to provide, arrange or administer the proposed Life Assurance services, including FCA authorisation where applicable
- Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must:
1, have recent relevant experience of delivering corporate Life Assurance services in the UK
- be able to evidence appropriate data protection, information security and confidentiality controls for handling employee and special category health data, including secure transfer arrangements such as SFTP or equivalent secure data transfer
- have the technical ability to migrate existing members into a new scheme without re-underwriting and protecting current underwriting status
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- 11 Aug 2026, 11:24 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 17:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
GPL0295- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089851- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e111Find a Tender
- Risks
Orbit may, during the contract term, bring certain outsourced services in-house. This could result in an increase in the number of employees eligible for cover under the Group Life Insurance scheme.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
This tender opportunity is being run on the Proactis e-procurement porta, Procontract. All documents are available on the portal to view and download. Any queries must be raised via the portal. All tender submission must be submitted through the portal.
Timeline
11 Aug 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published77 days ago11 Aug 2026, 11:24 BST
- Next notice expected35 days ago21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published34 days ago22 Sept 2026, 17:20 BST
- Clarification questions by19 days ago7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline15 days ago12 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Award decision expected by7 days ago19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 65 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Aug 2026- Planned procurement notice published11 Aug 2026, 11:24 BSTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published17 Sept 2026, 16:10 BSTUK3
- Deadline moved to 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST17 Sept 2026, 16:10 BST+26 days · was 16 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 17:20 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active22 Sept 2026, 17:20 BST
- Deadline moved to 12 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST22 Sept 2026, 17:20 BST+0 days · was 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
Qualifying Planned Procurement notice to reduce tender period. Estimated date of publishing tender notice updated.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents can be viewed and downloaded on the e-procurement portal 'Proactis'.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender