Official UK procurement notice
Group Medical Insurance for Country-Based Staff (and qualified dependents) of British High Commission in Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) intend to identify a competent insurance agency to provide a Group Medical Insurance Policy cover for Country-Based Staff (and their qualified dependents) of British High Commission in Colombo (Sri Lanka).
The contract will be for a period of Three (3) years starting from 1st April 2027 till 31st March 2028, with a provision to further extension for Two (2) more years on (1+1 basis) subject to satisfactory performance by the selected supplier and continuous business requirement at BHC Colombo.
We would like to engage in a discussion with potential Insurance Agencies/Companies, who operate in Sri Lanka market and will be interested to bid for this assignment and deliver the required services.
An Early Market Engagement is being planned on 21st August 2026 from 11:00 to 12:00 hrs Colombo time.
Suitable and interested suppliers are invited to participate in the virtual market engagement session. The prime objective of organising this event is to share our tentative requirements and gain understanding of what can be provided or achieved by the players in the Local Market.
A presentation will be shared with suppliers (participants at the event), which will include FCDO's procurement procedures, possible bid evaluation criteria and overall project timelines.
CPV: Accident and health insurance services · Health insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office buys Insurance services (CPV 6651): the notice lists a non-UK location
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s published record is shown without a UK market comparison because the notice lists a non-UK delivery location. Check the notice description and tender documents for the actual site. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Insurance services (CPV 6651) →
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
The notice lists delivery in Sri Lanka, so this procedure has no confirmed single UK region; the buyer’s figure reads its other awards, each against its own delivery region.
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Half of these awards were announced within 62 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid28%
2–341%
4–628%
7+3%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Below estimate0%
Within ±2%60%
Above estimate40%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1Published estimate£190k
This lot lists only non-UK delivery addresses. Supplier examples below come from UK award history and are not checked for this delivery area.
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Where the award price may land.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Amana Takaful PLCEarlier contract | Medical Insurance for Country Based Staff (& their Dependents) of the British High Commission Colombo, Sri Lankanotice published Apr 2024 | — | £210k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
77% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
77% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (77% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Medical Insurance for Country Based Staff (& their Dependents) of the British High Commission Colombo, Sri Lanka — held by Amana Takaful PLC; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 31 Jul 2026, 06:24 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 06:24 BST
- Authority reference
CPH14298-2027- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072439- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d833Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
31 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published84 days ago31 Jul 2026, 06:24 BST
- Market engagement64 days ago19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
An Early Market engagement is being planned on 21st August 2026 from 11:00 to 12:00 hrs Indian Standard time. Suitable 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. A presentation will be shared with suppliers (participants at the event), which will include FCDO's procurement procedures, possible bid evaluation criteria and overall project timelines.
Interested suppliers should register their interest in participating this event by filling this form link attached below:
- Tender notice expected45 days ago7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 160 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published31 Jul 2026, 06:24 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender