Official UK procurement notice
Insurance Broker Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: MAG AIRPORT LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionManchester Airports Group (MAG) required long-term Insurance Broker Services.
MAG operates within a complex commercial and regulatory environment while maintaining a diverse, evolving risk profile. Effective insurance arrangements are essential to supporting operational continuity, financial resilience, and MAGs wider strategic objectives.
Insurance brokers play a critical role in advising on risk transfer strategy, insurance programme design, placement of cover, insurer engagement, and claims management.
Key policies taken out by MAG annually include:
- Property Damage and Business Interruption
- Airport Owners and Operators Liability
- Cyber
- Motor
- Employers Liability
- Directors and Officers Liability
- Engineering Inspection and Insurance
- A portfolio of insurance for the CAVU business.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 - Pre-qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) Stage 2 - Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) Stage 3 - Best and Final Offers (BAFO) and Presentation Meetings Stage 4 - Award Further details are included in the tender documentation.
- No preliminary market engagement: MAG maintains relationships with all major brokers though regular dialogue and engagement in webinars and events hosted by the brokers. MAG colleagues discuss no confidential or commercial detail with officers of non-incumbent brokers. MAG colleagues liaise with brokers to discuss market trends, new innovation and MAG's own focus in transferring risk to the insurance market.
CPV: Insurance brokerage and agency services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Further information will be available in the tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Further information will be available in the tender documentation
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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).
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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).
- Technical: More information about the tender will be described in the relevant documents provided by the MAG Procurement team.
- Commercial: More information about the tender will be described in the relevant documents provided by the MAG Procurement team.
- ESG: More information about the tender will be described in the relevant documents provided by the MAG Procurement team.
- Economic & financial standing
Further information will be available in the tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
Further information will be available in the tender documentation
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
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Apr 2026, 15:43 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 10:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
ID7390- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-033877- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06823cFind a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 - Pre-qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
Stage 2 - Invitation to Negotiate (ITN)
Stage 3 - Best and Final Offers (BAFO) and Presentation Meetings
Stage 4 - Award
Further details are included in the tender documentation.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 11 May 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 11 May 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
If you are interested in this opportunity and wish to view the PQQ documents, please follow the instructions below:
A) If you have worked with MAG before and are already registered on the SAP Ariba Network:
Please confirm your interest by emailing [email protected] and include the following SAP Ariba details:
- Organisation Name:
- Your Name:
- Email Address:
You will receive an email with a link to access the sourcing event in SAP Ariba and view all relevant tender documents.
B) If you haven't worked with MAG before:
First, register your company details on the MAG Portal via the following link and select "Register your interest": www.magairports.com/work-with-us/procure… ↗
Within Section 7.2 of the registration form, confirm name of contact at MAG as Hannah Durman.
After registering, email [email protected]
You will then receive an email with a link to access the sourcing event in SAP Ariba.
(If you do not already have a SAP Ariba Account, please follow the link in the email to create one) and view all relevant tender documents.
Once you have registered, please email [email protected] and advise that you have registered on the Portal. You will then be given access to the project documents via SAP Ariba.
Details on how to provide a response to MAG are detailed in the documentation.
Bidders must submit their Pre-Qualification Questionnaires via the SAP Ariba Portal.
Timeline
14 Apr 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published194 days ago14 Apr 2026, 15:43 BST
- Submission deadline167 days ago11 May 2026, 13:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent48 days ago8 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published48 days ago8 Sept 2026, 10:02 BST
- Standstill ends38 days ago17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 6 days31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 6 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Apr 2026- Tender notice published14 Apr 2026, 15:43 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published14 Apr 2026, 17:53 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published8 Sept 2026, 10:02 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 Sept 2026, 10:02 BST
- Contract signature expected31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willis LimitedInsurance Broker Services Contract1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2031 · up to 31 Oct 2035Extensions: This contract will last for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for +2 years,+2 years, taking it through to 9 years in total. · Options: MAG shall have the option to procure any goods, services, and/ or consultancy that relate to or are ancillary to the main purpose of the contract notice and / or that are required in order to receive the benefit of the applicable goods or services being procured. In the event that MAG acquires any other airport(s), we also reserve the right to potentially procure similar Services for these airport(s) through the contract. | £3,000,000 | 8 Sept 2026standstill to 17 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- WILLIS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender