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Published 29 May 2025, 11:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Insurance Brokerage Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: MUTUAL ENERGY LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdUtilities
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£749,999≈ £250k / year · £749,999 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Jul 2025awarded 18 Jul 2025
Award (standstill) to Howden Insurance Brokers
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Aug 2028 · up to 1 Aug 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this tender process was to provide MEL with the most advantageous Tenderer for the services of an Insurance Broker.

This stage, via the Invitation to Tender ("ITT"), was issued as part of a single-stage open procedure for the procurement of an Insurance Broker. The purpose of the ITT was to invite interested and qualified suppliers to submit their tenders for the provision of the Services (including brokerage and ad-hoc insurance consultancy services).

CPV: Insurance brokerage services · Insurance consultancy services · Insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£749,999
Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 1 Aug 2032 with extensionsValue: £749,999 exc. VAT · £749,999 inc. VAT
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Option to extend by 2 years and then 2 years again (so total possible contract duration of 7 years)
66510000 Insurance services66518100 Insurance brokerage services66519310 Insurance consultancy 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
  • Simple description: Full details on the award criteria are available in the tender documents

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
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
29 May 2025, 11:08 BST
Last source update
25 Jul 2025, 10:12 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 26 Jul 2025
Authority reference
2025-MEL-00000027
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028390
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Insurance brokerage servicesInsurance consultancy servicesInsurance services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0528a8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
3 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
Clarification deadline
26 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/mutual-energy/aspx/T… ↗

Please express interest in the brokerage tender via our In Tend tender portal where you can register and download the tender documents.

Timeline

29 May 2025 → 6 Aug 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    29 May 2025, 11:08 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    26 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    3 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
  4. Assessment summaries sent
    25 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 10:12 BST
  6. Award decision expected by
    26 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  7. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025
  8. Standstill ends
    6 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 May 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    29 May 2025, 11:08 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 10:12 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    25 Jul 2025, 10:12 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    31 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £800,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Howden Insurance Brokers1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2032Extensions: Three year initial period followed by two potential extensions of two years if agreed by parties.£800,000 inc. VAT18 Jul 2025standstill to 6 Aug 2025Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

MUTUAL ENERGY LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utilityNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-COH: NI053759 · GB-PPON: PJNB-7791-QMPN First Floor, 85 Ormeau Road, Northern Ireland, BT7 1SHContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPlease see our tender portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/mutual-energy/aspx/Tenders/Current) in order to express interest, register and download the tender documents

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender