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# Investment Pooling Advice

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/investment-pooling-advice-ocds-h6vhtk-06c12e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Isle of Wight NHS Trust: "Investment Pooling Advice". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Isle of Wight NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/isle-of-wight-nhs-trust-ons-e06000046)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ34
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £30,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/investment-pooling-advice-ocds-h6vhtk-06c12e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c12e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/investment-pooling-advice-ocds-h6vhtk-06c12e#tl-md)

## Description
Legal advice needed urgently on the 2026 Pension Bill and requirement to pool pension fund investments, via a pool company, with other pension funds. We are in dispute with the investment pool company we wish to join over the status of our participation (shareholder or client only status). We have reached a critical point with KC advice needed but will be in breach of the law on 30 June 2026. The case is complex and we need to retain the lawyer who has worked on this for several months with us whilst she moves law firms (from Gowling to Keystone) on 1 July. This is essential to support the pension committee in critical decisions and reduce risk to the pension fund from its breach of the law and provide a link to KC advice. It will also need to go back to at least the Policy and Finance Committee for a final decision to join the company - and legal input is likely to be crucial to that decision.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Keystone Law**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PVYG-9218-TXZJ`
  - Value: £30,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Investment Pooling Advice (active)
  - Signed Value: £30,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F061695-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-01T11:49:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T12:45:40.045Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c12e