Official UK procurement notice
Lot 3, Call-Off 1 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract Award Notice was published previously, however, did not have the unique OCID number attached to it due to administrative errors. This is a republishing of the Award Notice using today's date.
The Supplier will organise workshops, in 'sprint'-style format, to
support Nest Invest to form views on design aspects or operational approaches for its retirement income blueprint, which include but are not limited to the following:
- Assessment of choice of CMA model, and support making
any changes
- Income calibration sessions (setting initial income, high-level
investment strategy, adjusting the income framework)
- Approach for early retirees (reducing volatility though income
framework)
- Choice of comparator annuities
- Detailed decisions on co-horting (age-related simplifications
and allowing for significant market movements, also related work on cross subsidies)
- Detailed investment strategy considerations
- Price-lock considerations with the insurer
- Governance of cohorts
The supplier will also prepare pre-reading materials and papers
documenting the outcomes of workshops, for subjects relating to
the retirement income blueprint, including the subjects above.
The supplier will also carry out related relevant actions to support
the design of the income distribution approach and associated
modelling.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jul 2026, 15:54 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Aug 2026, 18:53 BST
- Authority reference
TEN-2526-037 (PA2023)- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075955- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cf23Find a Tender
- Call-off under framework TEN-2526-037 (PA2023) Retirement Consultancy Framework - Lot No 2, Call-Off No 1
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jul 2026- Contract award notice published20 Jul 2026, 15:54 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected20 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Aug 2026, 18:53 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willis Towers WatsonCall-Off Number 3.120 Jul 2026 – 30 Oct 2026 | £450,000 | 23 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Willis Towers Watson
- Signed
- 20 Jul 2026
- Value
- £450,000
- Period
- 20 Jul 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Award without competition - single supplier
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Willis Towers WatsonAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender