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Published 30 May 2025, 12:33 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

Provision of Insurance Services

South Ayrshire Council
Local Council
Insurance services
Scotland (UKM94)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
6
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Standard
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: South Ayrshire Council: "Provision of Insurance Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 6 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Official Requirement Description:
Insurance Services to SAC

Lots and requirements (6)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Property Damage & Business Interruption including Money and Specified Property Insured
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    lot 1 - Property Damage & Business Interruption including Money and Specified Property Insured
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
  • Lot 2 · #10
    Fidelity Guarantee
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Lot 10 – Fidelity Guarantee Insurance
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
  • Lot 3 · #5
    Motor Fleet
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Lot 5 - Motor Fleet Insurance
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
  • Lot 4 · #6
    Computer
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Computer insurance
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
  • Lot 5 · #7
    Contractors All Risks/Own Plant/ Hired-in Plant
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Lot 7 – Contractors All Risks/Own Plant/ Hired-in Plant Insurance
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
  • Lot 6 · #9
    Lot 9 - Group Personal Accident / Travel
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Lot 9 - Group Personal Accident / Travel Insurance
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
QUALITY: 60
COST: 40
QUALITY: 60
COST: 40
QUALITY: 60
COST: 40
QUALITY: 60
COST: 40
QUALITY: 60
COST: 40
QUALITY 60%: 60
COST 40%: 40
Published as relative weighting ratio, not percentage points.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Protector InsuranceHolds 71.1% of historical attributable spend
High Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: South Ayrshire Council

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for South Ayrshire Council. These figures describe rolling 24 months, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Requires 5 comparable published awards
    Competition Density
    1Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 88.9% · Mean: 1.1 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    High Concentration
    Protector InsuranceTop vendor: 71.1% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £13,973,462Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 9 retained awards
    Methodology & coverage notes (9 active published awards)
    Coverage: 9 active published awards; 9 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 66):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Protector Insurance4 wins£9,931,293No published budget
    Risk Management Partners Ltd2 wins£3,783,495No published budget
    Maven Public Sector2 wins£132,229No published budget
    Golfguard Ltd1 win£126,445No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 66 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 17:16 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 55 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    3reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 1,303 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~57 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 81 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    1 updates
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 66)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    INTACT INSURANCE IRELAND DAC UK BRANCHCRN: BR022229
    		59 contracts£16,821,444At ceiling / not disclosed
    Marsh LimitedCRN: 01507274
    		57 contracts£7,532,300At ceiling / not disclosed
    ECCLESIASTICAL INSURANCE OFFICE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYCRN: 00024869
    		51 contracts£6,472,954At ceiling / not disclosed
    AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP UK LIMITEDCRN: 10737370
    		51 contracts£640,466At ceiling / not disclosed
    RSA NI Insurance LtdCRN: NI039814
    		36 contracts£733,676At ceiling / not disclosed
    Risk Management Partners
    		35 contracts£69,894,495At ceiling / not disclosed
    RSM UK GROUP LLP
    		29 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    MACINTYRE HUDSON LLP
    		29 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    HW Controls and Assurance Ltd (trading as Validera)
    		29 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    RSA
    		27 contracts£1,203,002At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    Cunninghame Housing Association & Subsidiary CompaniesCunninghame Housing via Howden UK Insurance Brokers Ltd · 11 Aug 2026, 11:24 BST
    		£719,000
    same CPV family
    same region
    Provision of Insurance and related Services to - Belfast City Council (via Insurance Services 3 CCS RM6138 - DPSBelfast City Council · 26 Mar 2026, 14:51 GMT
    		£975,000
    same CPV family
    matching published text
    Insurance ServicesLEISURESK LIMITED · 17 Feb 2026, 15:34 GMT
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    matching published text
    Provision of Insurance Brokerage ServicesDFT OPERATOR LIMITED · 14 Jul 2026, 09:42 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    matching published text
    Tender for Insurance & related ServicesSELWOOD HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED · 24 Apr 2026, 11:25 BST
    		£4,145,043
    same CPV family
    matching published text
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodStandard public procedureLegal basisStandard UK Procurement RulesProcurement categoryServices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published30 May 2025, 12:33 BSTLast source update30 May 2025, 12:33 BST
    Classification (CPV)Insurance services
    Delivery area
    Scotland (UKM94)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0529a5
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      30 May 2025, 12:33 BST
    2. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    3. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    4. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    5. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    6. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    7. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    8. Contract active
      Signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £57,334
    9. Contract active
      Signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £74,894
    10. Contract active
      Signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £1,809,668
    11. Contract active
      Signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £341,820
    12. Contract active
      Signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £292,518
    13. Contract active
      Signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £7,487,286

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (6)
    Maven Public Sector
    Not published · Not published · active
    Maven Public Sector
    Not published · Not published · active
    Protector Insurance
    Not published · Not published · active
    Protector Insurance
    Not published · Not published · active
    Protector Insurance
    Not published · Not published · active
    Protector Insurance
    Not published · Not published · active
    Contracts (6)
    Lot 9 - Group Personal Accident / Travel
    £57,334 · signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
    Fidelity Guarantee
    £74,894 · signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
    Motor Fleet
    £1,809,668 · signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
    Computer
    £341,820 · signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
    Contractors All Risks/Own Plant/ Hired-in Plant
    £292,518 · signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
    Property Damage & Business Interruption including Money and Specified Property Insured
    £7,487,286 · signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
    Bid statistics
    bids: 1 (lot 1)
    electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
    smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
    bids: 1 (lot 10)
    electronicBids: 1 (lot 10)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 10)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 10)
    smeBids: 0 (lot 10)
    bids: 2 (lot 5)
    electronicBids: 2 (lot 5)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 5)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 5)
    smeBids: 0 (lot 5)
    bids: 1 (lot 6)
    electronicBids: 1 (lot 6)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 6)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 6)
    smeBids: 0 (lot 6)
    bids: 1 (lot 7)
    electronicBids: 1 (lot 7)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 7)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 7)
    smeBids: 0 (lot 7)
    bids: 1 (lot 9)
    electronicBids: 1 (lot 9)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 9)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 9)
    smeBids: 0 (lot 9)
    Bidding dynamics & price outcome
    Total bids received: 2 (0 from SMEs)
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Status changed to complete
      30 May 2025, 12:33 BST
    2. Official notice release published
      30 May 2025, 12:33 BST
    3. Buyer information updated
      30 May 2025, 12:33 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    South Ayrshire Council

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-FTS-4854
    View buyer profile →

    Official Documents & Specifications (0)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    No data
    No linked documents are published
    Procedure justification & pre-market engagement
    Official Statement
    Procedure rationale (direct award / limited competition)Provision of a Insurance Services, issued as a mini competition, under the Crown Commercial Services, Insurance Services 3 DPS, Lot 1: Insurance Services 3 DPS Framework Agreement, Ref: RM6138