Official UK procurement notice
LUV01398 Group Income Protection (GIP)
Authority: The University of Leicester (Education)
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF21)
Awarded value£306,000published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 28 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGroup Income Protection for University of Leicester Pension Stakeholder Scheme
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Authority reference
LUV01398- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072358- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d00aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
Direct award after a soft market test by our brokers
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 Nov 2025 → 10 Nov 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends347 days ago6 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published344 days ago10 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published20 Oct 2025, 16:05 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published28 Oct 2025, 14:05 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected8 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £306,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Nov 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited9 Nov 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 | £306,000 inc. VAT | 28 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited
- Signed
- 8 Nov 2025
- Value
- £306,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 9 Nov 2025 – 30 Sept 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Aviva Life & Pensions UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender