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Published 25 Sept 2026, 10:18 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pension Administration, Consultancy, Actuarial and Investment Services

Authority: LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST (Housing)

2 lotsServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£7,000,000envelope for 2 lots · £7,000,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submission deadline 23 Oct 202623:59 BST · 28d 12h left
Lots 2see the lot list below
Contract term 5 yrsup to 10 yrs with extensions · starts 14 Jun 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 3division 66 · n=9 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Provision of Pension Administration, Consultancy, Actuarial and Investment Services

  • How the procedure runs: Stage 1 - Initial screening assessment Stage 2 - PSQ evaluation Stage 3 - Quality evaluation Stage 4 - Price evaluation Stage 5 - Presentation evaluation

CPV: Pension services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£7,000,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Consultancy, Actuarial, Secretarial and Investment ServicesRenewal UK, North East +8 5 yrsSMEPublished value£5,000,000
The provision of Consultancy, Actuarial, Secretarial and Investment Services.
Contract period: 14 Jun 2027 — 13 Jun 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 10 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: UK, North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestTurnover guideline: ~£1,997,811/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£5,000,000 exc. VAT · £5,000,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
5+5
66520000 Pension services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Pension Administration ServicesRenewal UK 5 yrsSMEPublished value£2,000,000
The provision of Pension Administration Services.
Contract period: 14 Jun 2027 — 13 Jun 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 10 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: UKTurnover guideline: ~£799,124/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£2,000,000 exc. VAT · £2,000,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
5+5
66520000 Pension services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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 are scored · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality — 50%
  • Presentation — 20%
  • Cost — 30%

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST buys Pension services (CPV 6652) — and who usually turns up

LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST’s own published record, next to the North East England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Pension services (CPV 6652) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 6652 (1 route not published) · 5 in division 66 (1 without competition · 2 route not published) · 41 in all categories (1 without competition · 13 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 66), last 36 months: 9 lots. All 9 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3division 66 · 36m · n=9 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 66), last 36 months: 9 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

11%division 66 · 36m · n=9 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no comparable estimate → award pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—no comparable estimate → award pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 7 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

64dall categories · 36m · n=7 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 66 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=66 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 66), last 36 months: 3 notices.

Last 36 months.

33%division 66 · 36m · n=3 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=9
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How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 9 lots on 2 contested notices · division 66, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 11%
  • 2–3 44%
  • 4–6 44%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 3 · 9 lots on 2 contested notices · division 66.

How procedures are run moderate · n=3
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 5 notices · division 66, last 36 months.

  • Open 67%
  • Selective 0%
  • Limited 33%
  • Direct 0%

5 notices · division 66. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · delivery region

North East England · Pension services (CPV 6652)

contract notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 4 in CPV 6652 (1 competed, 1 route not published) · 138 in division 66 (74 competed, 26 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 66), last 36 months: 46 lots. 33 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 13 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3division 66 · 36m · n=46 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 66), last 36 months: 46 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

11%division 66 · 36m · n=46 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 66), last 36 months: 18 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

29% belowdivision 66 · 36m · n=18 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 66), last 36 months: 20 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

68ddivision 66 · 36m · n=20 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 66), last 36 months: 40 lots.

Last 36 months.

22%division 66 · 36m · n=40 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 6652), last 36 months: 3 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

100%CPV 6652 · 36m · n=3 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=46
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 46 lots on 25 contested notices · division 66, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 11%
  • 2–3 48%
  • 4–6 35%
  • 7+ 7%

Median 3 · 46 lots on 25 contested notices · division 66.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=18
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How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 18 lot pairs · division 66, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 61%
  • Within ±2% 22%
  • Above estimate 17%

18 lot pairs · division 66.

robust · n=18
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in North East England (division 66, n=18 pairs) land a median 29% below. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (£7,000,000) is an envelope for 2 lots and is not converted.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Sept 2026, 10:18 BST
Last source update
25 Sept 2026, 10:18 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 9 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Pension services
Delivery area
UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)+2 more
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e585 Find a Tender
How it runs
Stage 1 - Initial screening assessment Stage 2 - PSQ evaluation Stage 3 - Quality evaluation Stage 4 - Price evaluation Stage 5 - Presentation evaluation

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Expression of interest (EOI)
—
Tender submission deadline
23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
—
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published39 days ago
    17 Aug 2026, 12:07 BST
  2. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    25 Sept 2026, 10:18 BST
  3. Next notice expectedin 1 day
    25 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Submission deadlinein 29 days
    23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Award decision expected byin 76 days
    9 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 262 days
    14 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Aug 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    25 Sept 2026, 10:18 BSTUK4
  2. Published value updated
    25 Sept 2026, 10:18 BST
  3. Status changed to active
    25 Sept 2026, 10:18 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    25 Sept 2026, 10:18 BST
  5. Deadline published: 23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    25 Sept 2026, 10:18 BST
  6. Pipeline notice published
    17 Aug 2026, 12:07 BSTUK1

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: IP030441 · GB-PPON: PJQV-6311-TQXL 29-35 West Ham Lane, London, London, E15 4PN

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender