Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of Insurance Policy (12 months)
Authority: Cartrefi Conwy Cyfyngedig (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCartrefi Conwy requires comprehensive insurance coverage to protect its assets, operations, and liabilities. The current insurance policy is due to expire in December 2025. A competitive procurement procedure was planned in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023; however, during market engagement in July 2025, potential bidders confirmed that the contracting authority does not hold sufficient data to inform bidders of its insurance needs and enable competitive bids.
Specialist consultants were engaged to collate the necessary data, but due to the complexity and volume of information required, this exercise cannot be completed before the expiry of the current policy. Without adequate insurance, Cartrefi Conwy would face significant operational and financial risk.
Given these circumstances, there is an absence of competition for technical reasons: only the incumbent provider, who holds the relevant historical data and understands Cartrefi Conwy’s insurance requirements, can supply the services needed. There is no reasonable alternative to the insurance cover required. The proposed direct award will provide a 12-month bridging contract, ensuring continuity of cover while enabling completion of the data-gathering exercise and preparation for a fully compliant competitive procurement process.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 19 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Authority reference
PA_00_Ins- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004481- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06091aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The contract is being awarded directly to a supplier that is not an excluded supplier because a direct award justification applies in accordance with section 41(1)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023.
The direct award justification at paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 applies to the award of the contract.
The contracting authority commenced engagement with the market regarding the procurement of insurance services and award of the contract in July 2025 (with a planned contract start date of 31 December 2025).
During such market engagement, potential bidders confirmed that the contracting authority does not currently hold sufficient data/information to inform bidders of its insurance needs and to enable bidders to submit bids in a competitive procurement procedure.
The contracting authority promptly engaged consultants to collate the relevant data/information however, given the extent of the data/information required, such data information is yet to be finalised.
Accordingly, there is an absence of competition for technical reasons (insufficient information/data available for bidders). Given the feedback received during market engagement, the contracting authority considers that the only supplier able to supply the insurance services required is the current provider who is content to proceed on the basis of the information/data it holds relating to previous policies.
There is no reasonable alternative to the insurance cover which the contracting authority requires.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 19 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published19 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected20 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTECTOR INSURANCE (UK)Insurance Policy 21 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 | £995,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Protector Insurance Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender