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Published 29 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Insurance Brokerage and related Services to Papworth Trust

Authority: Papworth Trust (Public body)·On behalf of: YMCA Saint Pauls Group

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£175,000≈ £58k / year · £175,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 2 Nov 202617:00 GMT · 34d 3h left
Clarification cut-off 2 Nov 202617:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Bids per lot · the market 4CPV 6651 · n=38 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Papworth Trust are looking to appoint a single provider to deliver their Insurance Brokerage and related services for Property, legal liability and other general (non-life) insurable risks.

The programme will require Insurance and related services for risks that may include but not be limited to: property damage and business interruption, employers, public, products and property owners liability, business combined/office, money, all risks, computer, contract works, group personal accident and employment practices liability. This list is to be decided at the sole discretion of Papworth Trust.

The successful supplier will be required to demonstrate the financial ability to deliver the Broker and related Services, including in due course the use of Insurers with a minimum rating of ‘A-’ from standard and poor, 'A-' from AM Best, or an equivalent rating by an independent and reputable credit rating agency and approved by the successful bidder’s market security committee.

Suppliers will be assessed but not limited to the following high level criterion:

- The ability to provide the Contracting Authority with a choice of suitable insurers and/or suitable cover options

- A skilled and competent service team, being Client Relationship Management, Insurance Claims management, Insurance Broking / underwriting and insurance risk managers

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- The delivery of quality service to the Contracting Authority and it's customers, including that provided to the Trust by any third-party contractor employed by you or by the Insurer(s) you propose

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Huntingdon:-Financial-and-insurance-services./43SBS42P6S

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/43SBS42P6S

CPV: Contractor's all-risk insurance services · Damage or loss insurance services · Engineering insurance services · Financial and insurance services · Financial loss insurance services · Fire insurance services · General liability insurance services · Insurance brokerage services · Insurance services · Legal expenses insurance services · Liability insurance services · Motor vehicle insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£175,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 1 Apr 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: UKTurnover guideline: ~£116,556/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£175,000 exc. VAT · £175,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Papworth Trust will consider entering into Long Term Agreements with the bidder and/or the bidder's proposed Risk carriers in due course for 3 years (or 3 periods of insurance), with the option to extend the award period by up to 2 further years (or 2 periods of insurance), subject to satisfactory service, performance and cost.
66000000 Financial and insurance services66510000 Insurance services66513100 Legal expenses insurance services66513200 Contractor's all-risk insurance services66514110 Motor vehicle insurance services66515000 Damage or loss insurance 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
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 2 — 60%
  • Criterion 1 — 40%

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

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

Insurance services (CPV 6651) in East of England — and who usually turns up

Papworth Trust has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the East of England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Insurance services (CPV 6651) →

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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

Papworth Trust

no contract notices in Insurance services (CPV 6651) in 36 months

Papworth Trust has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Insurance services (CPV 6651) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · authority’s region

East of England · Insurance services (CPV 6651)

contract notices delivered in East of England in 36 months: 50 in CPV 6651 (36 competed, 8 route not published) · 164 in division 66 (102 competed, 30 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

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 sector (CPV 6651), last 36 months: 38 lots. 25 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 13 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

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

4CPV 6651 · 36m · n=38 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 sector (CPV 6651), last 36 months: 38 lots.

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

13%CPV 6651 · 36m · n=38 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 sector (CPV 6651), last 36 months: 13 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

26% belowCPV 6651 · 36m · n=13 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 sector (CPV 6651), last 36 months: 11 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

64dCPV 6651 · 36m · n=11 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 sector (CPV 6651), last 36 months: 29 lots.

Last 36 months.

26%CPV 6651 · 36m · n=29 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 6651), last 36 months: 39 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

62%CPV 6651 · 36m · n=39 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=38
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 38 lots on 19 contested notices · CPV 6651, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 13%
  • 2–3 34%
  • 4–6 42%
  • 7+ 11%

Middle value 4 · 38 lots on 19 contested notices · CPV 6651.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=13
i

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 13 lot pairs · CPV 6651, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 62%
  • Within ±2% 31%
  • Above estimate 8%

13 lot pairs · CPV 6651.

robust · n=13
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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.

Based on the East of England market’s usual movement over 13 lots (CPV 6651), applied to the £175,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in East of England (CPV 6651, n=13 pairs) lands 26% below: on this notice’s £175,000 that is about £130,025, middle half £107,975–£175,000 (quartiles from East of England · CPV 6651). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
29 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Contractor's all-risk insurance servicesDamage or loss insurance servicesEngineering insurance servicesFinancial and insurance servicesFinancial loss insurance servicesFire insurance servicesGeneral liability insurance servicesInsurance brokerage servicesInsurance servicesLegal expenses insurance services+2 more
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c3e Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
2 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
2 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £175,000 excludes VAT (£175,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    29 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 34 days
    2 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadlinein 34 days
    2 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 183 days
    1 Apr 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

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 11:32 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Papworth Trust

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PDTZ-9849-VXCZ Saxongate, Bradbury Place, Huntingdon, East of England, PE29 3RR [email protected]

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender