Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Insurance Contracts and Anciliary Services (Excluding Insurance Broking)
Authority: Blackwood Homes and Care
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)
Awarded value£252,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 30 Sept 2020no call for competition
Awarded to Markel (UK) Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of care insurance, including Abuse Cover, from 1 October 2020 for a period of 36 months
CPV: Insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of care insurances, including Abuse cover, from 1 October 2020 for a period…Awarded
Provision of care insurances, including Abuse cover, from 1 October 2020 for a period of 36 months
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Nov 2025, 15:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2025, 15:18 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072880- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The existing service provider could no longer provide the level of cover required by Blackwood and, as such, as an alternative supplier as required as a matter of urgency to maintain sufficient cover for the organisation's activities.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:815499)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £252,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Sept 2020
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markel (UK) Ltd | £252,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 072880-2025-1 · Markel (UK) Ltd
- Signed
- 30 Sept 2020
- Value
- £252,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Markel (UK) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.