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National Pensions Administration Services Framework

Buyer: The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire →

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BuyerThe Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire
StatusAwarded
Deadline20 Feb 2026
Value£93,000,000
Published28 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The Police Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire has awarded contracts for a National Pensions Administration Services Framework in collaboration with BlueLight Commercial. This framework was run as an open framework under the Procurement Act 2023. The Framework is an Open Framework and will re-open at 3 and 5 years, in June 2029 and June 2031 respectively.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Pensions Administration Framework

Statusactive
Value£93,000,000

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-052965
Latest release ID070987-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jul 28 2026 06:57:53 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000475-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
28 Jul 2026award, contract070987-2026
29 May 2026award, contract050922-2026
5 Jan 2026tender000475-2026
30 May 2025planning028678-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (4 releases)
28 Jul 2026 · 070987-2026 · award, contract
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29 May 2026 · 050922-2026 · award, contract
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5 Jan 2026 · 000475-2026 · tender
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