Lot 1
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Quality, including Social Value (40%)
Price (60%)
Buyer: Department for Transport →
View official notice ↗Official source
The Department of Transport (DfT) on behalf of the Euston Delivery Company (EDC) (“Buyer”) is looking to appoint a pension provider for the provision of a pension scheme. The EDC is a new government-owned organisation so is not part of the civil service and is not covered by the current civil service pension arrangements. The service required is as follows: • Provision of a qualifying workplace pension scheme for a new government-owned company. • The pension scheme will be established for a maximum expected workforce of 60 EDC employees, who will be eligible to join the EDC pension scheme. EDC employees will be onboarded incrementally, with the first employees expected to commence employment from September 2026 onwards. • The pension scheme is required to be in place within 3 months from September 2026. • Terms are being requested based on an initial three-year pension scheme length, with an option, at the Buyer’s sole discretion, to extend the Contract for up to an additional two years, exercisable in one-year increments (1+1). • Both a Master Trust and Contract based solution will be considered. It is anticipated that, once the EDC is fully operational, the average annual salary will be approximately £80,000.00. Employer contributions are anticipated to range between 10%-12% and employee contributions are anticipated to range from 3%-6% of pensionable salary. As the organisation is newly established, the average salary is an estimate based on the expected roles required by the EDC and the company’s remuneration strategy which will follow public sector guidelines and professional pay benchmarking. This figure is therefore provided for indicative purposes only and should not be relied upon as a guaranteed or definitive salary level. The DfT is procuring the Services under this Contract. It is anticipated that, following contract award, responsibility for the Contract will be transferred from DfT to the EDC. The Contract will be novated to the EDC on terms to be agreed with the successful Tenderer (“Supplier”), at which point the EDC shall assume all rights, obligations and liabilities under the Contract from the effective date of novation.
UK, GB
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Quality, including Social Value (40%)
Price (60%)
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pension investment services, Pension fund management services, Pension services, Individual pension services, Group pension services, Pension fund consultancy services, Pension fund administration services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 66. The category anchor is Pension investment services (66131100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 66 | 876 | 3 median · 7.6 average (250 of 876 with a bid count) | 1.8 average (290 of 876 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 2 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UK | 281 | 6 median · 11.2 average (61 of 281 with a bid count) | 2.4 average (81 of 281 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 97 | 6 median · 5.3 average (3 of 97 with a bid count) | 1.3 average (3 of 97 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-0649c1 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 042852-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Mon May 11 2026 09:26:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042852-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-06-05T13:00:00+01:00 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2026-05-22T13:00:00+01:00 |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2026-07-08T23:59:59+01:00 |
| Submission method details | The TRHS0016 opportunity is being conducted via the Jaggaer e‑Sourcing portal. Organisations wishing to participate must register on the portal via the following link: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Registration can be completed via the homepage. Guidance on the registration process is available through the link titled “Click here for details on how to register” on the homepage. Details of the Jaggaer e‑Sourcing Helpdesk are also provided on the homepage for tenderers requiring further assistance. When registered on Jaggaer, to access the Invitation to Tender (ITT) under tender_8456, please search the following; ITT Code: itt_3071 or Project Title: TRHS0016 Provision of Pension Scheme for the Euston Delivery Company, where this should take you directly to the opportunity. As this is an Open procedure, Tenderers must ensure that all ITT questions are fully responded to. Please also ensure you check the Attachments area for any documents/ information which may assist you with your submission or you may be required to upload as part of your submission. |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £1,400,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 2 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | tenderUpdate | 042852-2026 |
| 8 May 2026 | tenderUpdate | 042424-2026 |
| 8 May 2026 | tender | 042419-2026 |
| 6 Feb 2026 | planning | 010813-2026 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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