National Pensions Administration Framework

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for NorthamptonshirecontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-052965Procurement Act 2023SME suitablepending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£93.0m

Awarded 25 May 2026

Suppliers

3

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

29 May 2026

Description

The Police Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire is awarding contracts for a National Pensions Administration Framework in collaboration with BlueLight Commercial. This framework was run as an open framework under the Procurement Act 2023. The framework is available to Policing, Fire and Rescue Services, The National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Local Government Pension Service (LGPS) as detailed in Section 11 (framework participants) of the Statement of requirement document. The Framework is an Open Framework and will re-open at 3 and 5 years, in May 2029 and May 2031 respectively. 

Scope

Reference
C1141
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
17 Jun 2026 to 17 Jun 2029
Possible extension to 17 Jun 2034

This is an open framework anticipated to be re-opened in 2029 and 2031 at which suppliers can re-join the framework as detailed at Clause 3 of the Framework agreement.

CPV classifications
66141000
66520000
66500000
Contract locations
East Midlands, United Kingdom
East Midlands, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
QualityA set of quality and technical questions to assess supplier suitabilityquality60.00%
Social Valuequality10.00%
PricingA commercial offer for the provision of pension servicesprice30.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

Please refer to the ITT Statement of requirements for the detail relating to legal and financial capacity

Please refer to the ITT Statement of requirements for the detail relating to technical ability

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£93.0m

Award date

25 May 2026

Contract start

17 Jun 2026

Contract end

17 Jun 2029