PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

PFB3038 Lot 3 Benefits Platform

North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium · published 29 Aug 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDb9ecdb2c-de8e-470a-98b7-24dde953eec1-861217
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-62c95603-a87b-4a8f-805a-c636d8f6ab6b
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-310242
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£19,000,000
award field
Tender value
Not disclosed
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV
66520000
Pension services
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

NWUPC in conjunction with UCEA has a requirement to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of a Defined Contribution Master Trust Pension Scheme and Employee Benefits including Group Life Assurance, Group Income Protection and the provision of a customisable benefits platform for the management of employee benefits through a single centralised portal. NWUPC is establishing the Framework Agreement as a central purchasing body for itself and its Members (Other Contracting Bodies (OCB)). NWUPC is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations") on behalf of members of APUC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC and SUPC. The Framework Agreement will be split into three lots as follows: Lot 1 - Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (Master Trust) Lot 2 - Group Life Assurance & Group Income Protection Lot 3 - Flexible Benefits Platform Please note that this is the second award notice and relates to the award of Lot 3. A separate notice was published pertaining to the award of Lots 1 & 2 .

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release29 Aug 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published17 Mar 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Aug 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Apr 2032
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

Published name only

Personal Group Holdings Plc

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 29 Aug 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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