Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract Award for the provision of Pension Fund Investment Management Consultancy Services
Notice Description
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) has awarded a consultancy services contract to Mercer Ltd. The contract is for the provision of pension fund investment management consultancy and was procured using the National LGPS Frameworks under the Investment Management Consultancy Services Framework Agreement (NCCT42289) Lot 1-Investment Consultancy Services via a further competition. The contract was established for an initial duration of 3 years from 1 September 2023, with the option to extend for 2 years at the RBKC's discretion.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Investment Consultant is contracted to provide a wide range of advisory services in relation to investment management support and work with the fund's actuary on an on-going basis in respect of the integrated management of fund assets and liabilities.
Procurement Information
Framework call-off contract.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03fa95
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026385-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66131100 - Pension investment services
66523000 - Pension fund consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Sep 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Aug 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@rbkc.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- W8 7NX
- Post Town
- West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Electoral Ward
- Campden
- Westminster Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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