Notice Information
Notice Title
Insurance Brokerage Services
Notice Description
The purpose of this tender process was to provide MEL with the most advantageous Tenderer for the services of an Insurance Broker. This stage, via the Invitation to Tender ("ITT"), was issued as part of a single-stage open procedure for the procurement of an Insurance Broker. The purpose of the ITT was to invite interested and qualified suppliers to submit their tenders for the provision of the Services (including brokerage and ad-hoc insurance consultancy services).
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0001
Renewal: Option to extend by 2 years and then 2 years again (so total possible contract duration of 7 years)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0528a8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043025-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66510000 - Insurance services
66518100 - Insurance brokerage services
66519310 - Insurance consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £749,999 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £749,999 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £800,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MUTUAL ENERGY LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- 85 ORMEAU ROAD
- Postcode
- BT7 1SH
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043025-2025
25th July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028390-2025
29th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/mutual-energy/aspx/ProjectManage/27
Please see our tender portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/mutual-energy/aspx/Tenders/Current) in order to express interest, register and download the tender documents
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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