Notice Information
Notice Title
Independent Investment Adviser Services
Notice Description
The Adviser must produce quarterly analyses and recommendations for the Pensions Committee meetings, attend the Committee meetings in person to brief the Committee on performance. Recommendations will be related to changes in the investment asset allocations and other matters as detailed in the Service Description section below. The adviser will give an opinion on Bromley's investments in equities, bonds, property, and other asset classes at key dates, and support the committee in scrutinising investment managers' performance. Furthermore, the adviser will be expected to maintain and update Bromley's climate change annual report.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d819
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001755-2026
- 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
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66131100 - Pension investment services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £210,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £210,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £201,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Dec 20251 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2032 Over 5 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
- LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@bromley.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BROMLEY
- Postcode
- BR1 1DP
- Post Town
- Bromley
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI6 Outer London - South
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI61 Bromley
- Delivery Location
- TLI61 Bromley
-
- Local Authority
- Bromley
- Electoral Ward
- Bromley Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Bromley and Biggin Hill
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001755-2026
9th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070121-2025
31st October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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