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Leaseholder - right to buy properties 2026-2027

Bristol City Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

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23 Jul 2026 at 17:26

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
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20 Jul 2026 at 19:23

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Bristol City Council procured financial and insurance services connected with leaseholder right-to-buy properties for 2026–2027. The requirement concerns properties and leaseholder transactions managed by the council, with delivery in Bristol. The appointed provider is Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd, a large insurance brokerage based in London. The procurement is categorised as financial and insurance services, covering the council’s stated right-to-buy property requirement. This is a service opportunity for an insurance broker or financial services provider able to support a local authority with property-related leaseholder activity. The published title identifies the requirement as “Leaseholder - right to buy properties 2026-2027”, while the award information classifies the work under financial and insurance services.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a direct award on the basis of single-supplier technical reasons. Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd received two active awards for the single completed lot. The first award was made on 20 July 2026 for £700,000 excluding VAT (£875,000 including VAT), with a contract period from 20 July 2026 to 21 July 2026. The second award was made to the same supplier for £80,000 excluding VAT (£100,000 including VAT), with a contract period from 21 July 2026 to 21 August 2026. Both contracts were signed on 20 July 2026. The process was not competitively evaluated; the stated route was direct award.

This award demonstrates a substantial Bristol City Council requirement for specialist financial and insurance services supporting leaseholder right-to-buy properties. A competing supplier would need to offer credible insurance brokerage or closely relevant financial-services capability, together with the organisational capacity to handle a large local-authority requirement and associated property-related transactions. The selected provider is a large insurance broker, indicating that scale, established delivery capability and the ability to operate within a public-sector contracting environment were commercially relevant. Suppliers considering future work of this kind should be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of council leaseholder and right-to-buy activity, provide technically robust advice and placement or brokerage services, and present a delivery model capable of supporting separate requirements under a direct-award route where justified.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Leaseholder - right to buy properties 2026-2027

Notice Description

The UK7 notice that has been published for this project is invalid and is only being posted to create an OCID and comply with the deadline date for publishing the Payments Notice.

Procurement Information

The UK7 notice that has been published for this project is invalid and is only being posted to create an OCID and comply with the deadline date for publishing the Payments Notice.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cf4d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069960-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

66 - Financial and insurance services

CPV Codes

66000000 - Financial and insurance services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£700,000 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
£780,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Bristol City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS1 5TR
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK51 Bristol, City of
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Bristol, City of
Electoral Ward
Hotwells and Harbourside
Westminster Constituency
Bristol Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd

Further Information

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