---
title: "Investment Research Augmentation"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-052676"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "LONDON LGPS CIV LIMITED"
published: "2025-05-27"
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# Investment Research Augmentation

Buyer: LONDON LGPS CIV LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052676

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## Summary

The procurement process undertaken by LONDON LGPS CIV LIMITED involves an award titled "Investment Research Augmentation" aimed at enhancing investment research capabilities to support key workstreams related to the Local Government Pension Scheme Fit for the Future initiative. The process falls under the industry category of financial and insurance services and is located in London, United Kingdom. As of 27th May 2025, the procurement stage is in the award phase, with the contract set to commence on 4th June 2025 and conclude on 3rd June 2026. This procurement has been completed via a direct award method due to technical reasons and urgency, ensuring efficient delivery by the selected supplier.

This tender presents ample business growth opportunities for firms involved in investment research and financial services, particularly those having extensive databases of investment managers and products. Large-scale businesses, like Mercer Limited—the awarded supplier—are well-equipped to leverage the direct delivery portal already in use by LONDON LGPS CIV LIMITED. Business entities capable of offering comprehensive research capabilities can benefit significantly by partnering with government initiatives, accelerating their service delivery and expanding their market reach in the public finance sector.

## Notice

We require additional investment research capabilities to enable us to accelerate workstreams which are critical to the achievement of milestones linked to the U.K. Government's Local Government Pension Scheme Fit for the Future initiative. These workstreams require investment research capacity which is not currently available to us, and which we will only be in a position to secure in phases over the course of the next 12 to 24 months.

### Procurement Information

A direct award is justified because the supplier's database of investment managers and product is the industry standard for the institutional investment market. Coverage of managers and products is broad and extends across the asset classes, investment managers and products which are relevant to our investors. The supplier's research can be delivered to us using a portal which we already use extensively in our research and reporting processes. This is a highly efficient way for us to increase our capacity to support key workstreams. Implementing the U.K. Government's Local Government Pension Scheme Fit for the Future initiative requires investment research capacity which is not currently available to us, and which we will only be in a position to secure in phases over the course of the next 12 to 24 months.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027537-2025 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 May 2025 |
| Contract period | 3 Jun 2025 - 3 Jun 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £84,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LONDON LGPS CIV LIMITED |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 0NZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MERCER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services

## Release History

- 27 May 2025 at 06:44 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027537-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027537-2025
  27th May 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.mercer.com/

## Provenance

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