---
title: "Transport Insurances"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ebf2"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "West Midlands Combined Authority"
published: "2026-08-25"
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# Transport Insurances

Buyer: West Midlands Combined Authority  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ebf2

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## Summary

West Midlands Combined Authority commissioned transport insurance services for its public-sector transport activities. The requirement covers the provision of insurance services, including the full suite of technical services needed by the authority. The work is associated with the West Midlands and is being bought by the West Midlands Combined Authority, a sub-central public authority based in Birmingham. The procurement is classified as insurance services. This is a specialist financial and risk-management requirement rather than a general transport operation, construction or goods supply contract. Suppliers with expertise in designing, arranging and servicing transport insurance programmes for public authorities or comparable transport organisations would find the subject matter most relevant. The requirement was treated as a utilities procurement.

The procurement has been awarded through a direct award rather than a competitive tender. DUAL Corporate Risks Limited was selected as the supplier for the transport insurance services. The award value is £740,250 excluding VAT and £888,300 including VAT. The contract period runs from 25 August 2026 to 20 August 2033. The procurement is complete, although the recorded award status is pending and a contract-signature milestone was scheduled for 25 August 2026. The authority justified the direct award by citing exceptional and unavoidable time constraints, insufficient time for a competitive exercise and mobilisation, and the assessment that only one supplier could provide the full technical service suite within the required timeframe. The award was above the relevant threshold and covered one requirement.

This award indicates sustained demand from the West Midlands Combined Authority for a long-term, comprehensive transport insurance service. A future competitor would need to provide the complete technical service suite within the authority’s required timescales, rather than only an individual insurance product or narrowly defined support service. Credibility would depend on specialist transport insurance capability, the capacity to manage a public-authority account and the operational resources to mobilise and maintain coverage over a multi-year period. The direct-award rationale also shows that the authority valued a single supplier able to deliver the whole requirement under pressing circumstances. Businesses considering this market should therefore be able to demonstrate breadth of cover, integrated service delivery, reliable mobilisation and experience handling complex transport-related insurance risks.

## Notice

West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) requires the provision of Insurance services.

### Procurement Information

Due to the exceptional and unavoidable time constraints, there is insufficient time to conduct a competitive tender exercise and subsequently mobilise required Insurance services. Due to the time constraints only one (1) supplier is able to provide the full suite of technical services needed in the timeframe required.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081038-2026 |
| 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 | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 25 Aug 2026 - 20 Aug 2033 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £740,250 |
| 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 | West Midlands Combined Authority |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B19 3SD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Newtown |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DUAL Corporate Risks Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66510000 - Insurance services

## Release History

- 25 Aug 2026 at 17:57 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081038-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081038-2026
  25th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.WMCA.org.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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