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title: "Athlete Medical Scheme (AMS)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077ee1"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL"
published: "2026-10-01"
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# Athlete Medical Scheme (AMS)

Buyer: THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077ee1

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## Summary

UK Sport is procuring health insurance and medical scheme services for its funded athletes across the United Kingdom. The Athlete Medical Scheme is intended to give eligible athletes timely, high-quality healthcare. The supplier will administer and manage the scheme, provide access to an appropriate healthcare provider network, handle claims, and produce management information and performance reports. Suppliers may offer a fully insured model, a trust-based model, or both. This is a single, national service requirement for the United Kingdom Sports Council, the buyer. The work combines healthcare access with insurance or trust-scheme administration and ongoing operational management, rather than the supply of medical equipment or construction work.

UK Sport reached the tender stage and invited offers through an open procedure. Questions were due by 3pm on 9 October 2026, and tenders by 3pm on 2 November 2026. The stated contract period runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030, with an option to extend by one year, to 31 March 2031. The estimated value is £11.5 million. There is one lot. Award scoring gives 55% to service quality, 25% to price, 10% to equality, diversity and inclusion, and 10% to environmental sustainability. Economic and technical selection criteria also apply; their detail is set out in the tender documents. The scheduled award decision date is 7 December 2026.

This requirement suits a qualified health-insurance or healthcare-scheme provider with the operational capacity to serve funded athletes throughout the United Kingdom. Relevant strengths include managing either a fully insured or trust-based scheme, or being able to present both models; arranging access to an appropriate healthcare provider network; and administering claims reliably. Suppliers will also need to manage the scheme as an ongoing service and provide useful management information and performance reporting. The evaluation places most weight on service quality, so bidders should be able to demonstrate a strong service proposition, alongside credible approaches to equality, diversity and inclusion and environmental sustainability. Economic and technical selection criteria apply, with their requirements described in the tender documents.

## Notice

UK Sport is seeking a suitably qualified supplier to deliver its Athlete Medical Scheme, providing timely, high-quality healthcare to eligible funded athletes. Tenderers may propose a fully insured model, a trust-based model, or both. The contract will cover the administration and management of the scheme, access to an appropriate healthcare provider network, claims handling, management information and performance reporting. The contract will commence on 1 April 2027 for an initial three-year term, with the option to extend for a further year. Please see more detail in the ITT.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The contract will be for 3 years with the option for an additional 1 year extension. No conditions attached to the 1 year extension period.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092959-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £11,500,000 |
| Lots value | £11,500,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | East London |
| Postcode | E14 4PU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Electoral ward | Canary Wharf |
| Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66512200 - Health insurance services
- 66512220 - Medical insurance services

## Release History

- 1 Oct 2026 at 15:29 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092959-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092959-2026
  1st October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-23377

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.uksport.gov.uk/about-us/tenders

## Provenance

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