---
title: "Strategic advisory services to the Investment team"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078741"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Pension Protection Fund"
published: "2026-10-14"
---

# Strategic advisory services to the Investment team

Buyer: Pension Protection Fund  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078741

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## Summary

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) appointed an external adviser to provide policy and strategic advisory support to its Investment team. The work concerns pension investment services, supporting the team’s investment decisions and policy work. The PPF is the buying organisation, and delivery is in the United Kingdom. The requirement was packaged as a single lot. The service is advisory rather than operational investment management, so it is relevant to consultancies with expertise in investment policy and strategy, particularly in the pensions or institutional investment context.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Frontier Economics Ltd through a direct award below the competition threshold, without competition. The contract was signed on 10 September 2026 and runs from 11 September 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its gross value is £166,800. The award is active, and the contract is active. The opportunity comprised one lot, covering the PPF’s requirement for policy and strategic advisory support to its Investment team. No evaluation criteria are recorded; the contract was awarded without a competitive process.

For suppliers considering similar future work with the PPF, this award shows demand for external policy and strategic advice supporting an institutional investment team. Credible competitors would need to demonstrate strong investment-policy and strategy expertise, together with the ability to advise on pension investment services. Experience translating complex investment issues into useful guidance for an investment team would be relevant to this type of requirement. The award went to a large economic consultancy, indicating that a supplier with established advisory capacity was selected; firms should be able to resource strategic work at that scale and engage effectively with a specialist public-sector client. This is a focused advisory requirement, rather than a commission for managing investments or delivering pension administration.

## Notice

The PPF is seeking to appoint an external adviser to provide policy and strategic advisory support to its Investment team.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096876-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 11 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £166,800 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Pension Protection Fund |
| Locality | CROYDON |
| Postcode area | Croydon |
| Postcode | CR0 2NA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South |
| ITL 3 | TLI62 Croydon |
| Local authority | Croydon |
| Electoral ward | Fairfield |
| Westminster constituency | Croydon West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66131100 - Pension investment services

## Release History

- 14 Oct 2026 at 11:03 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096876-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096876-2026
  14th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.ppf.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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