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Actuarial Services in Relation to Pensions

Descriptions

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION The Bank of England is considering commissioning an Actuarial Service. It is anticipated, dependent upon an engagement exercise, that tenders for this service would be issued in February 2026, to enable a new contract to begin from January 2027. As part of the tender process, the Bank is undertaking a soft market test. This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the potential service model and specification principles. The Bank will use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification. Suppliers are further invited to attend an online supplier engagement session on 3 February 2026 at 11am. Interested parties are to register their interest at Corporate.Contracts@bankofengland.co.uk by 30 January 2026 with a subject line: Actuarial Service In Relation To Pensions (PME) . This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract. The Bank is using this process solely to test the market to gather information and ascertain the level of interest in this particular service. There are therefore no formal criteria which we will use to judge your responses, and it is not our intention to provide any feedback. About the service Actuarial Services to be provided to the Bank of England on its Year End Accounts calculations and disclosures, pension costs forecasting for budgetary purposes, ad-hoc analysis and Private Medical Insurance costing and advice. The supplier will be required to provide Triennial valuations, annual interim valuations. They will be required to support the Bank in its interactions with the Pension Fund Trustees and their actuarial advisers through the valuation process and the approach to future fund contributions. Interested suppliers are requested to register for free on the Bank's e-procurement portal Proactis: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login Upon registration, the Request For Information Questionnaire can be found under the following project: RFX REQ/1000376 - Actuarial Service In Relation To Pensions (PME). Please note that the contract value included in this Notice is estimated and does not act as a commitment of spend by the Bank. During the life of the contract, the Bank is looking to tender for, it would only be required to pay for the services it uses.

Engagement

A Soft Market Test questionnaire will be issued and the response window closes 30 January 2026 at 12 noon. Suppliers are further invited to attend an online supplier engagement session on 3 February 2026 at 11am. Interested parties are to register their interest at Corporate.Contracts@bankofengland.co.uk by 12 noon 30 January 2026.

Timeline

Published Date :

21st Jan 2026 Yesterday

Deadline :

30th Jan 2026 in a 8 days

Contract Start :

25th Jan 2027

Contract End :

24th Jan 2032

Keywords

reserve analysis

risk modeling

mortality tables

pension trustee services

insurance forecasting

retirement plan advisory

actuarial analysis

financial risk modeling

actuarial consulting

pension fund advice

pension portfolio

pension asset allocation

insurance mathematics

pension scheme design

premium calculation

pension fund review

pension fund oversight

pension consultancy

pension asset management

pension scheme optimization

pension compliance consultancy

pension scheme administration

pension investment planning

retirement savings management

strategic pension planning

retirement fund oversight

statistical risk assessment

pension regulatory advice

trustee advisory services

retirement fund management

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Workflows

Status :

Open

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

N/A

Nationwide :

No

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Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

PIN

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement Contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk