Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c00-0cbb-7369-9540-9533a1f6ab30/gb-salford-pscr-15-1137-arp-pensions closed GB open procedure # GB-Salford: PSCR- 15- 1137- ARP-Pensions [H M Revenue & Customs](https://tendernation.io/buyers/h-m-revenue-customs) Estimated value £25,000 to £50,000 Published 19 Aug 2015 Deadline Closed 3 Sept 2015 ## Who can bid - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender HMRC has a requirement for a new defined contribution pension arrangement for approximately 250 staff who will be employed by GovCo, a limited company established by HMRC. The employees will not be civil servants. The arrangement will be between the pension provider and GovCo but HMRC will be engaging in the procurement process on GovCo's behalf. The pension scheme should be a bundled contract based scheme with a 1:2 employee to employer matching contribution scale up to a maximum employer contribution of 10% of base pay. A salary sacrifice arrangement will be implemented. There will be no sharing of the employer's NI saving with the employees. The Normal Retirement Age will be in line with the State Pension Age. All employees will be contractually enrolled in the pension scheme and will be allowed to opt-out. GovCo will require the pension scheme to comply with auto-enrolment legislation by its staging date in 2017. Additional information: The Award Criteria is as follows 90% Quality/10% Cost. The Qualitative sub criteria (which equates to 100% of the 90% quality criteria) are as follows: Administration, Implementation & Auto enrollment = 30% ### Governance & Reporting = 10% Investment options & safeguarding assets = 25% ### Communications = 10% Appointment Risk, Future Capacity & Exit = 10% Retirement Support = 10% ### Terms = 5% NB. As this is Pension Fund Provision, there is no contract expiry date (shown as 31.12.99), this will be an on-going requirement. Read full description ## CPV classification Pension services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/aef4cb11-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile H M Revenue & Customs: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/h-m-revenue-customs) [Sector More Financial & insurance services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/financial-insurance-services) ## More tenders like this [Financial and insurance services – Udbud af delkontrakter vedrørende administration af selvforsikringsordninger · Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation · 27 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-9f2a-72f8-9d86-29b05755fb83/denmark-financial-and-insurance-services-udbud-af-delkontrakter-vedrorende-a) [Property insurance services – Prestations de services d’assurances · Ville de Baud (56) · 7 days left · 26 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-eacd-7321-8a56-9e3a7fc387c0/france-property-insurance-services-prestations-de-services-dassurances) [Insurance services – Marché de service relatif à la prestation d'assurance pour les besoins de Labocéa · Labocéa · 29 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6d89-707c-8006-6aaea9baf8b7/france-insurance-services-marche-de-service-relatif-a-la-prestation-dassura) [Health insurance services – Hospitalisatieverzekering · Gemeente Kontich · 14 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-8bc1-720a-9e1f-3592335b31e6/belgium-health-insurance-services-hospitalisatieverzekering) [Damage or loss insurance services – procedura aperta EX ART. 71 del codice degli appalti (d.lgs. N. 36/2023) PER l’affidamento del servizio DI assicurazione ALL risks (patrimonio) della durata DI 24 MESI (dalle ORE 24.00 del 31/12/2026 ALLE ORE 24.00 del 31/12/2028) prorogabile DI ulteriori 24 MESI DA aggiudicare CON IL criterio dell’offerta economicamente PIÙ vantaggiosa, in modalità telematica · Comune di Piove di Sacco · 36 days left · 25 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156aa-174b-7271-8223-dd3559df50eb/italy-damage-or-loss-insurance-services-procedura-aperta-ex-art-71-del-codi) [Liability insurance services – Prestation d'assurance pour les besoins de la Communauté de Communes Des Savanes 2027-2030 · Communauté des communes des Savanes (973) · 32 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6375-70c6-83f3-2673aade0342/france-liability-insurance-services-prestation-dassurance-pour-les-besoins)