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Actuarial Services in Relation to Pensions

BANK OF ENGLAND · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 04:28.

Opportunity overview

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.

Classification

  • CPV66141000 — Pension fund management services
  • CPV66519600 — Actuarial services
  • CPV66523000 — Pension fund consultancy services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PRJ/1000383/RFX REQ/1000376
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
25 Jan 2027, 00:00
Ends
24 Jan 2032, 23:59
Max Extent Date
24 Jan 2034, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
66141000
Description
Pension fund management services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
66519600
Description
Actuarial services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
66523000
Description
Pension fund consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
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.
Due
30 Jan 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
005441-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
21 Jan 2026, 15:51
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
BANK OF ENGLAND
Id
GB-COH-RC000042

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
RC000042

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PRDB-1113-HPPT

Address

Street Address
Threadneedle Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC2R 8AH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI31

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI31 · EC2R 8AH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. 005441-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·