AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Pension Protection Fund awarded a direct, below-threshold contract for policy and strategic investment advisory support to FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED. The contract record states it was signed on 10 September 2026 and runs from 11 September 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are recorded for FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED, covering lot 1.
Market significanceThis is a £166,800 gross advisory-services engagement awarded without competition under a below-threshold direct procurement route.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £166,800 gross (contract total) GBP · Active contract
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Verified supplier identity is FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED (company number 03752719). Award 1 names Frontier Economics Ltd as supplier and contract 1, linked to award 1, has a gross value of GBP 166,800.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
99% confidenceComplete
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The tender and lot 1 are recorded with status "complete".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status "active".
Contract signed
99% confidence10 September 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-09-10.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence£166,800 gross
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 166800, currency GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidenceAllocated to the single contract linked to award 1
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The notice contains one award, one supplier and one linked contract.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence10 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-10.
Contract start
99% confidence11 September 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-09-11.
Contract end
99% confidence31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-03-31.
Notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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The contract details notice was published at 2026-10-14T11:03:29+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidencePolicy and strategic advisory support for the Investment team
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The notice description states that PPF sought an external adviser to provide policy and strategic advisory support to its Investment team.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 records mainProcurementCategory as services.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 66131100 — Pension investment services
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The award item carries CPV 66131100 with this description.
Delivery area
95% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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The award item lists a UK delivery address.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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The tender records procurementMethod as "direct".
Competition basis
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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The tender records procurementMethodDetails as "Below threshold - without competition".
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence11 September 2026 to 31 March 2027
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The contract period is explicitly recorded in contract 1.
Duration
95% confidenceApproximately 6 months and 20 days
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Calculated from the stated start and end dates.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route-to-market observation
99% confidenceThe buyer used a below-threshold direct award without competition.
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Published procurement method details state "Below threshold - without competition".
Service demand signal
96% confidenceThe engagement concerns strategic and policy advice supporting a pension investment function.
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This follows the published requirement description and CPV classification.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier verification status is verified, with an exact-name match to FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED, company number 03752719.
Lot detail availability
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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Lot 1 is identified and complete, but its title, description and value fields are null.
Competition detail availability
99% confidenceBid count, bidder identities and evaluation information were not supplied in the published notice.
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No such fields are present in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No award decision date is published.
- Lot 1 has no published title, detailed description or individual value.
- Bid counts, competing suppliers, evaluation criteria, scores and selection rationale are not supplied.
- No extension, renewal or pricing-breakdown information is published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Pension Protection FundFRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITEDinvestment advisory servicespension investment servicesdirect awardpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Pension Protection Fund investment advisory contract?
FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED, verified under company number 03752719, is the supplier recorded for award 1.
What is the value and term of the contract?
The published gross contract value is £166,800. It was signed on 10 September 2026 and runs from 11 September 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Was the opportunity competed?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.