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Staffordshire County Council

Appointment of an Independent Person to the Staffordshire Pension Fund

Financial ServicesCPV 66523000
Value£432,000
Deadline12 Oct 2026
Published16 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide

£432,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 16 Sept 202625 days leftCloses 12 Oct 2026
Who to contact
laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
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Contract value in context
£432ktotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£4.7m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Financial & Insurance Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 8,013 valued Financial & Insurance Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Staffordshire County Council publishes Financial & Insurance Services work continuously — 54 notices, roughly one every 40 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

The appointment of an independent person under the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) relating to the Staffordshire Pension Fund.

This appointment refers to The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (Governance) Regulations 2026, which introduces amendments to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013.

New Regulation 53A(5) provides that, where an administering authority delegates its functions or part of its functions under the 2013 Regulations to a committee, sub committee or an officer, it must appoint an independent person to support the discharge of functions in relation to the Scheme including investment strategy, governance and administration.

Staffordshire County Council in its capacity as the administering authority of the Fund delegates relevant functions to the Pensions Committee and is therefore required to make such an appointment.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

New Regulation 53A(5) provides that, where

New Regulation 53A(5) provides that, where an administering authority delegates its functions or part of its functions under the 2013 Regulations to a committee, sub committee or an officer, it must appoint an independent person to support the discharge of.

02

Staffordshire County Council in its capacity as

Staffordshire County Council in its capacity as the administering authority of the Fund delegates relevant functions to the Pensions Committee and is therefore required to make such an appointment.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

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  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Source
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Buyer ref
087599-2026
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