OpenStage · tender 23 days to close

Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) Owner Controlled Insurance Programme (OCIP) for Follow Insurers

Financial ServicesCPV 66510000

Value£56,000,000

Deadline21 Oct 2026

Published24 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

£56,000,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline

Published 24 Sept 202623 days leftCloses 21 Oct 2026

Who to contact

info@nationalhighways.co.uk

0300 123 5000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

Please sign up to the National Highways e-sourcing portal on the below link provided in order to access the reqired tender pack including the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and Information to Tender (IfT) documentation. https://nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/ogc-host/public/nationalhighways/web/login.jst?_ncp=1743666648489.875627-1

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£56.0mtotal contract value

median £150k

this tender£0£60.5m

This is a large award for Financial & Insurance Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 8,013 valued Financial & Insurance Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

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The brief

National Highways requires follow insurers to provide suitable insurance cover in line with the appointed lead insurers contract of insurance policy for the construction of Lower Thames Crossing.

For more information about the project, please follow this link: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/lower-thames-crossing/

Requirements

What the notice asks for

National Highways requires follow insurers to provide

National Highways requires follow insurers to provide suitable insurance cover in line with the appointed lead insurers contract of insurance policy for the construction of Lower Thames Crossing.

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

45–80 daysof bid-team effort

£30.8k–£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ 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

Show at bidComparable references / case studies
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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