Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-12-20
Buyer: Norfolk Pension Fund (Norfolk County Council)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 48442000 | 48812000: Financial information systems | 66520000 | 66521000 | 66523100
Estimated value: 300000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Norfolk County Council, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Cheshire Pension Fund; Clwyd Pension Fund; Essex Pension Fund; Merseyside Pension Fund; Norfolk Pension Fund; Northern Ireland Local Government Officers Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC); South Yorkshire Pension Fund; Surrey County Council; Tyne and Wear Pension Fund; West Midlands Pension Fund; and West Yorkshire Pension Fund wish to let a multi-provider, Framework Agreement for the provision of Pension Administration Software primarily in support of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
The framework will be for a period of 4 years. However, it may be agreed that call offs may be for an extended period.
In order to administer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) a number of funds require pension administration software to provide benefit entitlement calculations and payments in compliance with relevant LGPS Regulations.
Option additional requirements may include provision of an on-line self-service facility for pension scheme members (including current employees, members with deferred benefits and those already in receipt of pension benefits). The system may also be required to provide an on-line portal for use by the various employer organisations participating in the pension scheme.
Currently LGPS funds are undertaking individual procurements for these requirements. The proposed Framework Agreement will remove the need to independently undertake full European Union (OJEU) procurements, retain local definition and decision making and leverage our combined buying power. Saving time and money for Providers and Administering Authorities.
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is one of the largest Defined Benefit (DB) schemes in the world and is the largest DB scheme in England and Wales, with over 14 000 employers, 5 600 000 members and assets of 263 000 000 000 GBP (as at March 2017), in addition, the framework will be available to local pension funds in Scotland and Northern Ireland Local Government Officers Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC);
The 5 600 000 members are made up of 1 964 000 Active members, 2 078 000 Deferred members and 1 642 000 Pensioner members.
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council's e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc
Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles
Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the “tenders” section and “express an interest” to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing support@in-tend.co.uk
Norfolk County Council wishes to let a multi-provider Framework Agreement for the provision of pension administration software.
This framework may also be used by: the Board of the Pension Protection Fund, any other administering authority or organisation of a public sector pension scheme including the Fire Service and Police Services or any public sector body that requires pensions related services, and
— any common asset pool or collective investment vehicle established by or on behalf of an administering authority or group of administering authorities,
— any bodies, organisations or companies established by them for the purpose of operating on a collective basis.
In addition to the Authorities jointly procuring the framework the following authorities have also expressed an interest in using the framework:


Award value: 300000000