Awarded contract

Provision of Surety Bonds

Details

Supplier(s)
Marsh Ltd, Insync Insurance Solutions Limited, Howden UK Group Limited
Value
£3,110,517
Duration
5 years
Topic
Insurance and pension services
Published
11 May 2023

Tender description

To appoint an insurance broker, or brokers who will be responsible and accountable for the administration and management of the provision of surety bonds and for the procurement exercise to select a suitable insurer or insurers for the provision of surety bonds. The Public Guardian (PG) was created under the Mental Capacity Act (2005). The OPG is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) that supports the PG in discharging his duties. The Mental Capacity Act (2005) makes provisions for ways in which decisions can be made on behalf of people in circumstances where they may be incapable of making such decisions personally. In such cases where the person has property or finances and no attorney in place, it will be necessary to apply the CoP for an appropriate deputyship order. Where the CoP appoints a Deputy, it may require a surety bond to be in place for the protection of the person's property and, or finance. The Surety Bond is a guarantee to pay any financial losses arising from the Deputy's failure to fulfil their agreed duty. The CoP decides the value of the Surety Bond.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 April 2023
  2. Completed: Award published11 May 2023
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

The Ministry of Justice is a central government ministerial department with its own Commercial Standards team providing procurement guidance. Procurement now follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. Higher-value contracts appear on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for lower-value opportunities. Suppliers register and bid through the MOJ Sourcing Portal, the department's e-procurement platform. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Prison and Probation Service and the Legal Aid Agency are the department's main delivery bodies.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Justice's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and public administration and defence.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 66500000 · Insurance and pension services

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