Published date: 22 March 2017

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Awarded contract (published 29 June 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Pension fund management services - 66141000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£8,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_135639/566546

Published date

22 March 2017

Closing date

24 April 2017

Contract start date

1 March 2018

Contract end date

28 February 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Trustees of the University of Bristol Pension and Assurance Scheme have decided to appoint a provider to manage the assets of the Scheme on a fiduciary basis. The University of Bristol has been instructed by the Trustees of the Scheme to run a tender process with the intention of identifying and awarding a contract to the most economically advantageous tender. Any decision to award a contract will be approved by the Scheme's Trustees.

The scheme has assets of approximately £300M. The appointed organisation will provide a full fiduciary management service to the Trustees of the University of Bristol Pension and Assurance Scheme (UBPAS), together with the necessary support in respect of the delivery of the administration of the scheme.

The appointed organisation will decide on, oversee, execute or advise on the some or all of the following:

Strategic Asset Allocation,
Tactical Asset Allocation,
Hedging Strategy Implementation,
Manager selection,
Asset class selection,
Portfolio Construction,

Managing scheme liquidity,
Fund reporting,
Trustee Education,
Portfolio Implementation,

Strategic Objectives,
Risk Budget,
Constraints,
Hedging Strategy Design.

The initial contract period will be for 5 years with an option to extend for a maximum of a further 3 years.


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About the buyer

Contact name

Martyn Dean

Address

1-9 Old Park Hill
Bristol
BS2 8BB
England

Telephone

0117 9546369

Email

martyn.dean@bristol.ac.uk

Website

www.bristol.ac.uk