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Procurement

Nest Corporation works to comply with public sector procurement rules and principles. These seek to ensure that we:

  • obtain value for money
  • observe a competitive process
  • apply principles of non-discrimination, equality and transparency 
  • comply with applicable regulations.

We contract with a number of organisations to deliver both the scheme-related requirements and corporate-related requirements.

You can contact our procurement team at procurement@nestcorporation.org.uk.

Nest works alongside global industry leaders

We work with global industry leaders to ensure we have the right infrastructure and processes in place for every stage of delivering the scheme.

Scheme administration

Scheme administration for Nest is delivered by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

What do TCS do for Nest?

TCS manage the following:

  • enrolling members
  • collecting contributions
  • managing accounts and accessing savings
  • employer participation
  • passing funds to the fund administrator.

Find out more details about TCS.

TCS signed the scheme administration contract in March 2010. The contract comes to an end in 2025.  

In May 2018 Nest issued a PIN (Prior Information Notice) for the procurement of future scheme administration services in the Official Journal of the European Union. This allowed us to formally engage with the market to understand how requirements might be met or may need to be set out to run a successful procurement process.  

We are working towards publishing a contract notice on TED and use BravoSolution to keep the market informed of developments.

Fund administration

Our fund administration partner is State Street Corporation.

The fund administration contract was signed in November 2020 for five years.

Find out more details about State Street Corporation.

Tender opportunities

Nest Corporation advises its tender opportunities in two places:

E-tendering platform

Nest Corporation uses the BravoSolution e-tendering platform Nest eTendering Portal. All suppliers must register on BravoSolution in order to participate in opportunities with Nest.

Terms and conditions for the Nest Corporation purchase of supplies or services may vary from case to case. However, the standard Nest Corporation purchase order conditions of purchase will apply unless a contract has been agreed and signed separately.

Modern slavery

Nest Corporation does not condone any activity which constitutes modern slavery or human trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act (MSA) 2015. Any commercial organisation in the UK with a turnover in excess of £36 million is required to produce a slavery and human trafficking statement, under section 54(9) of the Modern Slavery Act.

Since 2016, Nest Corporation has built on the existing steps in its anti-slavery process and improved the process each year. It has carried out risk assessments across the organisation to identify the impact of the MSA on its activities and supply chain, and the potential exposure to modern slavery and human trafficking activity.

Nest Corporation carries out an annual due diligence exercise which focuses on obtaining the MSA statement for key suppliers, or in the absence of a published MSA statement, direct correspondence with those suppliers. 

As a public corporation, Nest Corporation undertakes due diligence when considering taking on new suppliers.

Key contracts awarded

Provider:

Tata Consultancy Services

Expiry date:

30 June 2025

Provider:

Advance 365 Limited

Expiry date:

30 November 2023

Provider:

Selective Travel Management

Expiry date:

31 March 2025

Provider:

QA Limited

Expiry date:

31 March 2024

Provider:

Eversheds LLP
Travers Smith LLP

Expiry date:

30 September 2027

Provider:

NCC Group - TCS

Expiry date:

31 March 2024

Provider:

KPMG

Expiry date:

31 July 2026

Provider:

Com Laude

Expiry date:

31 March 2024

Provider:

Signal Media Ltd

Expiry date:

7 April 2025

Provider:

Ernst & Young LLP

Expiry date:

14 May 2024

Provider:

Deloitte LLP

Expiry date:

19 November 2023

Provider:

Grant Thornton

Expiry date:

31 July 2024

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