Matrix Capital will continue to provide financial advisory services to the winners of the two monthly Premium Bonds £1m jackpot prizes.
The N&SI said that last November, it had begun a competitive procurement process for the contract. The evaluation panel for the tender included representation from both the Personal Finance Society and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
NS&I explained that to ensure that high quality financial advice is available to each Premium Bonds jackpot winner, it offers a financial advisory service provided by an advice firm. What’s more, it is up to each monthly Premium Bonds jackpot winner to decide whether, or not, to accept the service and then for them to decide whether they wish to take up and pay for additional services provided by the advice firm.
A statement from NS&I said that following a thorough and competitive tender process, it intends to award the contract to Matrix Capital, the present incumbent, as they scored the highest number of marks in the evaluation process, scoring over 90% of the marks available.
The existing contract to provide this service was awarded to the firm in 2014 and ends at the end of March. The new contract begins on 1 April 2018 for three years, with an option to extend for two additional 12 month periods.
Head of Intermediary Relationships at NS&I Andrew Pike said: “We are pleased to confirm our intention to contract with Matrix Capital to provide Premium Bonds jackpot winners with the option of receiving high quality financial advice. This is an important service, reflected by the strong field of contenders and the excellent bids we received for the contract. I would like to thank all the financial advice firms who took part in the re-tender process.”
Managing Director of Matrix Capital Robin Melley said: “We are delighted that NS&I has confirmed its intention to contract with us again, following the re-tender of the service to provide professional advice to Premium Bonds jackpot winners. We look forward to continuing to work with NS&I to deliver this important service, and remain committed to providing our clients with a personal service that creates added value, through the application of the highest standards of financial advice.”
