Provision of Insurance Services - excluding Broking services
Contract notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Richmond Fellowship Group and 2Care Ltd
80 Holloway Road
For the attention of: Raj Lakhani
N7 8JG London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2076973300
E-mail:
Fax: +44 2076973301
Internet address(es):
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.richmondfellowship.org.uk
Further information can be obtained from: Marsh Ltd
The Paragon, Counterslip
Contact point(s): Mark Perich
For the attention of: Mark Perich
BS1 6BX Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1179065321
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1179887565
Internet address: http://www.marsh.com
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Marsh Ltd
The Paragon, Counterslip
Contact point(s): Mark Perich
For the attention of: Mark Perich
BS1 6BX Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1179065321
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1179887565
Internet address: http://www.marsh.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
Other: Community integrated mental health care
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Provision of Insurance Services - excluding Broking services
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 6: Financial services a) Insurances services b) Banking and investment services
Service category No 6: Financial services a) Insurances services b) Banking and investment services
NUTS code UKI21
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Insurance & Claims Handling Services (Excluding Broking Services) for the following classes of Insurance:
Property / Business Interruption Insurance (Including Terrorism)
Motor Fleet Insurance (Including Motor ULR Where Applicable)
Combined Liability, including excess layers
Medical Malpractice
Professional Indemnity
Directors & Officers Liability
Personal Accident & Business Travel
Engineering Inspection & Insurance
Computer Insurance Services
Trustees Liability
Pension Trustees Liabilty
Property / Business Interruption Insurance (Including Terrorism)
Motor Fleet Insurance (Including Motor ULR Where Applicable)
Combined Liability, including excess layers
Medical Malpractice
Professional Indemnity
Directors & Officers Liability
Personal Accident & Business Travel
Engineering Inspection & Insurance
Computer Insurance Services
Trustees Liability
Pension Trustees Liabilty
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66515200 - SB01, 66514110 - SB01, 66516000 - SB01, 66512220 - SB01, 66516500 - SB01, 66512000 - SB01, 66519200 - SB01, 66513100 - SB01, 66515410 - SB01, 66515000 - SB01, 66519300 - SB01
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: yes
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: yes
Description of these options: A minimum of one year duration. Offers of a 3 or 5 year Long Term Agreement (LTA) or Contract will be considered with an option for a further 1 - 2 year extension at the end of the 3 or 5 year LTA.
Description of these options: A minimum of one year duration. Offers of a 3 or 5 year Long Term Agreement (LTA) or Contract will be considered with an option for a further 1 - 2 year extension at the end of the 3 or 5 year LTA.
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Starting 1.4.2013. Completion 31.3.2014
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Material Damage: Insurance & Claims Handling Services (Excluding Broking Services)1)Short description
Property / Business Interruption Insurance (Including Terrorism)
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66515200 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Motor Vehicle Insurance: Insurance & Claims handling Services (Excluding Broking
1)Short description
Motor Fleet Insurance (Including Motor ULR Where Applicable)
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66514110 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Liability: Insurance & Claims Handling Services (Excluding Broking Services)
1)Short description
Combined Liability including Excess Layers
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66516000 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 4 Lot title: Medical Insurance: Insurance & Claims Handling Services (Excluding Broking Services)
1)Short description
Medical Malpractice
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66512220 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 5 Lot title: Professional Liability: Insurance & Claims Handling Services (Excluding Broking Services)
1)Short description
Professional Indemnity
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66516500 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 6 Lot title: Accident and Health Insurance: Insurance & Claims Handling Services (Excluding Broking Services)
1)Short description
Personal Accident & Business Travel
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66512000 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 7 Lot title: Engineering: Insurance & Claims handling Services (Excluding Broking Services)
1)Short description
Engineering Inspection & Insurance
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66519200 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 8 Lot title: Legal Expenses Insurance Services: Insurance & Claims handling Services (Excluding Broking Services)
1)Short description
Trustees Liability
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66513100 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 9 Lot title: Financial Loss: Insurance & Claims Handling Services (Excluding Broking Services)
1)Short description
Directors and Officers Liability
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66515410 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 10 Lot title: Damage or Loss Insurance: Insurance & Claims Handling Services (Excluding Broking Services)
1)Short description
Computer Insurance
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66515000 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 11 Lot title: Pension Trustees Liability: Insurance & Claims Handling Services (Excluding Broking Services)
1)Short description
Pension Trustees Liability
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000 - SB01, 66519300 - SB01
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
The Authority will pay insurance premiums at inception and annually thereafter.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A certificate issued by the relevant authority of the member state, indicating the types of activities that they are competent to engage in.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Appropriate statements from banks and evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance. The insurers balance sheet extracts therefore (where publication is required of that insurer). A statement of the insurers overall turnover and it's turnover in respect of the services to which the contract relates for the previous three financial years.
Insurance companies Standard and Poors or equivalent rating.
Insurance companies Standard and Poors or equivalent rating.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Evidence of the educational and profesional qualifications of the insurer, it's managerial staff and the persons responsible for providing services. Evidence of the last 3 years experience in underwriting the classes of insurance referred to in the Contract Notice (together with details of the policy dates, premium payable and assured's names) by way of certificates issued or countersigned by the relevant public authority assured.
Evidence of the Insurer's risk management, risk control, and other technical facilities, including the identity of any third party (e.g loss adjuster, surveyor) used by the
Insurer. An indication of the proportion of the contract which the Insurer may intent to sub-contract.
Evidence of the educational and profesional qualifications of the insurer, it's managerial staff and the persons responsible for providing services. Evidence of the last 3 years experience in underwriting the classes of insurance referred to in the Contract Notice (together with details of the policy dates, premium payable and assured's names) by way of certificates issued or countersigned by the relevant public authority assured.
Evidence of the Insurer's risk management, risk control, and other technical facilities, including the identity of any third party (e.g loss adjuster, surveyor) used by the
Insurer. An indication of the proportion of the contract which the Insurer may intent to sub-contract.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: yes
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision: The Insurers must be authorised to carry out business in the relevant classes of insurance cover as listed in this Contract Notice in accordance with the provisions of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and any other statutory modifications thereoff.
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision: The Insurers must be authorised to carry out business in the relevant classes of insurance cover as listed in this Contract Notice in accordance with the provisions of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and any other statutory modifications thereoff.
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Negotiated
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures) yes
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures) yes
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
1.2.2013 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Conditional on Long Term Agreement. Wither 3 or 5 years.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Conditional on Long Term Agreement. Wither 3 or 5 years.
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information
The following insurers have been pre selected.
Aviva (NUI)
ACE
Aviva
AXA
Allianz Insurance & Allianz Engineering
Axis - Professional Indemnity only
Barbican - Professional Indemnity Only
Beazley Group - Marine Only
Chartis
Chubb Insurance
C.N.A. Insurance
DAS Legal Expenses
Ecclesiastical Insurance Group
Fusion / XP
Hiscox
HSB Haughton - Engineering Only
JJS - Motor Only
Liberty Mutual
Markel
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
Novae
NFU Mutual
Northern Marine Underwriting - Marine Only
QBE
RMP - Risk Management & Partners
Royal & SunAlliance
Summit - Motor only
Travelers
XL Insurance
Zurich Insurance plc & Zurich Municipal
The above organisations have been pre selected as, where appropriate, they have been considered and
approved by the Marsh Information Group and meet their required minimum financial standards. In the event
that your Organisation has not been listed above and has not been considered and approved by the Marsh
Information Group and would like to be included in this and other notices please go to WWW. Marsh.Com or
contact the Public Sector Unit for instructions. If your Organisation meets the required standards set out in this
Notice and you have not been pre-selected please notify your interest
Aviva (NUI)
ACE
Aviva
AXA
Allianz Insurance & Allianz Engineering
Axis - Professional Indemnity only
Barbican - Professional Indemnity Only
Beazley Group - Marine Only
Chartis
Chubb Insurance
C.N.A. Insurance
DAS Legal Expenses
Ecclesiastical Insurance Group
Fusion / XP
Hiscox
HSB Haughton - Engineering Only
JJS - Motor Only
Liberty Mutual
Markel
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
Novae
NFU Mutual
Northern Marine Underwriting - Marine Only
QBE
RMP - Risk Management & Partners
Royal & SunAlliance
Summit - Motor only
Travelers
XL Insurance
Zurich Insurance plc & Zurich Municipal
The above organisations have been pre selected as, where appropriate, they have been considered and
approved by the Marsh Information Group and meet their required minimum financial standards. In the event
that your Organisation has not been listed above and has not been considered and approved by the Marsh
Information Group and would like to be included in this and other notices please go to WWW. Marsh.Com or
contact the Public Sector Unit for instructions. If your Organisation meets the required standards set out in this
Notice and you have not been pre-selected please notify your interest
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
The High Court
Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Richmond Fellowship Group & 2Care Ltd will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The duration of this standstill will be disclosed at this point. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be required from (Refer to address in part 1.1) If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly. Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
19.12.2012