Insurance Services excluding broking services.
Contract notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Gateshead College
Quarryfield Road
For the attention of: Steve Collingwood
NE8 3BE Gateshead
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1914900300
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.gateshead.ac.uk
Further information can be obtained from: Bluefin Insurance Services Ltd
Blackfriars Court, Dispensary Lane
For the attention of: Barry Douglass
NE1 4XB Newcastle upon Tyne
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1912299250
E-mail:
Internet address: http://www.bluefingroup.co.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Bluefin Insurance Services Ltd
.
For the attention of: Barry Douglass
Newcastle Upon Tyne
UNITED KINGDOM
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Bluefin Insurance Services Ltd
.
Newcastle upon Tyne
UNITED KINGDOM
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Education
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:
Insurance Services excluding broking services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
NUTS code
NUTS code
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Insurance services excluding broking services.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000, 66513100, 66514110, 66515200, 66515411, 66516000, 66516100, 66516400, 66516500, 66519200
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Tenders may be submitted for all 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
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Package1)Short description
Package quotation for all classes of insurance specified.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000, 66513100, 66514110, 66515200, 66515411, 66516000, 66516100, 66516400, 66516500, 66519200
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: Property Damage
1)Short description
Property Damage, Business Interruption, Money.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66515200, 66515411
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
1)Short description
Employers Liability, Public/Products Liability, Governors Liability, Professional Indemnity.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66513100, 66516000, 66516400, 66516500
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: Motor Fleet
1)Short description
Motor Vehicle Insurance, Uninsured Loss Recovery.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66513100, 66514110, 66516100
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: Engineering
1)Short description
Engineering Inspection Services, Engineering Insurance, Computer Insurance.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66515200, 66519200, 66515000
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: Personal Accident & Travel
1)Short description
Personal Accident and Travel Insurance.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000, 66513100
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:
Not applicable.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
The awarding authority will pay insurance premiums at renewal/inception and then annually thereafter.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
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
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: This tender is open to insurance companies who must be licensed to transact insurance business in the categories listed in II.1.6 either in the UK or EC Member State of domicile.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Copy of last three year annual report and accounts, overview of services currently provided to the public sector, education sector experience, Standard & Poors (or equivalent) rating.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Details of names and qualifications of employees who would be responsible for delivery of services. List of other education sector clients and classed of insurance or other services provided.
Details of names and qualifications of employees who would be responsible for delivery of services. List of other education sector clients and classed of insurance or other services provided.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
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: yes
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) no
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures) no
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
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
10.5.2013 - 14:00
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
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
2.4.2013