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Tender: UK-Cambridge: property insurance services

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UK-Cambridge: property insurance services

2010/S 78-116712

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

  • I.1)
    NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

    Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Hills Road
    Rowanne Dicker
    CB2 0QQCambridge
    UNITED KINGDOM
    +44 1162651975
    dickerro@willis.com
    +44 1162654301

    Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

    Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

    Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

  • I.2)
    TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

    Body governed by public law

    Health

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

    NUTS code UK

  • II.1.3)
    The notice involves

    A public contract

    • II.1.4)
    Information on framework agreement

  • II.1.5)
    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    Provision of Insurance Services excluding Broking services.

  • II.1.6)
    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    66515200, 66515411, 66516400, 66512100

  • II.1.7)
    Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    No

  • II.1.8)
    Division into lots

    Yes

    tenders should be submitted for one or more lots

  • II.1.9)
    Variants will be accepted

    No

  • II.2)
    QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
  • II.2.1)
    Total quantity or scope

    Cover is anticipated to commence on 1.8.2010.

  • II.2.2)
    Options

    Yes

    description of these options: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will consider offers on one year and longer term agreements.

  • II.3)
    DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

    Starting 1.8.2010. Completion 31.7.2011

INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

    LOT NO: 1

    TITLE Provision of Property and Business Interruption Insurance excluding Broking services

  • 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

    Provision of Property and Business Interruption Insurance excluding Broking services.

  • 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

    66515200, 66515411

  • 3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

    Cover is anticipated to commence on 1.8.2010.

    • 4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION

    5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

    LOT NO: 2

    TITLE Provision of Public and Products Liability Insurance excluding Broking services

  • 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

    Provision of Public and Products Liability Insurance excluding Broking services.

  • 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

    66516400

  • 3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

    Cover is anticipated to commence on 1.8.2010.

    • 4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION

    5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

    LOT NO: 3

    TITLE Provision of Personal Accident Insurance excluding Broking services

  • 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

    Provision of Personal Accident Insurance excluding Broking services.

  • 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

    66512100

  • 3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

    Cover is anticipated to commence on 1.8.2010.

    • 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 regulating them

    Offers for payment by instalments will be considered.

  • III.1.3)
    Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

    Joint and several liability to be assumed by all group bidders before acceptance.

  • III.1.4)
    Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

    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 requirements are met: Applicants are requested to provide with their letter of application an overview of services provided to the public sector over the past 3 years.

  • III.2.2)
    Economic and financial capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Applicants are requested to provide with their letter of application details of their financial standing. Potential suppliers may be asked to provide a copy of their annual report and accounts for the past 3 years.

  • III.2.3)
    Technical capacity

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required

    Service providers will be authorised to write the class of insurance listed within EU member states subject to English Law and jurisdiction of English courts. Potential suppliers may be asked to produce a certificate issued by the appropriate insurance regulatory authority indicating the types of insurance the insurer is authorised to provide. Potential suppliers must also comply with the UK Department for Business Innovation and Skills Regulations.

  • III.2.4)
    Reserved contracts

    No

  • III.3)
    CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
  • III.3.1)
    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

    Yes

    Insurance Companies Act 1982 and any other statutory modifications thereof. Insurers must be authorised to carry on business in the relevent class of business listed in II.1.6.

    • III.3.2)
    Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

  • IV.1)
    TYPE OF PROCEDURE
  • IV.1.1)
    Type of procedure

    Restricted

    • 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

  • IV.2)
    AWARD CRITERIA
  • IV.2.1)
    Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below

    1. Price. Weighting 50

    2. Scope of Cover. Weighting 50

  • IV.2.2)
    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

    IV.3.3)
    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  • IV.3.4)
    Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    20.5.2010 - 10:00

    • 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 tenders

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

    VI.1)
    THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

    VI.2)
    CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS

  • VI.3)
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are supported by its appointed insurance advisor Willis Limited in the conduct of this tender.

    In the event of equal scoring following the evaluation of bids, preference will be given to the lowest bid price.

  • VI.4)
    PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

    • VI.4.1)
    Body responsible for appeal procedures

  • VI.4.2)
    Lodging of appeals

    Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will incorporate a ten calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have two working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from the address in section 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of the contracts has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk 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 (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may only 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:

    20.4.2010