Tender: UK-St Asaph: motor vehicle insurance services

UK-St Asaph: motor vehicle insurance services

2010/S 143-220848

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: BSP Category Managers
  North Wales Business Support Partnership, Alder House, Alder Court, St Asaph Business Park, Denbighshire
  Ms Jackie Palmer
  LL17 0JJSt Asaph
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1745448491
  jackie.palmer@wales.nhs.uk

  Internet address(es)

  Address of the buyer profile http://www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

  Further information can be obtained at: 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

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities Yes

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

  Lease car insurance policy.

• II.1.2)
  Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

  Services

  Service category: No 6a

  Main place of performance Wales and neighbouring NHS authorities.

  NUTS code UKL

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  A public contract

• II.1.4)
  Information on framework agreement

  Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 3

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

  Motor Vehicle Insurance excluding broker services.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  66514110

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

  No

• II.1.8)
  Division into lots

  No

• II.1.9)
  Variants will be accepted

  No

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

  1 400 motor vehicles

II.2.2)
Options

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

  Starting 9.7.2010. Completion 27.8.2010

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

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 to which the performance of the contract is subject

• 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: a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being administered by the courts, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

  b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding-up or administration by the courts or for an arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar proceeding under national laws or regulations;

  c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;

  d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can justify;

  e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or those of the country of the contracting authority;

  f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or those of the country of the contracting authority;

  g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria for qualitative selection.

III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)
Technical capacity

• 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

  No

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

  Negotiated

  Candidates have already been selected 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 Yes

• 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)
  An electronic auction will be used

  No

• IV.3)
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)
  File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

  T.0159

• IV.3.2)
  Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

  No

• IV.3.3)
  Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 20.8.2010 - 16:00

  Payable documents No

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

  27.8.2010 - 16:00

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

  Duration in days 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

  No

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

  No

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  To access the tender documents:

  — Register your company on the xchangewales portal (this is only required once),

  — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk,

  — Click the "Click here to register" link,

  — Accept the terms and conditions and click "continue",

  — Enter your correct business and user details,

  — Note the username you chose and click "Save" when complete,

  — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).

  Once registration is complete, please let me know and I will invite you to participate in this tender.

  As part of your response to this tender you are required to confirm:

  Tenderers MUST state whether or not they are registered with the FSA.

  If the tenderer is an insurer, is the credit rating of A- or above with AM Best, or BBB or above with Standard Poor, and do you have an unencumbered policyholder surplus of at least 50 000 000 USD (or the equivalent in another currency).

  These criteria will be scored on a pass or fail basis only and will apply to all participating suppliers.

  Buy4Wales Reference Number: 22061.

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:

  20.7.2010