Insurance Services Review 2013
Property, business interruption, liability, motor vehicle, engineering, personal accident, fidelity guarantee, professional indemnity, construction related and other insurances and insurance services as required by Plus Dane Housing Group.
UK-Liverpool: Insurance services
2013/S 096-163881
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Plus Dane Housing Group
Baltimore Buildings, 13/15 Rodney Street
Contact point(s): Financial Services Co-ordinator
For the attention of: Julia McKeown
L1 9EF Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1517084643
E-mail: julia.mckeown@neighbourhoodinvestor.com
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Other: Registered Social Landlord
I.3)Main activity
Housing and community amenities
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 Review 2013.
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
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Primarily in Merseyside but also other locations as required to protect the assets earnings and liabilities of the awarding authority.
NUTS code UKD52
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)
Property, business interruption, liability, motor vehicle, engineering, personal accident, fidelity guarantee, professional indemnity, construction related and other insurances and insurance services as required by Plus Dane Housing Group.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
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:
Non-life insurance and related services.
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: yes
Description of these options: Plus Dane Housing Group is looking to enter into a Long Term Agreement or similar undertaking for 3 years with an option to extend the contract for a further 2 years, all subject to satisfactory service, cost and performance and no breach of LTU.
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
As stated in tender documents.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
As stated in tender documents.
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
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: As stated in tender documents.
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: Potential suppliers may be requested to provide a summary and overview of services provided to the social housing sector over the past 5 years, and details of up to 5 clients receiving similar services. 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 and must comply with UK Department of Trade and Industry regulations.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As stated in tender documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As stated in tender documents.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As stated in tender documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Insurers must be licensed to transact business in the categories mentioned above either in UK or EC Member State of domicile.
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: This service will be regulated by the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and any other modifications thereof. Suppliers of insurance services will be required to be authorised by the Financial Services Authority.
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
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged minimum number 3: and maximum number 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As stated in tender documents.
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)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:
Insurance Services Review 2013.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 10.6.2013
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
17.6.2013
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
24.6.2013
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: 2016.
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
Plus Dane Housing Group manages around 18,000 properties and its insurance arrangements require extensive resources on the part of insurance service providers. Insurance of social landlords is a highly specialist field, and Plus Dane Housing Group will require respondents to this notice to be able to demonstrate clearly a strong track record of insurance provision in the RSL sector. This will include providing details of the number of housing associations (not local authorities, charities, care homes or other similar interests) which you service, the number of units you insure, your main insurance providers, details of your insurance policy wordings and evidence of detailed knowledge and experience on the part of all account servicing, claims handling and risk management staff. The proposal will be expected to demonstrate in practical terms the capability of tenderers to manage effectively the insurance arrangements for Plus Dane Housing Group, as well as providing competitive insurance terms from experienced RSL insurers.
Plus Dane Housing Group requires that all insurers proposed for its insurance arrangements shall be at least A rated by Standard & Poors or an equivalent rating agency.
The review is to be a two stage procedure. Responses to this notice in the form of a completed PQQ are required by 17.6.2013. Candidates to enter the negotiated stage of the process will be selected from those responses. The final costed tenders from those candidates selected as tenderers must be submitted by 1600 on 15.8.2013.
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:16.5.2013
Requirement: Insurance Services