Insurance Tender Telford
General Insurance excluding broking services.
UK-Telford: insurance services
2012/S 69-114616
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
The Wrekin Housing Group Limited and Subsidiary Companies, The Wrekin Housing Trust Limited, Old Park Services Limited and WHT (Subsidiary) Limited
Colliers Way, Old Park
For the attention of: Sarah Fitzgerald
TF3 4AW Telford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2075603488
E-mail: sfitzgerald@heathlambert.com
Fax: +44 2075603417
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.wrekinhousingtrust.org.uk/
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: Social Housing
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:
General Insurance excluding broking services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 27: Other services
NUTS code UKG21
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)
General Insurances excluding broking services.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Insurance premiums can not be released.
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)
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:
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: Must be a recognised insurance company.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Insurers must be financially stable.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Minimum Standard & Poor’s security rating of BBB and/or A.M. Best security rating of B+.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Scoring includes:
— Continuity of Insurer,
— Financial Security of Insurer,
— Breadth of policy cover,
— Experience in your business sector,
— Quality of general service delivery,
— Risk Management services,
— Claims Handling services.
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: Minimum Standard & Poor’s security rating of BBB and/or A.M. Best security rating of B+.
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
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 below
1. Premium. Weighting 35
2. Financial security. Weighting 30
3. Breadth of policy cover. Weighting 10
4. Continuity of insurer. Weighting 7
5. Experience in social housing sector. Weighting 5
6. Quality of general service delivery. Weighting 7
7. Risk management services. Weighting 3
8. Claims handling services. Weighting 3
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
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: 15.4.2012
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
4.5.2012
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)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 36 months
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
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:5.4.2012