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UK-Huntingdon: insurance and pension services, except compulsory social security services

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   HUNTINGDON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:67824-2008
Publication Date:   Mar 11, 2008
Deadline:   May 8, 2008
Buyer:   HUNTINGDONSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   HUNTINGDONSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
HUNTINGDON, Cambridgeshire CC
United Kingdom
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Notice Type: 2240
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 49/2008
, #
67824-2008
Referenced Document Number: 305060-2007
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Negotiated procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Huntingdonshire District
Council, Pathfinder House, St Mary's Street, Attn: Ghislaine Smith,
UK-Huntingdon PE29 3TN. Tel. (44-1480) 38 81 59. E-mail:
ghislaine.smith@huntsdc.gov.uk. Fax (44-1480) 38 80 99.
Further information can be obtained at: Aon Ltd, County House, County
Square, 100 New London Road, Contact: Stephen Angel/Linda Young, Attn:
Stephen Angel/Linda Young, UK-Chelmsford CM2 0RG. Tel. (44-1245) 26 18 11.
E-mail: stephen.angel@ars.aon.co.uk, linda.young@aon.co.uk. Fax (44-1245)
26 94 96.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As above.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Huntingdonshire
District Council, Pathfinder House, St Marys Street, Attn: Ghislaine Smith
or David Harwood, UK-Huntingdon PE329 3TN. Tel. (44-1480) 38 81 59.
E-mail: Ghislaine.smith@huntsdc.gov.uk, david.harwood@huntsdc.gov.uk. Fax
(44-1480) 38 80 99.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
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: Huntingdonshire.
NUTS code: UKH12.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 66300000, 66331100,
66337400, 66339200, 66336100, 66337100, 66332100, 66334100, 66332000,
66337000, 66336200, 66336000, 66339400.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Tenders for insurance risks will be
invited on the basis of a three year long term agreement with the option
to extend for a further 2 years. Options for longer term contracts will be
considered provided sufficient information is provided by tenderers for
the total cost of each option to be assessed. Insurers will be permitted
to tender for all or some of the risk classes solely at the Councils
discretion.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.7.2008.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: The awarding
Authority will pay insurance premiums on 1st July 2008 and annually
thereafter.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
Service standards as described in the tender document.
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: This tender
is open to insurance companies who must be licensed to transact insurance
business in the categories listed in II.I.6 either in the UK or the EC
Member State of domicile.
Letter of application to be accompanied with information below:
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Copy of last three years
Annual Report & Accounts.
Overview of services provided to the Public Sector over the last three
years.
Standard & Poor's (or equivalent) rating.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: Details of names and qualifications of
employees who would be responsible for delivery of services.
List of other public sector bodies insured and the risk classes involved.
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.
This tender is open to insurance companies who are licensed to provide the
insurance cover required either in the UK or in the EC Member State of
Domicile. Insurers must be authorised by the Financial Services
Authorities or equivalent.
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: Envisaged minimum number: 005. Maximum number:
020.
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 below:
1. Price. Weighting: 40 %.
2. Quality and Service Standards. Weighting: 10 %.
3. Range of services. Weighting: 10 %.
4. Expertise. Weighting: 10 %.
5. Cover. Weighting: 20 %.
6. Long term agreement. Weighting: 10 %.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior
information notice
Notice number in OJ: 2007/S 249-305060 of 28.12.2007.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 4.4.2008.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
8.5.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 9.4.2008.
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: Date: 8.5.2008 - 12:00.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.
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: Selected Insurance Markets to include: AIG,
QBE, Norwich Union, ZM, Travelers, Mitsui, Aspen, ACE, Ecclesiastical,
Royal & Sun Alliance, CNA, AXA, Chubb, Tokyo Marine, Lloyds Syndicates,
Allianz, HSB Engineering, AFM.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 7.3.2008.
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