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UK-Dingwall: financial and insurance services

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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   DINGWALL
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:351518-2009
Publication Date:   Dec 19, 2009
Deadline:   Feb 9, 2010
Buyer:   HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE
DINGWALL, Highlands and Islands
United Kingdom
Web Site:   http://www.hie.co.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2210 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 245/2009, #351518-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Highlands and Islands
Enterprise, Earl Thorfinn House, 6 Druimchat View, UK-Dingwall IV15 9XL.
E-mail: hieprocurement@hient.co.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.hie.co.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00313.
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:
Regional or local agency/office.
Economic and financial affairs.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Property Insurance.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 6.
Main place of performance: Highlands and Islands.
NUTS code: UKM6.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The objective
of this contract is to secure appropriate Property Insurance for HIE’s
property portfolio whilst offering the best value in the expenditure of
public funds.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/
Search_Switch.aspx?ID=182737.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 66000000, 66515200.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The contract is expected to last 3 years
with the possibility of a further 1 year extension.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.4.2010. Completion: 31.3.2013.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
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.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
This contract is not for Insurance Broking services.
Candidates must be authorised to carry out the business in the relevant
classes of insurance listed in this notice in accordance with the
provisions of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and any other statutory
modifications thereof.
Candidates must be authorised by the Financial Standards Authority to
carry out the classes of business listed within this notice.
Candidates must have a credit rating no less than A- with A M Best or BBB-
with Standard and Poor.
Candidates must hold a certificate issued by the Appropriate Regulatory
Authority.
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: (1) Any
candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any
information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to
continue with this procurement process.
This contract is not for Insurance Broking services.
Candidates must be authorised to carry out the business in the relevant
classes of insurance listed in this notice in accordance with the
provisions of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and any other statutory
modifications thereof.
Candidates must be authorised by the Financial Standards Authority to
carry out the classes of business listed within this notice.
Candidates must have a credit rating no less than A- with A M Best or BBB-
with Standard and Poor.
Candidates must hold a certificate issued by the Appropriate Regulatory
Authority.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide a reference from their bank.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: This contract is not for
Insurance Broking services.
Candidates must be authorised to carry out the business in the relevant
classes of insurance listed in this notice in accordance with the
provisions of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and any other statutory
modifications thereof.
Candidates must be authorised by the Financial Standards Authority to
carry out the classes of business listed within this notice.
Candidates must have a credit rating no less than A- with A M Best or BBB-
with Standard and Poor.
Candidates must hold a certificate issued by the Appropriate Regulatory
Authority.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and
managerial staff over the previous 3 years
(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their
managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for
providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the
contract;
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
Yes.
This contract is not for Insurance Broking services.
Candidates must be authorised to carry out the business in the relevant
classes of insurance listed in this notice in accordance with the
provisions of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and any other statutory
modifications thereof.
Candidates must be authorised by the Financial Standards Authority to
carry out the classes of business listed within this notice.
Candidates must hold a certificate issued by the Appropriate Regulatory
Authority.
III.3.2) Legal entities 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: Open.
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.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents
or for accessing documents: 29.1.2010.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
9.2.2010 - 12:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Estimated April
2013.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please note: This contract is not for
Insurance Broker Services.
(SC Ref:182737).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: HIE will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar days
standstill period from the date 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 2 working days from the notification of
the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information
has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the
standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from
Procurement, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Earl Thorfinn House, 6
Druimchat View, Dingwall Business Park, Dingwall IV15 9XL. If an appeal
regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved, the
Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006 No.1) provide for
aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach
of the rule to take action in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. 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 the authority to amend any document and may
award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only
award damages.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 18.12.2009.
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