Bip Buyer de-activated users: Leasehold Buildings Insurance

UK-Welwyn Garden City: Financial and insurance services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
      The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6AE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1707357000, Email: a.harper@welhat.gov.uk, URL: www.welhat.gov.uk, URL: http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta
      Contact: Procurement, Attn: Andrew Harper

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services

   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: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Leasehold Buildings Insurance
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 6

         Region Codes: UKH23 - Hertfordshire         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Financial and insurance services. Insurance and pension services. Insurance services. Property insurance services. Leaseholder Insurance Services
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         66000000 - Financial and insurance services.
         
         66500000 - Insurance and pension services.
         
         66510000 - Insurance services.
         
         66515200 - Property insurance services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Not Provided      
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: No    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      Insurance of Leasholder properties         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 200,000
         Currency: GBP
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Starting: 24/06/2013
         Completion: 23/06/2016

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      As detailed in the tender documents
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      As detailed in the tender documents
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      As detailed in the tender documents
      
      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:
         The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
         
         A full list of these criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
         
         Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Standard and Poors (or equivalent) rating of 'A'
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As detailed in the tender documents      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: No       
      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: 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)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: C651      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

      Date: 26/03/2013
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 12:00
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 27/03/2013
         Time: 12:00      
      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
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 27/03/2013
         Time: 13:00
         Place:
         Welwyn Garden cITY


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: Not Provided
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Not Provided      
   VI.3)Additional Information: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has moved to a new way of e-Tendering and worked closely with the County, other Districts and Partners to create a joint procurement website called Supply Hertfordshire. This website is supported by BiP Solutions who provide a system called Delta-ets which is the background platform to Supply Hertfordshire.


Step 1: Registering with Supply Hertfordshire
To participate in this tender you will need to go into http://supplyhertfordshire.g2b.info/hpf/ and register, thereafter you will be issued with a USERNAME and PASSWORD. (If you have already registered with Delta-ets or Supply Hertfordshire, please follow the link above where you can log on using your existing username and password. If you have registered and have forgotten your Username and Password, please click on the forgotten password link below the log in box.) Please keep this USERNAME and PASSWORD secure, and do not pass it to any third parties.

Step 2: Completing your Tender
To complete the Tender you will need to go into the Tenderbox area and enter the Tender Access Code 3A4SCRS46M You will then need to download the relevant Tender and complete. Please complete the information as fully as possible.


Step 3: Uploading Your Completed PQQ
Once you have completed your Tender you must then “upload” your completed response in to the Tenderbox (Tender Access Code 3A4SCRS46M no later than noon on Wednesday 27th March 2013

Please make sure you have submitted your completed Tender to the correct Tender Access Code, the Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by a tenderer in submitting your completed Tender.

If you are experiencing problems, please contact the Delta helpdesk via email at support@supplyhertfordshire.g2b.info or call 0845 270 7050 Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm for further assistance.
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https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=51110616
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
      The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6AE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1707357371, Email: a.harper@welhat.gov.uk, URL: www.welhat.gov.uk

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)
         The Campus, 70 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1EU, United Kingdom
         Tel. +44 2075366000, Email: info@cedr.com, URL: www.cedr.com

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
      The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6AE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1707357371, Email: a.harper@welhat.gov.uk, URL: www.welhat.gov.uk

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 13/02/2013

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