Northern Housing Consortium Ltd : NHC Simple Tenants Contents Insurance 22 - 26

UK-Sunderland: Insurance services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Northern Housing Consortium Ltd
       Hope Street Xchange, 1-3 Hind Street, Sunderland, SR1 3QD, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1915661000, Email: tenders@consortiumprocurement.org.uk
       Contact: Drew Frame
       Main Address: www.northern-consortium.org.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.consortiumprocurement.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Other type:: Central Purchasing Body

   I.5) Main activity:
      Housing and community amenities

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: NHC Simple Tenants Contents Insurance 22 - 26            
      Reference number: Not Provided

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         66510000 - Insurance services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: We are about to enter a Formal UK/PCR Compliant tender process (competitive with negotiation) to procure a Home Contents Insurance Scheme - the framework commencement date is 1 April 2022 and will last for a period of four years. This framework will be limited to Local Authorities (LA), Large Scale Voluntary Transfer organisations (LSVT’s), Registered Providers (RP)/Social Landlords (RSL’s), Housing Associations, Arms Length Management Organisations (ALMO’s), Tenant Management Organisations, housing co-operatives.
Please click on the following link to our website which lists our current memberships and all other eligible members. Please note the Member Organisations listed will still be eligible to access the framework even if they are subject to name changes or merger/group structure changes.
https://consortiumprocurement.org.uk/frameworks-and-services/who-can-access/

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 60,000,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Insurance services (excluding Brokerage services). The scope of this framework is for the provision of an insurance provider to deliver the Northern Housing Consortium's (NHC) ‘SIMPLE’ brand of Tenant Contents Insurance to current and future members of the NHC via our appointed brokers Marsh Ltd.
The primary objective of SIMPLE is to provide tenants who live in social accommodation access to insurance services that are affordable, easy to understand and appropriate to the tenants needs. The intention is that this is provided by one supplier through portfolio underwriting.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Core Cover / Weighting: 25
      Quality criterion - Name: Marketing and Innovation / Weighting: 20
      Quality criterion - Name: Underwriting Criteria / Weighting: 10
      Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 5
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Simple Cover / Weighting: 20
      Cost criterion - Name: Simple + Cover / Weighting: 18
      Cost criterion - Name: Optional Extras / Weighting: 2
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/QV5N3ARD53


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2021/S 000-018935
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 12/11/2021

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 1
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Royal Sun Alliance Insurance PLC, 00093792
             St Marks Court, Chart Way, Horsham, Horsham, RH12 1XL, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 25,000,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 60,000,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=643529980

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Northern Housing Consortium Ltd
          Hope Street Xchange, 1-3 Hind Street, Sunderland, SR1 3QD, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 1915661000

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          Northern Housing Consortium Ltd
          Hope Street Xchange, 1-3 Hind Street, Sunderland, SR1 3QD, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 1915661000

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). As stated within the regulations, any such action must be started within 30 days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen.
The Court may extend the time limit for starting proceedings where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so but not so as to permit proceedings to be started more than 3 months after that date.

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 15/11/2021