Peterborough City Council : Housing Transfer Environmental Liability Insurance

UK-Peterborough: Damage or loss insurance services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Peterborough City Council
      Town Hall, Bridge Street, Peterborough, PE1 1HQ, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1733452465, Email: andy.cox@peterborough.gov.uk, URL: www.peterborough.gov.uk, URL: http://peterborough.g2b.info
      Contact: Commercial Group, Attn: Andy Cox
      Electronic Access URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com
      Electronic Submission URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com

      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: Housing Transfer Environmental Liability Insurance
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 6

         Region Codes: UKH11 - Peterborough         
      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:
      Damage or loss insurance services. Property insurance services. Liability insurance services. Insurance services. Housing transfer environmental liability insurance policy for Peterborough City Council only, to run from 4th
October 2015 for 4-14 years
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         66515000 - Damage or loss insurance services.
         
         66515200 - Property insurance services.
         
         66516000 - Liability insurance services.
         
         66510000 - Insurance services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: Yes    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      One whole stock transfer environmental liability insurance contract for 4-10 years, for a one-off, up-front
premium, with the option to extend the contract to 14 years for additional premium.                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 80,000 and 300,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: Yes
         If yes, description of these options: Insurance Contract Periods: 4 years; 5 years; 10 years and any facility/ mechanism to extend to 14 years.                   
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
                   
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Starting: 04/10/2015
         Completion: 03/10/2029

   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:
      If required these will be set out in the contract documents.
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      If required these will be set out in the contract documents.
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      If required these will be set out in the contract documents.
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      These will be set out in the contract documents.      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      Insurance companies authorised under the Insurance Companies Act 1982, authorised and regulated by the
Financial Conduct Authority, or authorised and regulated by member states' equivalent legislation, and to be
able to write the classes of business set out in this notice.      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Confirmation of the latest relevant Standard & Poor's (or
equivalent) credit and financial strength ratings, and the
availability of the last 2 years' reports and accounts.
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      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: Yes       
      If yes, reference to relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
      Insurance companies authorised under the Insurance Companies Act 1982, authorised and regulated by the
Financial Conduct Authority, or authorised and regulated by member states' equivalent legislation, and to be
able to write the classes of business set out in this notice      
      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: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Accelerated Restricted
         Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: The Accelerated Open Procedure (Not the Accelerated Restricted Procedure) is being used by the contracting authority, because for reasons beyond its control it is in imminent danger of there being a gap in insurance cover in this major area of risk. There is therefore a state of urgency which renders impracticable the time limits laid down in the regulations. The Initial Descriptive Document/Draft Invitation to Tender and Non-Disclosure Agreement are available to download at https://www.delta-esourcing.com Access Code 942JZZ4WH4. For reasons of commercial confidentiality additional information will be made available immediately on request by prospective tenderers who meet the financial criteria set out in this Contract Notice i.e. duly authorised by a member country as an insurer, capable of writing this insurance, credit/financial strength rating of at least Standard & Poor's "A" or equivalent, and provide the duly signed Non-Disclosure Agreement. The contracting authority reserves the rights to not to proceed with the process preparatory to the award of the contract set out in this notice; and not to award the contract set out in this notice. All dates, except those that are subject to mandatory timetable, are advisory and the contracting authority reserves the right to vary these as required.      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                Not Provided
   
   IV.2)Award Criteria
      IV.2.1)Award criteria:      
         The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
            The criteria stated below
            Criteria - Weighting
            Extent of Insurance Cover - 33
            Site Specific exclusions / restrictions of cover - 33
            Price / Premium - 34

      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: Not Provided      
      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: 04/09/2015
      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: 10/09/2015
         Time: 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: No
   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: The Accelerated Open Procedure (Not the Accelerated Restricted Procedure) is being used by the contracting authority, because for reasons beyond its control it is in imminent danger of there being a gap in insurance cover in this major area of risk. There is therefore a state of urgency which renders impracticable the time limits laid down in the regulations. The Initial Descriptive Document/Draft Invitation to Tender and Non-Disclosure Agreement are available to download at https://www.delta-esourcing.com Access Code 942JZZ4WH4. For reasons of commercial confidentiality additional information will be made available immediately on request by prospective tenderers who meet the financial criteria set out in this Contract Notice i.e. duly authorised by a member country as an insurer, capable of writing this insurance, credit/financial strength rating of at least Standard & Poor's "A" or equivalent, and provide the duly signed Non-Disclosure Agreement. The contracting authority reserves the rights to not to proceed with the process preparatory to the award of the contract set out in this notice; and not to award the contract set out in this notice. All dates, except those that are subject to mandatory timetable, are advisory and the contracting authority reserves the right to vary these as required.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Peterborough:-Damage-or-loss-insurance-services./942JZZ4WH4

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/942JZZ4WH4
GO-2015825-PRO-6976877 TKR-2015825-PRO-6976856
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Not Provided

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 25/08/2015

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