Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street
Oldbury
B69 3DB
UK
Contact person: Carol Wintle
Telephone: +44 1215692817
E-mail: carol_wintle@sandwell.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG37
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.sandwell.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.sandwell.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Leasehold Right to Buy Insurance
Reference number: SMBC 20080
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66510000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The current Long-Term Agreement expires on 1 April 2021, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council invited bids for the provision of its property insurance in respect of private dwellings sold on a leasehold basis, the majority of these were under the Right To Buy (RTB) legislation Housing Act 1985. The dwellings are flats in blocks and flats in houses (maisonettes) where the Council still retain the freehold ownership and the leases state that the Council, as the Freeholder, will arrange the buildings insurance on behalf of the Leaseholder and recharge the premium as part of the service charge. Other flats in some blocks have not been sold (Council tenanted) and are separately insured so insurance cover for these flats are not required.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
560 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66510000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG37
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please refer to the ITT documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 20 %
Price
/ Weighting:
80 %
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 218-536563
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: SMBC 20080
Title: Leasehold Right to Buy Insurance
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/01/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Zurich Insurance plc
3000b Parkway, Solent Business Park, Whiteley
Hampshire
PO15 7JY
UK
NUTS: UKJ31
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 527 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court England
Royal Courts of Justice the Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/01/2021