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Contract Award Notice

Leasehold Right to Buy Insurance

  • First published: 13 January 2021
  • Last modified: 13 January 2021

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Authority ID:
AA20201
Publication date:
13 January 2021
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Please refer to the ITT documents.

Full notice text

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

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
66510000 Insurance services Insurance and pension services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
carol_wintle@sandwell.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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