Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
South Lanarkshire Council
Council Headquarters, Almada Street
Hamilton
ML3 0AA
UK
Contact person: Irene Peacock
Telephone: +44 1698454793
E-mail: irene.peacock@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM95
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00410
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
SLC, Homeowners Buildings Insurance (Right to Buy)
Reference number: SLC/PS/FINCOR/18/173
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66510000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Homeowners buildings insurance (right to buy).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 377 710.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66510000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM95
Main site or place of performance:
South Lanarkshire Council area.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council wish to appoint a provider for homeowners buildings insurance (right to buy). Approximately 4 250 homeowners are currently insured under the existing arrangements. The start date of the contract is 1.10.2019.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
70
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
The contract that will be awarded from this tender will be for a period of 4 years with the option to extend for a further 12 months subject to satisfactory performance, financial standing and available funding.
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:
2019/S 044-100688
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: SLC/PS/FINCOR/18/173
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25/06/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Zurich Insurance
The Eagle Building, 215 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 7ED
UK
Telephone: +44 1413037553
NUTS: UKM95
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:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 377 710.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
ESPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities
Bidders are required to complete a full ESPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon.
ESPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely
Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the ESPD for each sub-contractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on.
Exclusion criteria
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
ESPD Questions 3A-3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and ESPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. For the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self cleansing measures undertaken. For the discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self cleansing measures undertaken.
Declarations and certificates
In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the qualification envelope.
All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T.
ESPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate
Declaration Section *Form of Tender
ESPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate
ESPD Question 4C.6 Proof of Registration with Financial Conduct Authority and confirmation of Standard and Poors Rating of A- or equivalent
ESPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates
ESPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration
ESPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration
The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the commercial envelope.
In the case of an open tender, the other declarations listed above will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the qualification, technical and commercial envelopes and prior to the award of the tender.
Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the ESPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified.
(SC Ref:591612)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
South Lanarkshire Council
Council Headquarters, Almada Street
Hamilton
ML3 0AA
UK
Telephone: +44 3031231010
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/07/2019