Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The United Kingdom Sports Council (trading as UK Sport)
RC000765
UK Sport, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London
London
WC1B 3HF
UK
Contact person: Andri Rauber
Telephone: +44 2072115223
E-mail: amstender@uksport.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.uksport.gov.uk/
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
http://www.uksport.gov.uk/resources/tenders
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Recreation, culture and religion
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Athlete Medical Insurance Scheme
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66510000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
UK Sport’s Athlete Medical Scheme (AMS) is a medical insurance scheme which covers the costs of healthcare of funded athletes who are members of Olympic and Paralympic sports world class programmes. National governing bodies, funded or unfunded, may also purchase places on AMS at an agreed cost by UK Sport, to provide medical cover to athletes not on a world class programme.
UK Sport pays an annual premium to cover the costs of claims and, subject to approval and conditions of cover by AMS, the athlete receives healthcare. It is a free service to athletes and no costs are recharged to their governing bodies.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
6 800 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66000000
66512220
66511000
66512000
66512100
92610000
92620000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
London
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
UK Sport’s Athlete Medical Scheme (AMS) is a medical insurance scheme which covers the costs of healthcare of funded athletes who are members of Olympic and Paralympic sports world class programmes. National governing bodies, funded or unfunded, may also purchase places on AMS at an agreed cost by UK Sport, to provide medical cover to athletes not on a world class programme.
UK Sport pays an annual premium to cover the costs of claims and, subject to approval and conditions of cover by AMS, the athlete receives healthcare. It is a free service to athletes and no costs are recharged to their governing bodies.
The existing policy comes to an end on 31.3.2019.
The cover will run for 3 years from 1.4.2019:
(i) with the option to extend for an additional 12 months; and
(ii) with the option, at UK Sport’s discretion, to terminate at the end of each year during the term.
UK Sport requires submission of proposals to become a commercial sponsor of UK Sport to complement AMS.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
6 800 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2019
End:
31/03/2022
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend for an additional 12 months.
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
Tenderers can access the invitation to tender (ITT) documentation on UK Sport's website: http://www.uksport.gov.uk/resources/tenders. Tenderers are required to return the signed confidentiality agreement and other information to UK Sport at the email address in I.1 by 29.11.2018. Tenders must be submitted by the date and time specified in IV.2.2 and in accordance with the ITT instructions.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
All Tenderers must have at least an "A" rating from a reputable agency (such as Standard and Poor's, Fitch, Moody's, Dun and Bradstreet etc). Otherwise their submission will be automatically rejected. Further information is set out in the ITT.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
UK Sport will require the successful tenderer to provide a parent company guarantee against breach and insolvency. Please note this is not a requirement to underwrite AMS. See the detailed requirements in the ITT.
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
25/01/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 2 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
25/01/2019
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
UK Sport anticipates that this will be a recurring requirement and that a contract notice will likely be published in autumn 2021 or 2022.
VI.3) Additional information
Please note that this tender is not for the appointment of an insurance broker.
UK Sport estimates that the value of the Contract per annum will range from 1 500 000 GBP to 1 800 000 GBP excluding VAT.
All requests for clarification must be submitted in writing to the email address and marked for the attention of the Contact Officer set out at I.1 above. Please see the ITT for clarification deadlines and further information.
UK Sport is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘FOI). If a Tenderer considers that any of the information supplied as part of this tender process should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, they must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information they do not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. UK Sport shall take such statements into consideration in the event that it receives a request pursuant to FOI which relates to the information provided by the interested party. Tenderers should note that, even where information is identified as commercially sensitive, UK Sport might be required to disclose such information in accordance with FOI. Accordingly, UK Sport cannot guarantee that any information marked ‘commercially sensitive’ will not be disclosed. Please note, it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response.
UK Sport shall not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers and accepts no liability for any costs, charges or expenses, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.
All dates and time periods specified in this notice and the ITT are provisional and UK Sport reserves the right to change these.
UK Sport reserves the right to abandon the procurement process and/or not award any or part of this contract.
Please see the ITT for further information on this procurement process.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
UK Sport
UK Sport, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London
London
WC1B 3HF
UK
Telephone: +44 2072115223
E-mail: amstender@uksport.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.uksport.gov.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/11/2018