Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Borders Housing Association
South Bridge House, Whinfield Road
Selkirk
TD7 5DT
UK
Contact person: Our Consultant — Maureen Batten
Telephone: +44 1750724444
E-mail: PNichol-Littlejohn@sbha.org.uk
Fax: +44 1750724445
NUTS: UKM91
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.sbha.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11442
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Insurance and Related Services 2017.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66510000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Insurance and Related Services, including provision of insurance cover, broking and advisory, claims handling services and loss control advice. The value stated at II.1.6 below is the estimated annual value.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
312 116.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66512100
66513100
66514110
66515000
66515100
66515200
66515300
66515411
66515410
66516000
66516100
66516400
66516500
66518000
66519200
66519300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM91
Main site or place of performance:
Selkirk and Scottish Borders area.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Contract is for the provision of general insurance and related services, including insurance broking and claims handling, loss control services, engineering inspections and general programme maintenance and advice as required by Scottish Borders Housing Association. Bidders are requested to bid for the entire scope of services. The procurement will follow the 2-stage Restricted Procedure, with bidders pre-qualified on the basis of capability, capacity and experience using the attached ESPDs.
The scope of the Contract includes insurance cover, related advice, claims management and loss control services for property, legal liabilities, engineering insurance and inspection and other general (non-life) insurances as required by Scottish Borders Housing Association for a period of 3 years (or periods of insurance) commencing 25.10.2017, with the option to extend by up to a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance at SBHA's discretion. The contract is not divided into lots so bidders are required to bid for the entire scope of services. Bids are invited from suitably qualified and experienced insurance brokers or direct insurers.
The Contract will follow the Restricted Procedure with a pre-qualifying stage based on ESPDs and bidders will be selected on the basis of their capability, capacity and experience to perform the contract. ESPDs must be completed in full with all relevant information supplied. Those selected will be invited to submit a Tender. The Contract will be awarded on the basis of Most Economically Advantageous Tender, with specific evaluation criteria detailed within the ITT and contract documents. The estimated value stated at II.2.6 below is the annual value.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Understanding business needs
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Resources
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Insurer governance
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Cost and Value for Money
/ Weighting: 60
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
Selection of bidders will be based on assessment of the responses to questions in ESPD aligned with financial, economic and technical requirements stated in Contract Notice. These questions must be responded to in full and submitted before the deadline for requests to participate elapses.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted 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:
2017/S 115-231830
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/10/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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
Bruce Stevenson
38-40 New City Road
Glasgow
G4 9JT
UK
Telephone: +44 7590910186
NUTS: UKM82
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:
: 312 116.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Bidders should note that for reasons of Confidentiality, full Tender information will be made available only to those Bidders that are selected to proceed to the ITT Stage. Sufficient detail is provided within this notice and within the ESPDs to enable the Bidder to decide whether to participate in this process. All respondents will be required to detail their proposed insurance wordings and provide details of relevant experience of all account servicing, claims handling and risk management staff at the ITT stage.
Selection of bidders will be based on assessment of the responses to questions in ESPDs aligned with financial, economic and technical requirements stated in Contract Notice. These questions must be responded to in full and submitted before the deadline for requests to participate elapses.
(SC Ref:516366).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Scottish Borders Housing Association
South Bridge House, Whinfield Road
Selkirk
TD7 5DT
UK
Telephone: +44 1750724444
Fax: +44 1750724445
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.sbha.org.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/10/2017