Insurance for Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges and similar institutions
Prior information notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Crescent Purchasing Consortium
Technology House, Lissadel Street
Contact point(s): CPC office
For the attention of: Neale Walker
M6 6AP Salford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1612957986
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1612955599
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.thecpc.ac.uk
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Other: Public sector purchasing consortium
I.3)Main activity
Education
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II.B: Object of the contract (Supplies or services)
II.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Insurance for Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges and similar institutions
II.2)Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 6: Financial services a) Insurances services b) Banking and investment services
Throughout UK.
Throughout UK.
II.3)Information on framework agreement
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement: yes
II.4)Short description of nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
Framework agreement for the provision of insurance and related services including insurance broking services to Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges and (in limited circumstances) institutions from the English academies and Free Schools sectors, universities and other Higher Education institutions. The framework panel shall comprise up to five providers for each end user. Providers may be direct insurers (including Mutual Insurers) and/or broker-insurer partnerships. All providers must be authorised and regulated by the appropriate regulatory body. End users will access the framework via a streamlined mini-competition process. There will be a distinct Lot for land-based institutions. There may be a number of regional Lots to facilitate tenders from regional insurance brokers.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 50 000 000 and 90 000 000 GBP
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 50 000 000 and 90 000 000 GBP
Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yesII.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000, 66512000, 66513000, 66514000, 66515000, 66515200, 66516000, 66518000, 66519200
II.6)Scheduled date for start of award procedures
10.1.2014
II.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.8)Additional information:
IMPORTANT: If you wish to receive the tender documentation when it is published, you must register your interest on CPC's e-tendering portal at:
CPC is launching a tendering process in early 2014 for a follow-on framework to replace the existing FE and SFC insurance framework which has been in place since 2010. It is anticipated that the new framework panel shall comprise up to five providers. Each provider shall be either a direct insurer, or a partnership between an insurer (or insurers) and an insurance broker (or brokers) covering the main classes of property and liability insurances. Partnerships between insurers and brokers must be fixed at time of tender submission and tenders must be submitted jointly, although each partnership shall have a lead partner with overall responsibility for provision of the service. Bids from mutual insurers will also be considered. Each provider must be able to arrange all general and most specialised insurances for each end user.
End users will access the framework via a mini-tender process involving the submission to all eligible providers of a standardised-format, streamlined questionnaire-based ‘request for proposal' presentation. Providers are required to bid in every mini-competition (normally 40-50 per year). Providers will need to be capable of handling such volumes, and insurers may wish to consider forming partnerships with a number of brokers to distribute the workload associated with these volumes, which will peak prior to the main renewal date (1 August). CPC may include regional Lots to facilitate this approach. N.B. In this situation, the framework will be structured to ensure that end users will not be expected to evaluate more than five proposals from the framework panel, even though the panel might comprise more than five providers.
There will be a distinct Lot for land-based FE colleges, of which there are around 20, and similar institutions.
The framework will be available for use by schools in the academies sector, but only in appropriate cases, for example where they physically resemble an FE college or SFC, or where they are part of a group sponsored by an FE college or university.
The framework will be available for use by universities and other HE institutions, although it will not be actively marketed to the Higher Education sector.
Please contact Neale Walker to discuss CPC's requirements in more detail.
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Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a collaborative purchasing organisation owned by and working for its members in the Further Education (FE) and Sixth Form College (SFC) sectors, from which it has about 370 member institutions. It also has more than 1,700 members from the English academies sector. CPC has been operating insurance frameworks since 2006, and they are being used by more than 200 Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges and 600 academies.CPC is launching a tendering process in early 2014 for a follow-on framework to replace the existing FE and SFC insurance framework which has been in place since 2010. It is anticipated that the new framework panel shall comprise up to five providers. Each provider shall be either a direct insurer, or a partnership between an insurer (or insurers) and an insurance broker (or brokers) covering the main classes of property and liability insurances. Partnerships between insurers and brokers must be fixed at time of tender submission and tenders must be submitted jointly, although each partnership shall have a lead partner with overall responsibility for provision of the service. Bids from mutual insurers will also be considered. Each provider must be able to arrange all general and most specialised insurances for each end user.
End users will access the framework via a mini-tender process involving the submission to all eligible providers of a standardised-format, streamlined questionnaire-based ‘request for proposal' presentation. Providers are required to bid in every mini-competition (normally 40-50 per year). Providers will need to be capable of handling such volumes, and insurers may wish to consider forming partnerships with a number of brokers to distribute the workload associated with these volumes, which will peak prior to the main renewal date (1 August). CPC may include regional Lots to facilitate this approach. N.B. In this situation, the framework will be structured to ensure that end users will not be expected to evaluate more than five proposals from the framework panel, even though the panel might comprise more than five providers.
There will be a distinct Lot for land-based FE colleges, of which there are around 20, and similar institutions.
The framework will be available for use by schools in the academies sector, but only in appropriate cases, for example where they physically resemble an FE college or SFC, or where they are part of a group sponsored by an FE college or university.
The framework will be available for use by universities and other HE institutions, although it will not be actively marketed to the Higher Education sector.
Please contact Neale Walker to discuss CPC's requirements in more detail.
Information about lots
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Lot No: 1 Lot title: Non-land-based institutions1)Short description:
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000, 66512000, 66513000, 66514000, 66515000, 66515200, 66516000, 66518000, 66519200
5)Additional information about lots:
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Lot No: 2 Lot title: Land-based institutions
1)Short description:
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66510000, 66512000, 66513000, 66514000, 66515000, 66515200, 66516000, 66518000, 66519200
5)Additional information about lots:
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Information about reserved contracts
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Information on general regulatory framework
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
17.12.2013