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UCAM 107/13 University of Cambridge Tender for Insurance 2014.

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge
Procurement Services, Greenwich House, 1st Floor South, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road
Contact point(s): Procurement Services
For the attention of: Tim Young
CB3 0TX Cambridge
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1223332233
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.cam.ac.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Aon Limited
125/129 Vaughan Way
Contact point(s): Aon
For the attention of: Anne Wilson
LE1 4SB Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1162807048
E-mail:
Internet address: http://www.aon.co.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Aon Limited
Insurance House 125/129 Vaughan Way
Contact point(s): Aon
For the attention of: Anne Wilson
LE1 4SB Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1162807048
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1162537804
Internet address: http://www.aon.co.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Aon Limited
Insurance House 125/129 Vaughan Way
Contact point(s): Aon
For the attention of: Anne Wilson
LE1 4SB Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1162807048
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1162537804
Internet address: http://www.aon.co.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Other: Higher Education/Research
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: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
UCAM 107/13 University of Cambridge Tender for Insurance 2014.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 6: Financial services a) Insurances services b) Banking and investment services

NUTS code UKH1

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Property Owners, Property Insurance, Marine Cargo Insurance, Employers Liability and Public/Products Liability, Directors and Officers Liability, Pension Trustees Liability, Professional Indemnity Insurance, Fidelty Guarantee Insurance, Motor Fleet Insurance, Personal Accident and Travel Insurance, Computer Insurance, Contractors Plant Insurance.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66511000, 66516400, 66519200, 66514110, 66515411, 66514120, 66600000, 66513200, 66512100, 66513100, 66515000, 66516500, 66515200, 66516000, 66515100

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: yes
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Tender for insurance risks are invited on the basis of a 3 year life cycle cost. Options for longer or shorter contracts will be considered provided that sufficient information is provided by tenderers for the total cost of
each option to be assessed. Insurers will be permitted to tender for all or some of the risk classes (Lots).
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: yes
Description of these options: see II.2.1 above.
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Number of possible renewals: 2
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Property Owners
1)Short description
Property Owners Including but not restricted to Buildings, Contents, Loss of Rent and Liability
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000, 66000000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Property Insurance
1)Short description
Property Insurance Including but not restricted to Material Damage, Business Interruption, Works in Progress, Money and Deterioration of Stock.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66000000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Marine Cargo Insurance
1)Short description
Marine Cargo Insurance
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66000000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 4 Lot title: Employers Liability and Public/Products Liability
1)Short description
Employers Liability and Public/Products Liability
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66000000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 5 Lot title: Directors and Officers Liability
1)Short description
Directors and Officers Liability
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66000000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 6 Lot title: Pension Trustees Liability
1)Short description
Pension Trustees Liability
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66000000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 7 Lot title: Professional Indemnity Insurance
1)Short description
Professional Indemnity Insurance
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66000000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 8 Lot title: Fidelity Guarantee Insurance
1)Short description
Fidelity Guarantee Insurance
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66000000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515410, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 9 Lot title: Motor Fleet Insurance
1)Short description
Motor Fleet Insurance
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66000000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514200, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 10 Lot title: Personal Accident and Travel Insurance
1)Short description
Personal Accident and Travel Insurance
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 11 Lot title: Computer Insurance
1)Short description
Computer Insurance
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66000000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 12 Lot title: Contractors Plant Insurance
1)Short description
Contractors Plant Insurance
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66500000, 66000000, 66519200, 66516500, 66516400, 66516000, 66515411, 66515200, 66515100, 66515000, 66514120, 66514110, 66513200, 66513100, 66512100, 66510000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: This Tender is open to Insurance Companies who must be licenced to transact business in the categories
listed 11.1.6 either in the UK or the EC member state domicile.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: yes
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision: This Tender is open to Insurance Companies who must be licenced to transact business in the categories
listed 11.1.6 either in the UK or the EC member state domicile.
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Negotiated
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures) yes
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged minimum number 1: and maximum number 21
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Insurance Companies will be shortlisted using criteria set out under III.2.1 to III3.1 above
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
UCAM 107/13
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 20.1.2014 - 12:00
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
1.5.2014 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 21.1.2014 - 12:30

Place:

Insurance House, 125/129 Vaughan Way, Leicester.

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information
Allianz Insurance, Aspen, Aviva, AIG, Risk Management Partners, (QBE Insurance/HSB Engineering) RSA, Travelers, Zurich Municipal, Aon Crisis Management (Terrorism), Maven Underwriters, Chubb Insurance, ACE, HSB Engineering, Tokio Marine, Lloyds of London Syndicates, Liberty, Zurich, AXA, Ecclesiastical, Catlin, Amlin, Mitsui.
The University of Cambridge is not a public body within the meaning of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (Directive 2004/18) and is not subject to the procurement legislation. Where the University advertises contracts in the Official Journal of the European Union, it does so on a voluntary basis and does not undertake any obligation to comply with the procurement legislation. The University reserves its rights in full to adapt or step outside the procedures in the procurement legislation as the University considers necessary.
Information about the tender process to be followed does not amount to a legally binding offer by the University to follow the process so described. The University reserves the right not to follow or to modify the procedures as the University considers necessary.
The tender process is being conducted electronically via In-tend.
Suppliers are required to register on this website:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofcambridge in order to receive documentation. After registering the tender documentation can then be downloaded. All tender responses and any supporting documentation must be submitted through this system. There must be no postal correspondence from bidders unless agreed with the University. Tenders shall not be sent and will not be accepted by fax or email.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
20.12.2013