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Published 17 Jul 2024, 09:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Block Insurance Policy for People Directly Employing Personal Assistants

Official notice

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£250,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 19 Aug 2024awarded 23 Aug 2024
Awarded to Fish Insurance Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Norfolk County Council (NCC) provides direct payments for approximately 4000 service users. NCC has approximately 1500 service users who employ Personal Assistants and Carers including self-employed Personal Assistants and Carers who do not hold insurance or do not hold adequate insurance. Each Service User on average has two personal assistants.Service Users (or their chosen representative) who employ a Personal Assistant (Carer) are required to hold Employer and Public Liability insurance.NCC is seeking to put in place a block insurance policy for all service users employing Personal Assistants or Carers.

CPV: Accident insurance services · General liability insurance services · Insurance services · Liability insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£250,000
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: There is an option to extend the contract by a further 48 months. · There is an option to extend the contract by a further 48 months.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As per the procurement documents

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Jul 2024, 09:48 BST
Last source update
23 Aug 2024, 10:30 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Aug 2024 – …
Authority reference
NCCT42994
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-026984
Classification (CPV)
Accident insurance servicesGeneral liability insurance servicesInsurance servicesLiability insurance services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047dff Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.

Publisher note: This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing [email protected].

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
19 Aug 2024, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Aug 2024, 11:05 BST

Timeline

19 Aug 2024 → 23 Aug 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Aug 2024, 11:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    19 Aug 2024, 11:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    23 Aug 2024, 10:30 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Aug 2024, 10:30 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £250,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Aug 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Fish Insurance LtdSME£250,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Block Insurance Policy for People Directly Employing Personal Assistants · Fish Insurance LtdSME

    Signed
    23 Aug 2024
    Value
    £250,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Norfolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, East of England, NR1 2DHContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • nplaw ( part of Norfolk County Council)Review body Norwich

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria