Official UK procurement notice
DfC - National Museums NI - Insurance and Brokerage Services (ID 5481818)
Authority: DfC - National Museums Northern Ireland·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Communities (DfC) – National Museums NI wishes to appoint a provider for Insurance and Brokerage Services. The purpose of this Competition will be to service the insurance needs of National Museums NI, an Arm’s Length Body of the Department for Communities.
CPV: Insurance brokerage services · Insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£270,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Qualitative: 10%
- Quantitative: 90%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative: 10
- Quantitative: 90
- Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Yes
- First published
- 28 Nov 2024, 16:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Feb 2025, 15:26 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Jan 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004378- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c0e4Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance the matter will be escalated to senior management in Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and your performance does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this can be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years.
- Review procedure
CPD comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This notification provides full information on the award decision. The standstill period has provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to. reach satisfactory levels of contract performance the matter will be escalated to senior management in Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and your performance does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this can be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Jan 2025, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
17 Jan 2025 → 17 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline17 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Jan 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published10 Feb 2025, 15:26 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until17 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Feb 2025- Status changed to complete10 Feb 2025, 15:26 GMT
- Buyer details updated10 Feb 2025, 15:26 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh LtdContract | £354,325 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Marsh Ltd
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2025
- Value
- £354,325
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015Review body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for review/appeal or mediation proceduresReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MARSH LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.