Export Support

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              "description": "1.6.1 - Insurance Cover\nPlease confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:\nEmployer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = £10,000,000\nPublic Liability Insurance = £5,000,000\nProfessional Indemnity Insurance = £2,000,000\n1.6.2 - Confirmation of or intent to secure insurance\nPlease attach a copy of an existing Insurance certificate that meets or exceeds the requirements above for the duration of the contract or a letter/quotation from an insurance company confirming that they would offer the required level of insurance to the supplier.\nIf you cannot produce either one of the above at this stage you will be deemed to have failed the WMCA's Conditions of Participation in relation to this opportunity and will not have your Technical or Commercial submissions evaluated.\n1.7.1 - Supplier Declaration\nPlease acknowledge your acceptance and understanding of the Financial Self-Assessment process, and provide confirmation that:\n• You have completed your self-assessment in line with the guidance provided, using the most recent set of financial results available through the CDP.\n• You understand that if you fail any metric of the self-assessment you will need to engage with the WMCA Finance Team immediately (via the ProContract messaging facility) to agree a range of mitigations that will enable you to either progress to the shortlisting stage or have your tender submissions evaluated.\n1.8.2 - Terms and Conditions\nThe Terms and Conditions related to this contract are non negotiable, either during the clarification period, standstill or post award. Please confirm that you agree to the terms and conditions we have provided you with in full.\nWMCA reserves the right to amend the published terms and conditions if for example an error has been identified. In this case all suppliers will be notified of the amendment immediately. The WMCA also reserves the right to extend clarification and/or tender submission dates resulting from a change to the Terms and Conditions if we feel that the amendment warrants it.\nSuppliers providing a 'no' response will be deemed to have failed the WMCA's Conditions of Participation in relation to this contract\n• You understand that any engagement with the WMCA Finance Team can only take place during the clarification period, if you cannot agree suitable mitigations then you should not submit a Tender response as it will be rejected.\nAny supplier answering 'No' will be deemed to have failed the WMCA's Conditions of Participation in relation to this opportunity and will not have their PSQ/ITT responses evaluated further."
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