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Published 15 Dec 2021, 10:36 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Liability Insurances Cover · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

8 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 27 Jan 2022
Lots 8see the lot list below
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Inviting tenders for Liability insurances coverage and associated services as required. Published lot titles: Employer's Liability; Public/Products Liability; Pollution; Officials Indemnity; Professional Indemnity; Land Charges; Public Health Act; Libel & Slander.

What is being bought8 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Inviting tenders for Liability insurances coverage and associated services as required.

CPV: Insurance services

Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure

8 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Employer's LiabilityRenewal

Indemnity liability to pay for damages and claimants' costs and expanses in respect of bodily injury caused to any employee during the period of insurance and arising out of an in the course of employment with the insured in the business.

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Option to extend for two further periods of one year.Variant bids: allowed
Lot #2Public/Products LiabilityRenewal

Indemnity liability to pay for damages and claimant's costs and expenses arising out of or in connection with;

  • accidental bodily injury to any person;
  • accidental loss of or damage to tangible property;
  • nuisance, trespass, obstruction or interference with an easement, right of light, air, water or way;

happening during the period of insurance in connection with the business.

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Extension period available up to two years on a one year period.Variant bids: allowed
Lot #3PollutionRenewal

Indemnity liability to pay for damages and claimant's costs and expenses arising out of or in connection with:

  • accidental bodily injury to any person;
  • accidental loss of or damage to tangible property;
  • nuisance, trespass, obstruction or interference with any easement, tight of light, air, water or way;

happening during the period of insurance and arising out of pollution but only to the extent that the

insured can demonstrate such pollution was the direct result of a sudden, identifiable, unintended and unexpected incident that takes place in its entirety at a specific time and place.

Including Defence Costs within the limit of indemnity

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Extension available up to a period of two years, one a one year period.Variant bids: allowed
Lot #4Officials IndemnityRenewal

Indemnity against all sums the insured becomes legally liable to pay for damages and claimant's costs and expenses arising out of or in connection with any negligent act, error or omission relating

to a breach of statutory duty by the insured.

Including Defence Costs within the limit of indemnity

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Extension period available up to two years on a one year basis.Variant bids: allowed
Lot #5Professional IndemnityRenewal

Indemnity against all sums the insured becomes legally liable to pay for damages and claimant's costs and expenses arising out of or in connection with any:

i. advice, design, consultancy, specification or formulae given or undertaken by the insured;

ii. breach of professional duty by the insured.

Including Defence Costs within the limit of indemnity.

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Extension period available up to two years on a one year basis.Variant bids: allowed
Lot #6Land ChargesRenewal

Indemnity against all sums the insured becomes legally liable to pay for damages and claimant's costs and expenses arising out of or in connection with any negligent act or omission relating to

information recorded or provided or made available on questions of fact regarding land, buildings or other records provided by the insured.

Including Defence Costs within the limit of indemnity

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Extension period available up to two years, on a one year basis.Variant bids: allowed
Lot #7Public Health ActRenewal

Indemnity against all sums the insured becomes legally liable to pay for damages and claimant's costs and expenses arising out of or in connection with loss of earnings by any person as a result of

compliance with any public health legislation invoked by the insured.

Including Defence Costs within the limit of indemnity

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Extension period available up to two period, on a one year basis.Variant bids: allowed
Lot #8Libel & SlanderRenewal

Indemnity against all sums the insured becomes legally liable to pay for damages and claimant's costs and expenses arising out of or in connection with the publication or utterance of a libel or

slander by the insured.

Including Defence Costs within the limit of indemnity.

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Extension period available up to two years, on a one year basis.Variant bids: 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
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please see Section 3 of the Invitation to Tender document.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
15 Dec 2021, 10:36 GMT
Last source update
15 Dec 2021, 10:36 GMT
Award evaluation window
27 Jan 2022 – …
Authority reference
CO0219
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-031207
Classification (CPV)
Insurance services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03015e Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms

Please see Section 3 of the Invitation to Tender document.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
27 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
27 Jan 2022, 13:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Dec 2021 → 31 Mar 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    15 Dec 2021, 10:36 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    27 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    27 Jan 2022, 13:00 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Mar 2022, 23:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services COUNTY HALL, CHELMSFORD, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

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