Official UK procurement notice
Loss Adjusters · UK public procurement notice
Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Loss Adjustment Services and Contractor Repair Network
CPV: Engineering, auxiliary, average, loss, actuarial and salvage insurance services · Insurance claims adjustment services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 8 suppliers
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published valueLot #1General Loss Adjusting ServicesRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
Day to day claims adjusting and ancillary services assessment and evaluation, with longer response requirements.
Thames Water seeks long-term price stability for these services and prefers a 3-year contract, with allowable 1 year extensions up to a maximum of 5 years in total contract length.
Lot #2Contractor Repair NetworkRenewalPublished value£208,000
Thames Water seeks a provider offering a wide network of trades and services needed in Repair and Reinstatement following claims against TW. Thames Water seeks long-term price stability for these services and prefers a 3-year contract, with allowable 1 year extensions up to a maximum of 5 years in total contract length.
Lot #3Primary Emergency, Major Incident and Out of Hours Loss Adjustment ServicesRenewalPublished value£249,000
Thames Water Utilities Limited are looking for a retained provider who can be called on at any time for emergency incidents, providing Thames Water with an out of hours helpdesk and crucial resources to provide early assessment and complete the evaluation of claims, which may include managing a repair and reinstatement process.
Thames Water seeks long-term price stability for these services and prefers a 3-year contract, with allowable 1 year extensions up to a maximum of 5 years in total contract length.
Lot #4Major Loss Response PanelRenewalPublished value£126,000
From time to time Thames Water require response to major incidents and therefore require a panel of suppliers that would be able to support by responding to these events should they occur, and providing early assessment and complete the evaluation of claims.
Thames Water seeks long-term price stability for these services and prefers a 3-year contract, with allowable 1 year extensions up to a maximum of 5 years in total contract length.
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).
- Suitability
As detailed in the PQQ
- Technical & professional ability
Loss Adjusters must be members of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA) and Surveyors must be a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
- Legal form for consortia
- Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to award.
- Shortlisting
- As detailed in section VI.3 and PQQ
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- “Loss Adjusters” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 8 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Oct 2024, 15:32 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Oct 2024, 15:32 BST
- Authority reference
FA2198- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-034521- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b100Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Specified in Invitation to Negotiate Document.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As detailed in the ITN
- Review procedure
Thames Water Utilities Limited will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (SI 2016 No 274) 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).
Publisher note: Format for requested participation: All suppliers who wish to respond to this contract notice must request a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) by using the web link in Section I.3 . ( https://forms.office.com/e/XzdxSAeFkC ) From your response to the link in Section I.3 or above, Thames Water 's Procurement Support Centre will send you an email providing you login details for our eSourcing system. If the project requires it, you will receive an additional and separate survey to complete for Data protection. Note - The client may be Thames Water Utilities Limited or another company within the Kemble Water group structure. Note on Estimated Contract Values: All values shown are estimates only and have no binding on the total contract value that materialises under the provision of each service. Any bidder that passes the PQQ pass/fail questions will be taken through to ITN.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
- Bonds and/ or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be required.
Timeline
24 Oct 2024 → 8 Nov 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published24 Oct 2024, 15:32 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown8 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria