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Published 3 Feb 2021, 16:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Insurance Brokerage (Non-Life) including Risk Management Services

Official notice

Authority: LUPC Ltd (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£5,000,000exc. VAT · 1 value update40% below published estimate
Submissions closed 10 May 2021awarded 31 Aug 2021
Awarded to Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) undertook this tendering process for Insurance brokerage services for and on behalf of the LUPC Insurance Group (IG), a group of 40 participating institutions, principally made up of more than 20 members of LUPC (www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list ↗) together with a number of SUPC institutions (www.supc.ac.uk/our-members/ ↗) and one NWUPC member (www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members ↗). It is also possible that at some point within the lifetime of the agreement it may be used by Members (full and associate) of the NEUPC purchasing consortia: (www.neupc.ac.uk/who-are-our-members ↗). The appointed broker will commence servicing the IG from 1 September 2021, which includes the placement and management of several insurance lines including but not limited to: property and business interruption, money risks, engineering, motor, employers and public liability, financial lines, terrorism and clinical trials.

  • Recurrence: Between 5 and 7 years

CPV: Insurance brokerage services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), a company limited by guarantee,…AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,000,000

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), a company limited by guarantee, undertook this tendering process for Insurance brokerage services for and on behalf of the LUPC Insurance Group (IG), a group of 40 participating institutions, principally made up of more than 20 members of LUPC (www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list ↗) together with a number of SUPC institutions (www.supc.ac.uk/our-members/ ↗) and one NWUPC member (www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members ↗), the University of Wolverhampton. In addition to these HE Consortia, it is also possible that at some point within the lifetime of the agreement it may be used by Members (full and associate) of the NEUPC purchasing consortia: (www.neupc.ac.uk/who-are-our-members ↗).

The appointed broker will commence servicing the IG from 1 September 2021, which includes the placement and management of several insurance lines including but not limited to: property and business interruption, money risks, engineering, motor, employers and public liability, financial lines, terrorism, clinical research and trials and cyber-related risks.

The initial length of this non-framework, single-source contract is three years with the option to extend to seven years subject to satisfactory performance.

Delivery: UK · Southern England including London, East and West Midlands.
Extensions: The Contract will be established for an initial period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further period of up to a total of 7 years. The Contract is intended to start on 01/09/2021 or as otherwise agreed.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
  • Quality: 2/3
  • Price: 1/3
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    Authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and a member of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association or an equivalent insurance intermediary organisation representing the interests of insurance brokers, intermediaries and their customers at the national level.

  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: As stated in the procurement documents.
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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 · Between 5 and 7 years
First published
3 Feb 2021, 16:05 GMT
Last source update
2 Sept 2021, 11:23 BST
Award evaluation window
10 May 2021 – …
Authority reference
INS5070 LU
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021721
Classification (CPV)
Insurance brokerage services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028ff5 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

As stated in the procurement documents.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

LUPC 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) 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) within 30 days of knowledge or constructive knowledge of breach.

Publisher note: Access to the proprietary IG membership information within the main tender documentation is restricted by password protection, which will be released upon signed completion of the confidentiality agreement open form included in the documentation. The contracting authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the award of any contract at any stage of the procurement process and/or to award only part or parts of any contract. Save for any mandatory periods the timescales in this notice are purely indicative and the contracting authority reserves the right to amend the same.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
10 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
10 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Feb 2021 → 2 Sept 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    4 Feb 2021
  2. Submission deadline
    10 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    10 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    2 Sept 2021, 11:23 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Mar 2021
  1. Published value published: £5,000,000
    31 Mar 2021, 13:06 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    31 Mar 2021, 13:06 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    31 Mar 2021, 13:06 BST
  4. Deadline published: 10 May 2021, 12:00 BST
    31 Mar 2021, 13:06 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    2 Sept 2021, 11:23 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd£3,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Universities Purchasing Consortium

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation 04784719 Shropshire House, 179 Tottenham Court Road, Fitzrovia, London, UK, W1T 7NZContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.