Official UK procurement notice
Insurance Brokerage Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBrokerage services to support the tendering and ongoing management of the NHS Scotland National Fleet Insurance Policy Framework which provides insurance provision under a single policy for all NHS Scotland vehicles; ad hoc brokerage services
CPV: Insurance brokerage services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 3 bids received (3.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£200,000
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 (3)
- Service: 30%
- Contract and Supplier management: 10%
- price: 60%
Published award criteria (3)
- Service: 30
- Contract and Supplier management: 10
- Price: 60
- Suitability
Be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, or operate as an Appointed Representative of a directly authorised firm, or be an exempt
professional firm operating as a member of a designated professional body such as solicitors, accountants and surveyors.
- Economic & financial standing
See contract / tender documentation which incorporates the requirements of the SPD and the financial period for reporting is the 3
previous financial years.
Minimum: 1) Public Liability Insurance — 5 000 000 GBP. 2) Professional Indemnity Insurance — 2 000 000 GBP — for any 1 incident in any 1 year. - Technical & professional ability
See contract / tender documentation which incorporates the requirements of the SPD
Minimum: A number of the technical performance requirements are mandatory — these are detailed in the contract /tender documentation. With regard to those that relate to standards being required: 1) Must be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or operate as an Appointed Rep… - Technical & professional ability
Must be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or operate as an Appointed Representative of a directly authorised firm, or be an
exempt professional firm operating as a member of a designated professional body such as solicitors, accountants and surveyors.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Insurance Brokerage Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 May 2021, 08:55 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2021, 10:35 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Aug 2021 – …
- Authority reference
NP772- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-026998- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b41eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Contract value refers to the approx. anticipated annual value of spend 50,000 gbp for the anticipated 4 year framework duration. (SC Ref:671784)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publictenderscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 30 Aug 2021, 09:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 30 Aug 2021, 09:00 BST
Timeline
6 Jul 2021 → 28 Oct 2021 · 4 dates- Next notice expected6 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown30 Aug 2021, 09:00 BST
- Bids opened30 Aug 2021, 09:00 BST
- Notice published28 Oct 2021, 10:35 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jul 2021- Status changed to active29 Jul 2021, 08:55 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Jul 2021, 08:55 BST
- Deadline published: 30 Aug 2021, 09:00 BST29 Jul 2021, 08:55 BST
- Status changed to complete28 Oct 2021, 10:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 026998-2021-NP772-1
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2021
- Value
- £200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Marsh CommercialFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.