Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Crown Commercial Service
The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
insurance-services-4@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3450103503
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Insurance & Related Services 4 (IS4)
Reference number
RM6323
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 66510000 - Insurance services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Crown Commercial Service (CCS), as the Authority, intends to put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement for the provision of Insurance services be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations. It is intended that this commercial agreement will be the recommended vehicle for all insurance and related services required by UK Central Government Departments.
The current agreement (RM6020) has lots for Brokerage and Associated Services (with access to Insurers via a DPS RM6138) and Claims Management providers. We aim to continue this format and will also consider, as part of our engagement, additional lots for specific areas such as Social Housing.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £600,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Brokerage and related services
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
- 66510000 - Insurance services
- 66511000 - Life insurance services
- 66512000 - Accident and health insurance services
- 66513000 - Legal insurance and all-risk insurance services
- 66513100 - Legal expenses insurance services
- 66514000 - Freight insurance and Insurance services relating to transport
- 66514100 - Insurance related to Transport
- 66514110 - Motor vehicle insurance services
- 66514120 - Marine, aviation and other transport insurance services
- 66514130 - Railway insurance services
- 66514140 - Aircraft insurance services
- 66514150 - Vessel insurance services
- 66515000 - Damage or loss insurance services
- 66515100 - Fire insurance services
- 66515200 - Property insurance services
- 66515300 - Weather and financial loss insurance services
- 66515400 - Weather-related insurance services
- 66515410 - Financial loss insurance services
- 66515411 - Pecuniary loss insurance services
- 66516000 - Liability insurance services
- 66516100 - Motor vehicle liability insurance services
- 66516200 - Aircraft liability insurance services
- 66516300 - Vessel liability insurance services
- 66516400 - General liability insurance services
- 66516500 - Professional liability insurance services
- 66517000 - Credit and surety insurance services
- 66517300 - Risk management insurance services
- 66518000 - Insurance brokerage and agency services
- 66518100 - Insurance brokerage services
- 66518200 - Insurance agency services
- 66518300 - Insurance claims adjustment services
- 66519000 - Engineering, auxiliary, average, loss, actuarial and salvage insurance services
- 66519200 - Engineering insurance services
- 66519300 - Auxiliary insurance services
- 66519310 - Insurance consultancy services
- 66519500 - Loss adjustment services
- 66519600 - Actuarial services
- 66700000 - Reinsurance services
- 66710000 - Life reinsurance services
- 66720000 - Accident and health reinsurance services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Insurance brokerage and associated services, typically including cover for the following classes of insurance: Liability, Property, Motor, Insurance and Travel. Insurance brokerage and associated services, a broad range of services a typical example will include: Assurance services, Audits, Claims Handling, Consultancy, Courtesy car and relief vehicle, Incident investigation and Loss analysis / forecasting.
Compensation claims handling and associated services.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Claims handling and related services
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
- 66510000 - Insurance services
- 66511000 - Life insurance services
- 66512000 - Accident and health insurance services
- 66513000 - Legal insurance and all-risk insurance services
- 66513100 - Legal expenses insurance services
- 66514000 - Freight insurance and Insurance services relating to transport
- 66514100 - Insurance related to Transport
- 66514110 - Motor vehicle insurance services
- 66514120 - Marine, aviation and other transport insurance services
- 66514130 - Railway insurance services
- 66514140 - Aircraft insurance services
- 66514150 - Vessel insurance services
- 66515000 - Damage or loss insurance services
- 66515100 - Fire insurance services
- 66515200 - Property insurance services
- 66515300 - Weather and financial loss insurance services
- 66515400 - Weather-related insurance services
- 66515410 - Financial loss insurance services
- 66515411 - Pecuniary loss insurance services
- 66516000 - Liability insurance services
- 66516100 - Motor vehicle liability insurance services
- 66516200 - Aircraft liability insurance services
- 66516300 - Vessel liability insurance services
- 66516400 - General liability insurance services
- 66516500 - Professional liability insurance services
- 66517000 - Credit and surety insurance services
- 66517300 - Risk management insurance services
- 66518000 - Insurance brokerage and agency services
- 66518100 - Insurance brokerage services
- 66518200 - Insurance agency services
- 66518300 - Insurance claims adjustment services
- 66519000 - Engineering, auxiliary, average, loss, actuarial and salvage insurance services
- 66519200 - Engineering insurance services
- 66519300 - Auxiliary insurance services
- 66519310 - Insurance consultancy services
- 66519500 - Loss adjustment services
- 66519600 - Actuarial services
- 66700000 - Reinsurance services
- 66710000 - Life reinsurance services
- 66720000 - Accident and health reinsurance services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Insurance brokerage and associated services, typically including cover for the following classes of insurance: Liability, Property, Motor, Insurance and Travel. Insurance brokerage and associated services, a broad range of services a typical example will include: Assurance services, Audits, Claims Handling, Consultancy, Courtesy car and relief vehicle, Incident investigation and Loss analysis / forecasting. Compensation claims handling and associated services.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
18 May 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This prior information notice replaces the previous PIN issued on the 08/03/2022:
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006382-2022
A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/266c2ada-9351-45a5-b6ac-b57636c9715e
This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the Insurance Services market, including discreet Brokerage services, Claims Handling and Housing Associations Agents.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during April / May 2022 with industry experts and suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting framework contract
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
Any bidder who intends to participate in the competition needs to be regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years from 15/11/2023.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/upcoming for updates and monitor Tenders Electronic Daily for the publication of the contract notice.
The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.
To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement.
The bidder may be awarded a contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.
The service that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the Framework Agreement Schedule, “Security Requirement and Plan”, to meet Framework Agreement requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage.
Please find further details:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-security