Contract

Modification Notice - Crawley Council Commercial Property Further Competition Via YPO's Insurance Placement DPS 978

  • Crawley Borough Council

F20: Modification notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-012623

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04fc3f

Published 2 April 2025, 4:27pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Crawley Borough Council

The Create Building, The Boulevard

Crawley

RH101UZ

Contact

Thomas Walker

Email

thomas.walker@crawley.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ28 - West Sussex (North East)

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.crawley.gov.uk


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Modification Notice - Crawley Council Commercial Property Further Competition Via YPO's Insurance Placement DPS 978

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 66510000 - Insurance services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ28 - West Sussex (North East)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:

Crawley Borough Council's further competition for commercial property insurance.

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession

Duration in months

60


Section four. Procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract

Notice number: 2020/S 089-213637


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

1

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:

31 March 2020

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Morrison Edwards Insurance Services Ltd

London

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
Companies House

03712209

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)

Total value of the procurement: £1,166,666


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The supplier awarded the work has since been acquired by CLEAR INSURANCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (03712209).

Contract Award Value represents total duration of contract to date (36 month initial duration period, valued at £700,000 plus 24 month built in extension option).

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court of England and Wales

London

Country

United Kingdom


Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession

seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications

seven.1.1) Main CPV code

  • 66510000 - Insurance services

seven.1.3) Place of performance

NUTS code
  • UKJ28 - West Sussex (North East)

seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:

Crawley Borough Council's further competition for commercial property insurance was awarded on 31/03/2020 via YPO's Insurance Placement DPS - 978.

The contract had a maximum possible duration period of 60 months.

An extraordinary modification has been required to extend the contract for an additional 12 months due to an unexpected delay for the Council to move across to a different insurance scheme.

seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession

Duration in months

72

seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession:

£1,166,666

seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Clear Insurance Management Limited

London

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
Companies House

03712209

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

seven.2) Information about modifications

seven.2.1) Description of the modifications

Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):

Original expiry date of the contract was 31/03/2025. A 12 month extension of the contract to 31/03/2025 has been required - to extend cover of all insurance policies held with the supplier during this time.

seven.2.2) Reasons for modification

Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee.

Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:

Negotiations to move the Council across to a different insurance scheme were ongoing across the last financial year but the new scheme holders only advised the Council at late notice that the move over would not be possible until 01/04/2026, not allowing sufficient time to engage in a full procurement process.

seven.2.3) Increase in price

Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)

Value excluding VAT: £450,854.66

Total contract value after the modifications

Value excluding VAT: £1,617,521.33