Published date: 9 March 2023

This notice was replaced on 8 June 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 8 June 2023)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial and insurance services - 66000000

  • Insurance services - 66510000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£300,000 to £420,000

Procurement reference

CCC001-DN653658-32963039

Published date

9 March 2023

Closing date

17 April 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2023

Contract end date

30 June 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Authority requires the provision of expert and respected insurance brokerage services to
enable it to achieve the most appropriate insurance programme for the organisations it
represents.
The bidder shall be required to provide high quality, timely and focussed advise on all
matters of insurable risks and insurance solutions, particularly as they impact on any key
projects that the organisations undertake.
The bidder shall ensure they have an appropriate level of skill and experience with sufficient
capacity to ensure that the Council's receive the required levels of service to agreed
timescales.
The Authority is not splitting this contract into lots as it wishes to procure a single broker for
consistency in delivery and in order to support the Lead Authority Model.

Cambridgeshire County Council is the lead authority for all aspects of insurance services to
the lead authority partners.


Each Authority's insurance arrangements are managed by a dedicated team which forms
part of the Cambridgeshire County Council Lead Authority Services Provision.
In addition to providing insurance services to the Lead Authority partners the Insurance
Service also provides insurance services to the following organisations:

 Norwich City Council, including Norwich City Services Ltd
 Northampton Partnership Homes
 Pathfinder Legal Services Ltd
 Cambridge City Council
 Maintained and Academy Schools


The Insurance Service delivers

• Insurance Programme Management
• Provision of Insurance and insurable risk related advice
• Claims Management Service


The service provides professional, high quality insurance services and is responsible for
ensuring that insurable risks are identified and catered for within the partner's insurance
arrangements as well as the control and management of insurable risk, the raising of
managerial awareness of operational and strategic pressures, and the minimising of risks
which could adversely affect service delivery and lead to civil litigation.


The Procurement is being procured by the Lead Authority for the benefit of the Authority and
the Partner Organisations. For the purposes of this tender the partner organisations are
Milton Keynes Council, West Northamptonshire Council North Northamptonshire Council,
Norwich City Council and Northamptonshire Partnership Homes.

The Authority have invested in an e-tendering tool in order to facilitate its tendering
processes in a compliant and transparent manner.
Potential Providers will need to register an account via the "Procontract Portal" at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Register before being able to view the full tender details.
In order to access the tender documentation, click "Find Opportunities", then on the drop down menu, filter by "Cambridgeshire Public Services" by clicking on "Update" to find the
relevant opportunity or alternatively within the organisations drop down select
Cambridgeshire County Council to also find the relevant opportunity.

About the buyer

Contact name

Jon Collyns

Address

New Shire Hall
Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 7775703930

Email

Jon.Collyns@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Website

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/