Published date: 3 October 2024
This notice was replaced on 14 March 2025
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 14 March 2025)
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Contract summary
Industry
Insurance related to Transport - 66514100
Motor vehicle insurance services - 66514110
Property insurance services - 66515200
Engineering insurance services - 66519200
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£5,431,000
Procurement reference
ECC001-DN738003-77791003
Published date
3 October 2024
Closing date
22 November 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 April 2025
Contract end date
31 March 2028
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Essex County Council seeks to procure the following Insurance services, through an Open procedure procurement exercise:
Lot 1: Property Insurance (comprising buildings and contents that the Council are responsible for and includes maintained schools)
Lot 2: Motor Insurance (comprising general fleet and waste vehicles)
Lot 3: School Journeys (travel) Insurance (for all maintained schools. The policy covers all authorised personnel on official schools trips for personal accident and travel.)
Lot 4: Engineering Inspection Insurance (for all relevant plant in ECC buildings and maintained schools.)
Each Lot will be awarded to a single supplier for the contract duration. Each contract will be for an initial term of 3 years (commencing 1st April 2025), with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years (12 month increments each).
Bidders must also note that the contracts are for provision of Insurance Policy Services only. The Council's broker service is contracted to a third party provider who are supporting this tender procedure.
More information
Additional text
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For this tender the Authority will be using the ProContract eSourcing portal https://procontract.due-north.com throughout the procurement process, and all communications relating to this procurement exercise must be via the portal's messaging system.
It is recommended that any bidder not already registered on the ProContract eSourcing portal, register at the earliest opportunity.
Please direct all queries through the ProContract messaging functionality linked with the advertised opportunity. Anyone contacting the Council directly via email will be directed to the portal for communications.
A registered supplier account is needed to access information, but registration is free of charge. The Proactis supplier helpdesk (https://www.proactis.com/uk/support-login/support/) can help with any registration queries. Please direct any technical queries to the helpdesk in the first instance, selecting the Supplier Support option on the home page.
The Council reserves the right to amend timescales for any reason and change the evaluation criteria where necessary for example if there are genuine omissions or mistakes. We also reserve the right to cancel the procurement exercise and/or not to award all or part of a contract. The Council will not be responsible for any costs incurred by bidders in relation to this procurement exercise.
About the buyer
Contact name
Philip Armstrong
Address
County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 333
Website
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