Provision of Private Health Insurance for Staff and Dependants Posted Abroad

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála

The Department is seeking proposals from suitably qualified service providers for private health insurance cover for members its staff on postings abroad including their qualifying dependants. Full details are set out in the Request for tenders document published with this notice which may be dowloaded free of charge at www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=475712. />The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=475712. />Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-09-10. The procurement was published on 2012-07-31.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-07-31 Contract notice
Contract notice (2012-07-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: insurance services
Quantity or scope:
Plwease see Request for Tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Insurance services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
Postal address: 76-78 Harcourt Street,
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 14082000 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-07-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-09-10 📅
Publication date: 2012-08-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 147-246121
OJ-S issue: 147
Additional information
Please see the RFT published with this Contract Notice, available at www.etenders.gov.ie. (ET Ref:475712).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Department is seeking proposals from suitably qualified service providers for private health insurance cover for members its staff on postings abroad including their qualifying dependants. Full details are set out in the Request for tenders document published with this notice which may be dowloaded free of charge at www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
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Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=475712.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=475712.
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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.
Description of options:
Any contract that may result from this tender will be issued for a term of 12 months initially. The Department reserves the right to extend the Term on an annual basis, subject to satisfactory performance and the Department’s business needs and legal obligations, up to a maximum of four years.
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Provisional timetable for use of options: 12 months
Number of possible renewals: 3
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Please see the RFT published with this Contract Notice, available at www.etenders.gov.ie.
Economic and financial standing:
Please see the RFT published with this Contract Notice, available at www.etenders.gov.ie.
Technical and professional ability:
Please see the RFT published with this Contract Notice, available at www.etenders.gov.ie.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Please see the RFT published with this Contract Notice, available at www.etenders.gov.ie.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Please see the RFT published with this Contract Notice, available at www.etenders.gov.ie.
Other particular conditions:
Please see the RFT published with this Contract Notice, available at www.etenders.gov.ie.
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Authorised insurers/underwriters and brokers.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2012-09-11 📅
Place of opening: At the offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Place: At the offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Other languages: Irish.

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Human Resources
Noeleen Curran, Alma Ní Choigligh
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01498 🌏
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧

Reference
Additional information
Please see the RFT published with this Contract Notice, available at www.etenders.gov.ie.
(ET Ref:475712).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1888600 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines: Please consult your legal advisors.
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Recurrent procurement
Not known with sufficient certainty.
Source: OJS 2012/S 147-246121 (2012-07-31)
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