Insurance Brokerage Services

Short description

HRI now invites responses from suitably qualified and experienced insurance brokers to work on behalf of the contracting Authority for the provision of insurance brokerage and related services. The role of the selected broker may include but will not be limited to the following:

— The successful broker will act on behalf of the contracting authority to negotiate and secure the best price and appropriate levels of cover from the marketplace.

— In conjunction with the contracting authority, supplier to agree insurance strategies and programmes that provide suitable cover while also ensuring a cost effective solution.

— Provide independent brokerage services for the placing of underwriting services to ensure the Contracting Authority is attaining the best value for money.

Please consult the tender document to view full specification of requirements and types of insurance policies the Contracting Authority has in place.

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.

All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish government procurement opportunities portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

4) Establishment of this framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all sub-contractors produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Irish revenue commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the

contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderers to join the framework agreement as appropriate. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreements or any contract awarded under the framework agreements at any time.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended.

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.