International Healthcare Insurance

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

The provision of international private health insurance to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade staff and their eligible dependants who are located worldwide, comprising approximately 1 000 persons of whom 740 are presently members of the international private health insurance scheme.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-09-18. The procurement was published on 2019-08-06.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-08-06 Contract notice
2019-12-17 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-08-06)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name:
“Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála”
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 80 St. Stephen's Green
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Dubheasa Kennedy
Phone: +353 14082333 📞
E-mail: dubheasa.kennedy@dfa.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/246 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=151818&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=151818&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: International Healthcare Insurance
Products/services: Health insurance services 📦
Short description:
“The provision of international private health insurance to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade staff and their eligible dependants who are located...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 8 000 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Insurance services 📦
Additional products/services: Accident and health insurance services 📦
Additional products/services: Voluntary health insurance services 📦
Additional products/services: Medical insurance services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The provision of international private health insurance to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade staff and their eligible dependants who are located...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 8 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“The period will be one (1) year with a maximum of four (4) such extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the contracting authority’s...”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please refer to RFT.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-09-18 16:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-09-18 16:00 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2019/S 151-372945 (2019-08-06)
Contract award notice (2019-12-17)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green

Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 8 000 000 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Contract management and administration arrangements
Quality criterion (weighting): 275
Quality criterion (name): Quality of service proposed to members
Quality criterion (name): Quality of data protection procedures
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion (name): Overall cost of tender
Cost criterion (weighting): 400

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 151-372945

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: International Healthcare Insurance
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-12-16 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Vhi Group DAC
National registration number: 4776042H
Postal address: Vhi House, Lower Abbey Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 567707681 📞
E-mail: corporatebusiness@vhi.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.vhi.ie 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 8 000 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 7 330 000 💰
Source: OJS 2019/S 245-603750 (2019-12-17)