Insurance Brokerage Services for the Department of Foreign Affairs Rapid Response Corps

Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnรณthaรญ Eachtracha

The Department invites tenderers to provide insurance brokerage services in respect of putting insurance cover in place for:
1) Rapid Response Corps (RRC) roster members, who will be deployed as part of the international aid response to humanitarian crises, at the request of UN agencies.
2) Election Observation (EO) roster members deployed in response primarily to requests from the EU and OSCE.
3) Civilian Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) roster members deployed in response to requests from the EU
Insurance cover to include Death Benefit, Disablement, Medical Expenses including Evacuation, Kidnap/Ransom and Personal Liability.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-11-06. The procurement was published on 2020-10-07.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-10-07 Contract notice
2020-11-03 Additional information
2020-12-21 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-10-07)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnรณthaรญ Eachtracha
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.dfa.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/246 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175513&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175513&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œInsurance Brokerage Services for the Department of Foreign Affairs Rapid Response Corpsโ€
Products/services: Insurance brokerage services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Department invites tenderers to provide insurance brokerage services in respect of putting insurance cover in place for: 1) Rapid Response Corps (RRC)...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Insurance services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Insurance brokerage and agency services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Insurance agency services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Department invites tenderers to provide insurance brokerage services in respect of putting insurance cover in place for: 1) Rapid Response Corps (RRC)...โ€    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 400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œInitial term of 1 year with the option to renew annually for a further 3 years. Maximum duration 4 years.โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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: 2020-11-06 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-11-06 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2020/S 198-480291 (2020-10-07)
Additional information (2020-11-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Department invites tenderers to provide insurance brokerage services in respect of putting insurance cover in place for: 1) Rapid Response Corps (RRC)...โ€    Show more

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 198-480291

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2020-11-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2020-11-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 17:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7)
Place of text to be modified: Conditions for opening of tenders
Old value
Date: 2020-11-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2020-11-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 17:00
Source: OJS 2020/S 217-532909 (2020-11-03)
Contract award notice (2020-12-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Department invites tenderers to provide insurance brokerage services in respect of putting insurance cover in place for: 1) Rapid Response Corps (RRC)...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Department invites tenderers to provide insurance brokerage services in respect of putting insurance cover in place for: 1) Rapid Response Corps (RRC)...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Experience and capability
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Understanding of the requirement
Quality criterion (weighting): 300
Quality criterion (name): Quality assurance
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 400

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 198-480291

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œInsurance Brokerage Services for the Department of Foreign Affairs Rapid Response Corpsโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-12-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Willis Towers Watson Insurances (Ireland) Ltd
National registration number: 78812
Postal address: Willis Towers Watson House, Elm Park, Merrion Road
Postal town: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 16326939 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: ronan.doyle@willistowerswatson.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 16613324 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.willistowerswatson.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2020/S 251-631530 (2020-12-21)