The objective of this process is to produce a short-list of suitably qualified companies who would be invited to tender for the provision of insurance brokerage services. The pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ), attached to the e-tenders notice, provides a description of services EirGrid wishes to procure as well as information about the selection procedure. It is intended to award a contract for 4 years with and option to extend for a further 2 years.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-07-21.
The procurement was published on 2020-06-16.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Insurance Brokerage Services
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Products/services: Insurance services📦
Short description:
“The objective of this process is to produce a short-list of suitably qualified companies who would be invited to tender for the provision of insurance...”
Short description
The objective of this process is to produce a short-list of suitably qualified companies who would be invited to tender for the provision of insurance brokerage services. The pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ), attached to the e-tenders notice, provides a description of services EirGrid wishes to procure as well as information about the selection procedure. It is intended to award a contract for 4 years with and option to extend for a further 2 years.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 600 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Insurance services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The objective of this process is to produce a short-list of suitably qualified companies who would be invited to tender for the provision of insurance...”
Description of the procurement
The objective of this process is to produce a short-list of suitably qualified companies who would be invited to tender for the provision of insurance brokerage services. The pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ), attached to the e-tenders notice, provides a description of services EirGrid wishes to procure as well as information about the selection procedure. It is intended to award a contract for 4 years with and option to extend for a further 2 years.
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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 600 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 2
Maximum number: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The initial contract period envisaged is 4 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 2 years subject to the satisfactory performance of...”
Description of options
The initial contract period envisaged is 4 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 2 years subject to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Deposits and guarantees required:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-07-21
12:00 📅
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
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅ 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...”
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) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded.
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.
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Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2104/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2104/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to this contract.
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Name: Central Office of the High Courts (Appeals Section)
Postal address: Ground Floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
Source: OJS 2020/S 118-287680 (2020-06-16)
Contract award notice (2021-07-19) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: Block 2 - The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road
Postal town: Ballsbridge
Postal code: Dublin 4
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This tender process in now complete.
The objective of this process is to produce a short-list of suitably qualified companies who would be invited to tender...”
Short description
This tender process in now complete.
The objective of this process is to produce a short-list of suitably qualified companies who would be invited to tender for the provision of insurance brokerage services. The pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ), attached to the e-tenders notice, provides a description of services EirGrid wishes to procure as well as information about the selection procedure. It is intended to award a contract for 4 years with and option to extend for a further 2 years.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 600 000 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality, quantity and balance of human resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (name): Account management proposals
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Price (weighting): 25
Information about options
Description of options:
“The initial contract period envisaged is 4 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 2 years subject to the satisfactory performance of...”
Description of options
The initial contract period envisaged is 4 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 2 years subject to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
The awarded value of EUR 600 000 does not take into account the pass through cost of the actual insurances. This only relates to their service fees.
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 118-287680
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Insurance Brokerage Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-06-29 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Aon
National registration number: 0647277F
Postal address: Metropolitan House, James Joyce Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 12666343📞
E-mail: roisin.white@aon.ie📧
Fax: +353 12666622 📠
Region: Dublin🏙️
URL: http://www.aon.ie🌏
The contractor is an SME
Complementary information Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority did not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applied in accordance with Council Directive 2104/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority did not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applied in accordance with Council Directive 2104/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commenced on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period was 14 calendar days where notifications were sent electronically. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to this contract.
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Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Source: OJS 2021/S 141-376460 (2021-07-19)