Insurance services

Description

The Contracting Authority seeks to establish a framework for the provision of aviation insurance for rotary and fixed wing operations on behalf of the police service, The National Police Air Service and other Emergency Service Air Support Units in the UK, against which designated authorities will be able to procure aviation insurance services for their ASUs, consisting of rotary and/or fixed wing aircraft. The insurance requirements will be divided into lots, to include: — Aircraft Hull and Equipment Insurance; — Aircraft and General Aviation Liability and Noise Liability Insurance; — Hull War and Allied Perils Insurance; — Hull Deductible Insurance; — Aircraft Loss of Use Insurance; — Aircraft Total Loss Insurance; — Crew and Passenger Personal Accident Insurance and Crew Extra Expenses Personal Accident Insurance; — Crew Loss of Licence Insurance. This procurement will appoint a sole Lead insurer for each Lot and depending on the percentage of the risk that the Lead insurer is able to write, following insurers will be selected based on their ability to quote at the same terms, rates and conditions as the Lead insurer. Successful Bidders will need to provide for particular insurance requirements as specified by the designated authorities, along with their specific aircraft type, operating hours and shift patterns. For indicative purposes, The National Police Air Service (NPAS) provides centralised air support services to the 43 police forces of England and Wales, currently operating 25 rotary wing aircraft and 4 fixed wing aircraft. In addition the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) currently operates 3 rotary wing aircraft and 2 fixed wing aircraft. Both NPAS and PSNI obtained their Aviation related insurance through the framework arrangement however there is no guarantee that this level of use will continue unchanged over the term of the Framework Agreement, or that Air Support Units will utilise the Framework Agreement. Although any Police or Emergency Services ASU in the UK could use the ‘Insurance Services Framework’ to obtain insurance services, the Framework Agreement will not bind any organisation to order through the Framework Agreement. The Framework Agreement and subsequent contracts will be governed by English law and any litigation will be taken through English courts. The Authority reserves the right to: — abandon the procurement process and not award any contract, — make any changes it sees fit to the procurement process, — amend the date for the issue of the invitation to tender, — accept any tender or part of any tender unless the Tenderer expressly stipulates otherwise, — change the scope at the invitation to tender (ITT) stage. The Authority is not responsible for any bidding costs incurred by interested bidders in respect of this procurement. Prices And Payments to be in pounds Sterling (GBP). Deadline for submission of completed PQQs is 11:00 on 4.7.2016. The Framework Agreement will be open to all Police Forces and emergency services in the UK. The duration of the Framework Agreement is 36 months. The framework will run from 1.10.2016. This procurement will be undertaken by Hayward Aviation Ltd acting as insurance broker on behalf of the contracting authority.