Insurance services

Tender description

Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers has an on-going requirement to appoint suitably experienced Economic Operators (“consultants”) to provide specialist advice services relating to insurances to support the procurement, development, construction, commissioning, operational and delivery stages of trunk road projects across Scotland. The procurement of these services will help to ensure Scottish Ministers are adequately insured in accordance with relevant regulation and requirements in relation to the various project development and execution stages. It is anticipated that these services will be predominantly in relation to Scotland’s trunk road network, but could extend to the railways and other parts of the transport system. Further information on Transport Scotland can be accessed through our website at: www.transport.gov.scot Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers wish to progress a procurement competition to obtain the services of a suitably experienced organisation to provide qualified personnel to provide the following services: (i) establish the complexity and nature of scheme and services through desk top study; (ii) establish level of requirement and criteria for the provision of insurance policies for that scheme and services; (iii) technically advise Transport Scotland on an ad hoc basis regarding queries on either specific or general insurance requirements; (iv) insurance advice services for insurances required for the design, construction, commissioning, maintenance and operational stages of construction projects, including advising on the insurances which are required by the contractor/consultant; (v) advise on the current insurance market and legislative concerns, including advice on losses and technical issues faced by similar transport projects in the UK and worldwide; (vi) provide risk management services (from an insurance perspective); (vii) advise in relation to alternative risk financing options to insurance (including bonding arrangements); (viii) inspection of documentation relating to evidence of insurance, invoicing and policy documentation, including checking of all insurance certificates, policy documents, endorsements and cover notes including reporting and recommendations as required; (ix) provision of on-going management and advice relating to project insurance programmes (PIP) (including a non-recourse project insurance). The PIP covers all interested parties for various risks including construction all risks and third party liability risks; (x) provision of administrative support to Transport Scotland in the management of PIPs. This includes advice in relation to claims management processes, the provision of claims consultancy service, and the provision off support in managing loss adjustors with the skills, experience and capability to investigate, negotiate and settle claims; (xi) undertake other miscellaneous/ad hoc related activities such as: running/facilitating quality or management systems workshops, seminars etc. It is envisaged that the services can be provided remotely at the organisations offices with attendance required on an ad hoc basis at Transport Scotland’s offices. However, on occasion, the provider may be required to undertake the following duties: (i) attend the offices, construction sites or other location within the UK as and when required; (ii) attend meetings at Transport Scotland’s main office in Buchanan House, Glasgow or site offices as and when may be required; (iii) liaison with other Transport Scotland advisers/consultants/contractors as required. The framework participants will be procured through a competitive tender procedure, in accordance with the restricted procedure as provided for in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The Framework Agreement will be for a period of 4 years. Contracts called-off the framework will be of varying length depending on individual project requirements. This contract will not be divided into lots as this would make the service unreasonably complex to administer in that manner. To be considered for this contract, economic operators are required to complete the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) in accordance with this Contract Notice. Economic operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, on the basis of information they have provided within the ESPD. The ESPD can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)