YPO — 000978 Insurance Placement DPS

YPO is the lead organisation for this opportunity, working in collaboration with ESPO and NEPO to procure a national insurance service for the wider public sector.

YPO is looking for insurance providers with the ability to provide services for various categories of insurance cover to various types of public sector organisations including for example, local authorities, education providers, central government, police and fire services. A full list of potential users can be found within the tender documentation.

Further information regarding the expected solution is included below and further detailed within the tender documentation.

The insurance placement DPS is designed to allow YPO, NEPO and ESPO customers, including brokers acting in agency on behalf of customers, access to conduct further competitions to appoint single or multiple insurance providers to provide a wide range of insurance services as is categorised in detail within the documentation.

This DPS will be supported by a separate insurance brokerage framework for the appointment of a broker by a customer, ensuring YPO is able to provide a full insurance solution for the public sector.

There is a possibility that this DPS may be subject to re-establishment 4,5 years from its commencement.

Applying organisations must ensure that they are not in breach of any of the mandatory or discretionary exclusions contained in Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and must also meet the mandatory requirements as set out in the documentation. Please refer to the tender documentation/online tender located on our E-Procurement system. The web address can be found under ‘Procurement Documents’ in ‘Communication’ section in this notice.

Please refer to the DPS Establishment Agreement terms and conditions located on our E-Procurement system. The web address can be found under procurement documents in ‘Communication’ section in this notice.

YPO are purchasing on the behalf of other Contracting Authorities. Please see the below link for details: https://www.ypo.co.uk/about/customers/ojeu-permissible-users.aspx

YPO will incorporate a standstill period at the point of notification of the acceptance to the DPS for the first round of the establishment. The standstill period will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, and provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the DPS is made available for use by YPO Customers.

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).