LGSS Insurance Brokerage and Risk Financing

Cambridgeshire County Council (the "Authority"), wishes to invite Tenders for the supply of Insurance Brokerage and Risk Financing Services on behalf of the LGSS Insurance and the bodies (detailed below) that utilise their service. LGSS Insurance currently manages and provides insurance related services to Northamptonshire CountyCouncil, Cambridgeshire County Council, Norwich City Council, Northampton Borough Council and Northampton Partnership Homes. LGSS is a jointly owned shared service formed by Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) andNorthamptonshire County Council (NCC) in October 2010 through the merger of their corporate services intoa single entity. LGSS is one of the UK's largest shared services ventures of its kind and is already deliveringimproved value to a wide range of customers across the public sector through sharing resources, processredesign and shared exploitation of technology. It is envisaged that the Authority will enter into a service contract (in the form set out within the Invitation toTender for itself and for the benefit of its partner organisations who are listed in within this OJEU together withany future customers or partners that may subesquently utise LGSS Insurance for their service. Therefore, inaddition to the services to be provided to the Authority, the Authority may also require the successful provider toprovide any of the services covered by this ITT to its partner organisations in accordance with the terms of thecontract entered into with the Authority The contract will be let to provide broker services and risk financing to the founding County, partners and clients.It is the expectation that further clients may wish to utilise this agreement during The tender is split into the following lots and providers are able to bid for one or more of these lots. Lot 1 : Insurance Brokerage Lot 2 : Risk Financing Lot 3; Insurance Brokerage and Risk Financing Potential Providers are asked to note that should Lot 3 be awarded to a single provider then lots 1 and 2 shall not be awarded. The contract shall be for 5 years, with an option to extend for up to 2 further years, making 7 years in total. Thisis to help enhance a long-term arrangement with the successful provider.

Additional information: Section I: Contracting authority I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s) LGSS on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council Shire Hall, Castle Hill Contact point(s): Mr Shaun Lay For the attention of: Mr Shaun Lay CB3 0AP Cambridge UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: +44 1223715354 E-mail: [email protected] Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority: http://www.lgss.co.uk Address of the buyer profile: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20092/business_with_the_council/37/doing_b usiness_with_the_council/2 Electronic access to information: https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk/procontract/NBC/portal.nsf Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk/procontract/NBC/portal.nsf Further information can be obtained from: LGSS on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council Shire Hall, Castle Hill Contact point(s): Mr Shaun Lay For the attention of: Mr Shaun Lay CB3 0AP Cambridge UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: +44 1223715354 E-mail: [email protected] Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: LGSS on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council Shire Hall, Castle Hill Contact point(s): Mr Shaun Lay For the attention of: Mr Shaun Lay CB3 0AP Cambridge UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: +44 1223715354 E-mail: [email protected] Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: LGSS on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council Shire Hall, Castle Hill Contact point(s): Mr Shaun Lay For the attention of: Mr Shaun Lay CB3 0AP Cambridge UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: +44 1223715354 E-mail: [email protected] I.2)Type of the contracting authority Regional or local authority I.3)Main activity General public services I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes Northamptonshire County Council John Dryden House, 8-10 The Lakes NN4 7YD Northampton UNITED KINGDOM Northampton Borough Council The Guildhall, St Giles Square NN1 1DE Northampton UNITED KINGDOM Northampton Partnership Homes The Guildhall, St Giles Square NN1 1DE Northampton UNITED KINGDOM Norwich City Council City Hall NR2 1NH Norwich UNITED KINGDOM Section II: Object of the contract II.1)Description II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: LGSS Insurance Brokerage and Risk Financing II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance Services Service category No 6: Financial services a) Insurances services b) Banking and investment services NUTS code UK II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) The notice involves a public contract II.1.4)Information on framework agreement II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s) Cambridgeshire County Council (the Authority), wishes to invite Tenders for the supply of Insurance Brokerage and Risk Financing Services on behalf of the LGSS Insurance and the bodies (detailed below) that utilise their service. LGSS Insurance currently manages and provides insurance related services to Northamptonshire County Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Norwich City Council, Northampton Borough Council and Northampton Partnership Homes. LGSS is a jointly owned shared service formed by Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) and Northamptonshire County Council (NCC) in October 2010 through the merger of their corporate services into a single entity. LGSS is one of the UK's largest shared services ventures of its kind and is already delivering improved value to a wide range of customers across the public sector through sharing resources, process redesign and shared exploitation of technology.