Awarded contract

Insurance Programme - AWARD

Details

Buyer: University of Cumbria
Supplier(s): 4 suppliers
Aviva Plc
Nexus Underwriting Ltd
Risk Management Partners Ltd
Zurich Municipal
Value: £175,840
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Insurance services
Published: 31 October 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Provision of Insurance Programme. The University procures its insurance products based upon its assessment and balance of risk, taking into account its legal, moral and financial duties. Along with other University professionals, the Finance Team will report to the Vice Chancellor's Executive regarding internal and external exposures and trends, allowing informed decisions to be made. Since the last tender in 2019 the University have created and developed professional relationships with their insurer providers. This includes with direct insurers on Property, Liability and Motor classes with whom their appointed broker works on a tri-partite basis.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 August 2024
Completed: Award published31 October 2024
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 July 2027in 9 months

About the buyer

University of Cumbria is a higher education institution, and buys as an education organisation with its own Procurement Policy and Financial Regulations. Large-value contracts below the formal public procurement thresholds still go to competitive tender under that policy. The University works with the North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium and regional higher education purchasing consortia. Approved suppliers are those that have won a University or consortium tender exercise.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Cumbria's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and software and information systems.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov