Awarded contract

CO0419 Procurement of Insurance Policies

Details

Value
£6,095,917
Topic
Financial and insurance services
Published
14 March 2025

Tender description

Essex County Council has procured the following Insurance services, through an Open procedure procurement exercise: Lot 1: Property Insurance (comprising buildings and contents that the Council are responsible for and includes maintained schools) Lot 2: Motor Insurance (comprising general fleet and waste vehicles) Lot 3: School Journeys (travel) Insurance (for all maintained schools. The policy covers all authorised personnel on official schools trips for personal accident and travel.) Lot 4: Engineering Inspection Insurance (for all relevant plant in ECC buildings and maintained schools.) Each contract will be for an initial term of 3 years (commencing 1st April 2025), with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years (12 month increments each). Lot 1: Combined Property Insurance Property insurance for all buildings and contents that the Council is responsible for, including maintained schools (the policy also covers Business Interruption) for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months. Lot 2: Motor Insurance (comprising general fleet and waste vehicles) Motor insurance for vehicles within our general fleet and waste fleet for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months. Lot 3: School Journeys (travel) Insurance School Journey (travel) insurance for all maintained schools. The policy covers all authorised personnel on official schools trips for personal accident and travel for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months. Lot 4: Engineering Inspection Insurance Engineering Inspection insurance services. This is a statutory requirement to comply with Health & Safety legislation. The inspection contract covers all relevant plant in ECC buildings and maintained schools for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date24 February 2025
  2. Completed: Award published14 March 2025
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About the buyer

Essex County Council is a local authority that procures through three in-house teams, Corporate, Place and People. Larger opportunities are advertised through Open, the council's own tendering and contract management platform. Smaller and lower-value contract notices instead appear on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. The Place team commissions highways, waste, energy and transport work, including a dedicated Dynamic Purchasing System for bidders. Construction projects separately run through the Essex Construction Framework, a route for regional contractors. The People team commissions education, social care, adult support and public health services across the county.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Essex County Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 66000000 · Financial and insurance services
  • 66514100 · Insurance related to Transport
  • 66514110 · Motor vehicle insurance services
  • 66515200 · Property insurance services
  • 66519200 · Engineering insurance services

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