Provision of Staff Absence Insurance and Associated Services

Tenders are required for the provision of insurance and risk management services to the members of the Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) to meet the cost of staff absence. The CPC is seeking to establish a multiple provider Framework Agreement of Staff Absence Insurance and Associated services. Each provider shall be either a direct insurer (including mutual insurers) or an insurance broker. The successful providers will deliver comprehensive insurance policies which provide a daily benefit payment for each day of absence. End users will access the framework via a mini-tender process involving the submission to all eligible providers of a questionnaire-based request for proposal in a standardised format. Contracts will be with individual member institutions. The framework will be split into two lots as detailed below. CPC will be looking to appoint a maximum of 4 providers per lot.

Lot 1 Staff Absence Insurance Lot 2 Budget Overspend Insurance

The principal requirement will be for maintained schools, academies, Free Schools, and similar institutions.

It is a requirement that the selected supplier(s) will provide this service to CPC members across the UK. We expect the selected supplier(s) to extend the terms to all eligible Institutions and consortia, as defined by the CPC including Further Education Institutions, Sixth Forms, Academies, Schools, Museums, Universities and other similar organisations. The framework may also be made available to Local Authorities as a single contract member who are procuring on behalf of their schools which can be defined by the following links; http://openlylocal.com/councils/all http://www.wlga.gov.uk/authorities http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Government/councils http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/az2.htm

Current member details are available per region from the following link:- http://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php

Current and future member of the CPC are from the education sector, the majority of whom will be on the open access EduBase public portal: - http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml

The CPC reserves the right during the period of this agreement to make subtractions from the list of Participating Institutions.

Members have the right to utilise e-auctions during the further competition / call-off stage of supplier selection.

To express an interest and download the tender documents please go to http://in-tendhost.co.uk/cpc/aspx/Home