1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Naviair
Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
Activity of the contracting entity: Airport-related activities
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Willis Towers Watson
Activity of the contracting entity: Airport-related activities
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Luftfartsverket (LFV)
Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
Activity of the contracting entity: Airport-related activities
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Aviation Liability Insurance services
Description: This notice is to inform interested insurance-companies that the Swedish and Danish Air Navigation Service Providers LFV (Sweden) and Naviair (Denmark) renews a Qualification System for the prequalification and registration of insurance companies for the purpose of awarding contracts for common Aviation Liability Insurance. The insurance cover required is protection against LFV and Naviair and their associated and subsidiary companies' legal liability arising from the provision of Air Navigation Services and therewith associated activities. The Qualification System covers insurance companies who offers support behind a Leading Insurer.
Procedure identifier: 16bd3c19-0a77-402d-9272-f41ec61c3d5e
Previous notice: 90574-2017
Internal identifier: 2024
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 66510000 Insurance services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
Additional information: The insurance shall cover LFV and Naviairs activities in Sweden and Denmark and other countries where the companies' air navigation service activities and related services are provided.
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: An application form (declaration of compliance) and an ESPD (European single procurement document) regarding the exclusion criteria etc. must be used by new applicants for the position of support behind a leading insurer when applying for the Qualification System. Insurance-companies already qualified shall not apply again unless company-information has changed. The Qualification System will be the first stage of qualification and will either be used as the basis for tender selection or may be supplemented by additional qualification criteria established by Naviair and LFV. When a tender procedure has started WTW will call for tenders among the prequalified insurance companies.
Legal basis:
Directive 2014/25/EU
2.1.6.
Grounds for exclusion
Bankruptcy: Article 57 (4) of Directive 2014/24/EU
Corruption: Article 57 (1) of Directive 2014/24/EU
Participation in a criminal organisation: Article 57 (1) of Directive 2014/24/EU
Money laundering or terrorist financing: Article 57 (1) of Directive 2014/24/EU
Fraud: Article 57 (1) of Directive 2014/24/EU
Child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings: Article 57 (1) of Directive 2014/24/EU
Payment of social security contributions: Article 57 (2) of Directive 2014/24/EU
Payment of taxes: Article 57 (2) of Directive 2014/24/EU
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities: Article 57 (1) of Directive 2014/24/EU
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0000
Title: Aviation Liability Insurance services
Description: This notice is to inform interested insurance-companies that the Swedish and Danish Air Navigation Service Providers LFV (Sweden) and Naviair (Denmark) renews a Qualification System for the prequalification and registration of insurance companies for the purpose of awarding contracts for common Aviation Liability Insurance. The insurance cover required is protection against LFV and Naviair and their associated and subsidiary companies' legal liability arising from the provision of Air Navigation Services and therewith associated activities. The Qualification System covers insurance companies who offers support behind a Leading Insurer.
Internal identifier: 1
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 66510000 Insurance services
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
Additional information: The insurance shall cover LFV and Naviairs activities in Sweden and Denmark and other countries where the companies' air navigation service activities and related services are provided.
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Other duration: Unknown
5.1.4.
Renewal
Maximum renewals: 0
The buyer reserves the right for additional purchases from the contractor, as described here: The qualification system has indefinite duration.
5.1.6.
General information
This is a recurrent procurement
Description: The qualification system has indefinite duration.
Reserved participation: Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): no
Additional information: An application form (declaration of compliance) and an ESPD (European single procurement document) regarding the exclusion criteria etc. must be used by new applicants for the position of support behind a leading insurer when applying for the Qualification System. Insurance-companies already qualified shall not apply again unless company-information has changed. The Qualification System will be the first stage of qualification and will either be used as the basis for tender selection or may be supplemented by additional qualification criteria established by Naviair and LFV. When a tender procedure has started WTW will call for tenders among the prequalified insurance companies.
5.1.9.
Selection criteria
Criterion:
Type: Economic and financial standing
Name: Economic and financial standing
Description: Applicants for inclusion in the Qualification System as support behind a Leading Insurer: — should have a Credit Rating from Standard & Poors,Moody's or equivalent — at least A- (A minus);
Use of this criterion: Used
Criterion:
Type: Other
Use of this criterion: Not used
Criterion:
Type: Suitability to pursue the professional activity
Description: Applicants for inclusion in the Qualification System as support behind a Leading Insurer: — should be duly established and operating insurer(s) registered with the relevant Union of Association of Insurance Companies in accordance with applicable legislation;
Use of this criterion: Used
Criterion:
Type: Technical and professional ability
Description: Applicants for inclusion in the Qualification System as support behind a Leading Insurer shall have experience with aviation liability insurance.
Use of this criterion: Used
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria: The procedure is described in the tender material. Prequalification of interested applicants will be handled/administered by the insurance broker Willis Towers Watson on behalf of LFV and Naviair. The Qualification System is an on-going system and is established in order to prequalify additional insurance companies for the list of potential tenderers. Insurance companies may apply to be included in the Qualification System at any time during its existence and the applications will be evaluated continuously. However, in order to participate in the upcoming tender procedure in May 2024, the Deadline for application is 2 April 2024.
5.1.11.
Procurement documents
Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available: English
Deadline for requesting additional information: 26/03/2024 16:00:00 (UTC+1) Central European Time, Western European Summer Time
5.1.12.
Terms of procurement
Terms of submission:
Electronic submission: Allowed
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English
Information that can be supplemented after the submission deadline:
At the discretion of the buyer, all missing tenderer-related documents may be submitted later.
Additional information: The administration of the qualificationsystem and the tender procedures are handled by the insurance broker Willis Towers Watson. Insurance companies who are already qualified according to the pre-qualification phase conducted in the period 2014-2023 shall not apply again, but they have the ability and are required to update their data and documentation in case of changes in their ability to meet the requirements for qualification at any time during the qualification period.
Terms of contract:
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No
A non-disclosure agreement is required: no
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used: no
Electronic payment will be used: yes
Legal form that must be taken by a group of tenderers that is awarded a contract: Applicants that intend to form or participate in a consortium should clearly state the share of their participation together with the tasks and functions to be undertaken by each one of them.
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation: The Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement
Information about review deadlines: As a consequence of Danish Act No 593 of 2.6.2016 on the enforcement of procurement rules, etc. there are following deadlines for lodging appeals in Denmark: Complaints about not being pre-qualified shall be submitted to ‘Klagenævnet for Udbud’ (Board of Appeal) within 20 calendar days from the day following the day on which the contracting entity has sent a notification with an explanation of the decision to interested applicants who have been prequalified. In other situations, the complaint against the tender or the decision must be submitted to ‘Klagenævnet for Udbud’ before: 1) 45 days after the contracting entity has published a notice in the Official Journal stating that the contracting entity has entered into a contract. The period is calculated from the day following the day on which notice has been published. 2) 30 calendar days from the day following the day on which the contracting entity informed the tenderers that a contract based on a framework contract with reopening of competition or a dynamic purchasing system has been signed, if notification is given a brief explanation of the relevant reasons for the decision. 3) 6 months after the entity has signed a framework agreement – calculated from the day after the day on which the contracting entity informed the tenderers and candidates, cf § 2 (2). 4) 20 calendar days from the day following the day on which the contracting entity has announced the decision according to the Danish law of procurement (No 1564 of 15.12.2015) § 185 (2) second sentence. At the latest at the same time as an appeal is sent to ‘Klagenævnet for Udbud’, the appellant shall in writing inform the contracting entity that the complaint will be sent to ‘Klagenævnet for Udbud’, and whether the complaint is filed during the standstill period referred to in § 3. If the appeal has not been lodged in the stand-still period, the appellant must also state whether it is requested that the appeal is granted delaying effect pursuant to § 12 (1).
Organisation providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for taxes applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed: The Danish Tax Agency
Organisation providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for environmental protection applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed: The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Organisation providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for employment protection and working conditions applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed: Work Environment in Denmark
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure: Willis Towers Watson
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents: Willis Towers Watson
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures: Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
TED eSender: Mercell Holding ASA
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: Naviair
Registration number: 26059763
Postal address: Naviair Allé 1
Town: Kastrup
Postcode: 2770
Country: Denmark
Contact point: Charlotte Perch Hellinghus
Telephone: +45 32478912
Roles of this organisation:
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: The Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement
Registration number: 37795526
Postal address: Toldboden 2
Town: Viborg
Postcode: 8800
Country subdivision (NUTS): Sydjylland (DK032)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: +45 72405600
Roles of this organisation:
Review organisation
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name: Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
Registration number: 10294819
Postal address: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town: Valby
Postcode: 2500
Country subdivision (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: +4541715000
Roles of this organisation:
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
8.1.
ORG-0004
Official name: The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Registration number: 25798376
Postal address: Tolderlundsvej 5
Town: Odense C
Postcode: 5000
Country subdivision (NUTS): Fyn (DK031)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: +4572544000
Roles of this organisation:
Organisation providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for environmental protection applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed
8.1.
ORG-0005
Official name: The Danish Tax Agency
Registration number: 39883686
Postal address: Nykøbingvej 76, bygn. 45
Town: Sakskøbing
Postcode: 4990
Country subdivision (NUTS): Vest- og Sydsjælland (DK022)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: +4572222827
Roles of this organisation:
Organisation providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for taxes applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed
8.1.
ORG-0006
Official name: Willis Towers Watson
Registration number: 556426-5295
Department: Stockholm
Postal address: Box 7273
Town: Stockholm
Postcode: 103 89
Country subdivision (NUTS): Stockholms län (SE110)
Country: Sweden
Contact point: Jon Petursson
Telephone: +46 8 463 89 07
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents
8.1.
ORG-0007
Official name: Luftfartsverket (LFV)
Registration number: 202100-0795
Postal address: Hospitalsgatan 30
Town: Norrköping
Postcode: 601 79
Country: Sweden
Telephone: +4611 19 20 00
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
8.1.
ORG-0008
Official name: Work Environment in Denmark
Registration number: 21481815
Postal address: Landskronagade 33
Town: København Ø
Postcode: 2100
Country subdivision (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: +4570121288
Roles of this organisation:
Organisation providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for employment protection and working conditions applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed
8.1.
ORG-0009
Official name: Mercell Holding ASA
Registration number: 980921565
Postal address: Askekroken 11
Town: Oslo
Postcode: 0277
Country subdivision (NUTS): Oslo (NO081)
Country: Norway
Contact point: eSender
Telephone: +47 21018800
Fax: +47 21018801
Roles of this organisation:
TED eSender
Notice identifier/version: 52250acc-7717-4890-8e8f-12d8ffb5b4bb - 01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Notice on the existence of a qualification system
Notice subtype: 15
Notice dispatch date: 15/03/2024 15:15:33 (UTC) Western European Time, GMT
Notice dispatch date (eSender): 15/03/2024 17:00:53 (UTC) Western European Time, GMT
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 164481-2024
OJ S issue number: 56/2024
Publication date: 19/03/2024
