DoJ - Compensation Services - Provision of Loss Adjusting Services

Concepts

• belfast
• finance and insurance
• damage or loss insurance
• insurance claims adjustment
• loss adjustment
• potential optional services
• loss adjusting services
• compensation services
• loss adjuster
• loss

Location

BELFAST

Description

The Compensation Services is seeking to appoint a Loss Adjuster to carry out essential work in the day to day running of the Criminal Damage Scheme to negotiate with victims and their representatives on their behalf. The Loss Adjuster will be providing a service required by the Department of Justice, Compensation Services in carrying out assessments of the cost and damage to a property suffered by an applicant, they will also attend court when required in an expert witness capacity.

Renewal Options

The contract will run for an initial contract period of 3 years and will contain the option to extend the contract a further period of up to and including 2 years

CPV Codes

• 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
• 66515000 - Damage or loss insurance services
• 66518300 - Insurance claims adjustment services
• 66519500 - Loss adjustment services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

The Loss Adjuster will also be expected to respond promptly to queries (orally, e-mails or via post) from clients and Compensation Services in regard to assessments. The successful tender will also be expected to attend consultations in appeal cases in an expert capacity and at times provide additional information and respond to queries regarding same, any additional expenses this may accrue should be detailed in the pricing schedule. The successful tender will be expected to travel throughout all of Northern Ireland as required under the terms of the Contract. The contract will run for an initial contract period of 3 years and will contain the option to extend the contract a further period of up to and including 2 years The figure indicated in Section II represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and an Economic Operator shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified. in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them. Contract Monitoring . The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise. The Authority expressly reserves the rights:. i)not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. ii)to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;. iii)to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and . iv) to award contract(s) in stages.. In no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates."