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London Borough of Hillingdon

Residential Leasehold, shared ownership & mortgaged properties insurance scheme

Financial ServicesCPV 66000000 66500000 66510000 66515000
Value£1.8m
Awarded14 Oct 2018
Published26 Jul 2019
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.8mtotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£4.7m

This is a large award for Financial & Insurance Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 8,013 valued Financial & Insurance Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The London Borough of Hillingdon are seeking a suitable qualified and competent insurance scheme provider for residential leasehold, shared ownership and mortgaged properties Each of the Residential Buildings insured will be treated as if it is insured by a separate policy.

The Council has a financial/insurable interest in these properties, in most cases as the freeholder.

A standard clause in all the leases imposes a responsibility upon the Council to arrange the buildings insurance.

The insurance cover is required for Communal Parts - Tenderers need to be aware that leaseholders are responsible, under the terms of their lease, for contributing to the cost of communal/shared works to deal with insured perils, and that this responsibility should be reflected in the buildings insurance arrangements.

It is desirable that the Policy should not be subject to Average.

Copies of policy wording, examples of policy booklets/schedules for circulation at inception of scheme and annual summary of cover documentation should be provided and a flexible approach to underwriting is desirable.

Ease of Administration is desirable, such as the requirements for declarations and the notifications of new properties.

The policy operates with a common renewal date.

COVER REQUIREMENTS Insured: London Borough of Hillingdon and their respective leaseholders and/or freeholders and/or part owners.

Automatic interest of the freeholder and the head lessee of the residential property (if they are not the policyholder), the owner or lessee of each residential property and the mortgagee of any of them are deemed to be automatically noted.

Covering: Residential Leasehold Properties, Shared Ownership and Mortgaged Properties in London Borough of Hillingdon and Freeholders with a London Borough of Hillingdon Mortgage.

SUMMARY OF COVER REQUIRED A.

Insurance and Claims handling in respect of: - Material Damage cover for 'All Risks' of accidental physical loss or damage to the properties insured, including Terrorism. - Loss of Rent /Alternative accommodation - Property Owners Liability - Limit of indemnity £5,000,000 - Legal Expenses - Limit of indemnity £10,000 - Claims Handling arrangements B.Material Damage For any Leasehold, Mortgaged or Equity Share residential/and or commercial property including the landlord's contents and common parts.

Buildings Perils: - Full detailed requirements in the Specification

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Tenderers need to be aware that leaseholders

Tenderers need to be aware that leaseholders are responsible, under the terms of their lease, for contributing to the cost of communal/shared works to deal with insured perils, and that this responsibility should be reflected in the buildings insurance arrangements.

02

It is desirable that the Policy should

It is desirable that the Policy should not be subject to Average.

03

Copies of policy wording, examples of policy

Copies of policy wording, examples of policy booklets/schedules for circulation at inception of scheme and annual summary of cover documentation should be provided and a flexible approach to underwriting is desirable.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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