Notice Information
Notice Title
Employment Liability Insurance for People using a direct payment to employ Personal Assistants
Notice Description
A single insurer to provide Employment Liability Insurance for people using a Direct Payment to employ Personal Assistants. The contracting authorities are East Sussex County Council, Brighton & Hove City Council and West Sussex County Council. The concession contract started on the 17 September 2025 for East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council. The same concession contract will start on 1 April 2026 for West Sussex Council. The concession contract will end on 31 March 2031 for all three councils, and there will be an option to extend for up to 24 months. There is no guarantee of work and the policy rates will be fixed for the duration of the concession contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: An up to allowed for 24 month extension is included in the contract terms.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05284a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060173-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66000000 - Financial and insurance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,990,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,990,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,990,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,990,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Sep 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 25 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Sep 2025 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- bsdprocurement@westsussex.gov.uk, procurementpmo@eastsussex.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEWES
- Postcode
- BN7 1UE
- Post Town
- Brighton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ27 West Sussex (South West)
- Delivery Location
- TLJ21 Brighton and Hove, TLJ22 East Sussex CC, TLJ27 West Sussex (South West), TLJ28 West Sussex (North East)
-
- Local Authority
- Chichester
- Electoral Ward
- Chichester Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chichester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060173-2025
26th September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051325-2025
26th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028279-2025
28th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028235-2025
28th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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