Block Insurance Policy for People Directly Employing Personal Assistants

Norfolk County Council (NCC) provides direct payments for approximately 4000 service users. NCC has approximately 1500 service users who employ Personal Assistants and Carers including self-employed Personal Assistants and Carers who do not hold insurance or do not hold adequate insurance. Each Service User on average has two personal assistants. Service Users (or their chosen representative) who employ a Personal Assistant (Carer) are required to hold Employer and Public Liability insurance. NCC is seeking to put in place a block insurance policy for all service users employing Personal Assistants or Carers.

Additional information: This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing [email protected].

Delivery Notes

This contract estimate value is £250,000 over the first 3 years of the contract excluding VAT. This is an estimate only as the exact value will depend on the number of policies. The contract can be extended by a further 48 months.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No