23 July 2018 RFQ No.11440 REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) RFQ Description Closing Date and Time Briefing Session Date and Time Site Inspection : Data Model to analyse Sasria 3 year claims : 30 July 2018 at 16:00 PM : N/A : N/A SECTION 1: INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS 1.1 Background of RFQ document Sasria SOC Limited ( Sasria ) hereby request quotations from suitably qualified service providers to provide Data Model to analyse Sasria 3 year claims. Sasria SOC Ltd (Sasria) is a short-term insurance company specialising in providing cover as a result of political and non-political acts (such as terrorism, riots, strikes and public disorder). Sasria has been in existence since 1979, and up to now its business model as well as the company s unchallenged position has ensured that Sasria remains in business with little change and significant challenges. Over the years, the role of Sasria has been evolving from political risk to non-political special risks covers. In this dynamic short-term insurance market, Sasria has to continuously prove and justify its relevance. Although Sasria has been profitable over the years through the existing business model, there is great need to optimise this in order to grow revenue as well as profit margins. The Government of the Republic of South Africa, and specifically the National Treasury through the Minister of Finance, is the sole shareholder of Sasria. As such, the company has to comply with a number of legal and regulatory requirements. 1.2 Late bids Quotations which are submitted after the closing date and time will not be accepted. 1.3 Clarification and Communication 1.3.1 Bidders may only communicate on this RFQ in writing and for the purpose of additional information which is not clarified in the specifications. All enquiries should be addressed using the email address procurement@sasria.co.za and the RFQ number and description must be on the email subject line for ease of reference.
1.3.2 Request for clarity or information on the RFQ may only be requested until 29 of July 2018 Any responses to queries or for clarity sought by a bidder will also be sent to all the other entities which have responded to the RFQ. 1.3.3 Bidders may not contact any Sasria employee on this RFQ other than the Procurement office. Contact will only be allowed between the successful bidder and Sasria Business Unit representative/s after the approval to award this RFQ. Contact with business unit will also only be permissible in the case of pre-existing commercial relations which do not pertain to the subject of this RFQ. 1.4 Non-Compulsory/Compulsory Briefing/Site Inspection Session A briefing/site inspection session will not be held for this RFQ. Any queries or requests for clarity must be addressed as per paragraph 1.3.1 and 1.3.2 above. 1.5 Disclaimers It must be noted that Sasria may: i) Negotiate with all or some of the shortlisted bidders; ii) Award the RFQ to a bidder other than the highest scoring bidder where objective criteria allow; and/or iii) Cancel this RFQ. 1.6 General a) The validity period of received quotations will be for a period of 90 days. b) Any information Sasria received from other quoting entities will not be disclosed without prior written consent from the bidder concerned. c) Sasria will pay 30 days after the receipt of an undisputed invoice. d) Where Sasria will hold a compulsory briefing session, the entities which intend to submit quotes must ensure that they have signed an attendance register for such a briefing session. e) Responses must be returned strictly in accordance with this RFQ document. f) Scoring of received bids will be in line with the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act.
SECTION 2: SPECIFICATION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA 2.1 Specification requirements Objectives The organisation seeks to acquire better understanding of geographical risk to drive rates that are more accurate, portfolio growth, provision and claims management. Location intelligence will assist the organisation to interpret, assess, organise the claims data to deliver true business value and gain valuable location insight. Sasria requires a service provider that will build a model using the current data of the 3 year claims which is currently within the insurance management system. The data analysis must have geocode analytics. The service provider will also be required to provide insight gained from historical claims severity to enable the organisation to improve the future risk pricing. Provide incisive analytics for proactive claims handling by predictive analytics. Interpret the data visually and written report and provide an insight that will enable Sasria to predict the future state of claims. The report must provide insight on the below items (but not limited to) Claims location intelligence (geocoding) Claims cost analysis Claims unit performance Insurer/Broker claims analytics Risk driver mapping Catastrophy modelling Sasria currently uses Cognos as Business Intelligence (BI) Tool, this however does not limit the supplier to use any BI tool to present data. 2.2 Minimum requirements Sasria SOC Ltd requires training services which includes but is not limited to: Data analysis Presentation of data visually on screens Interpretation of data on paper (Reports) Ability to use the application for real time analytics and presentation All Bidders are required to meet the minimum specifications of compliance, technical expertise and experience.
2.3 Documentation Required The following documentation and information are required: Certificate of Incorporation; Valid SARS Tax Clearance Certificate (Submit SARS Online PIN number for verification); Valid BEE Verification Certificate; and To be registered on the National Treasury Centralized Supplier Database (CSD) - report. 2.4 Important dates STEP No. DESCRIPTION DUE DATE 1 Release of RFQ 23 July 2018 2 Query window period 23-29 July 2018 3 Closing date for submission of RFQ 30 July 2018 2.5 Submission Format 2.5.1 The quotation and all written material and attachments must be submitted in English. All price values must be stated in South African Rand values. 2.5.2 Bidders are required to submit their Quotations electronically to Procurement Services Office at email address (procurement@sasria.co.za). 2.5.3 The RFQ documents must be signed and completed by the authorized person acting on behalf of the bidding entity. The bottom of each page of the RFQ response documents must be signed or stamped with the bidder s stamp as proof that the bidder has read the RFQ documents and accepts the terms and conditions stipulated. 2.6 Qualification Only Bidders who have submitted compliant quotations will be included in the evaluation process. 2.7 Bids above R 30 000 level. All bids equal to thirty thousand rand and above will be assessed on cost and BBBEE
2.8 Evaluation The purpose of the RFQ is to obtain a complete set of salient information pertaining to the bidding parties. The quotations will accordingly be used to evaluate whether, at Sasria s discretion, an interested party qualifies to proceed to the next phases of this procurement process. All bidding parties will be advised in writing of Sasria s decision, which will be final. No correspondence will be entered into pertaining to the evaluation process, the decisions taken and reasons thereof. Stage 1 Evaluation The evaluation during this stage is to ensure that all required documentation are received and duly completed and that all statutory requirements are complied with. During this stage, all bidders that did not achieve the above requirements on documentation required are disqualified. Stage 2 Evaluation The evaluation during this stage is based on technical criteria (Functionality). Only bidders achieving a minimum score of 70% will be evaluated further in the next stage. The criteria is set out below:
Criteria Description % Weighting Experience in providing the Business Intelligence Solution Ability of the service provider to build different data models and interpret data using reports and visual screens, reference of similar work provided. More than 5 years (20 points allocated) 3 to 5 years (10 points allocated) 1 to 3 years (5 points allocated) References Ability of the service provider to deliver the requested service, proven track record in a form of references. 3 letters (10 points allocated) 2 letters (6 points allocated) 1 letter (3 points allocated) Industry Experience 20 10 Experience/ of similar work in the insurance industry More than 5 years (20 points allocated) 3 to 5 years (15 points Allocated) 1 to 3 years ( 5 Points allocated) Detailed project plan and key milestones delivery dates 20 Bidders will be scored on: Key milestones delivery dates (breakdown structure) (20 points allocated) No delivery dates (0 points allocated) Approach and steps to undertake the project (10 points allocated) No steps to undertake project indicated (0 points allocated) 30 Cost Proposal Provide detailed cost breakdown per deliverable and the overall execution of the project 20 Total 100 NB: All bidders achieved the minimum score of 70% will be invited to a demonstration session with Sasria.
Stage 3 Evaluation Bidders that achieved a minimum score of 70% in stage 2 (technical criteria) will progress to this stage (stage 3) and will be evaluated in accordance with the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework method based on Price and BBBEE contributor level. Points will be calculated on an 80/20 method as stipulated below: B-BBEE Status Level of Contributor Number of points (80/20 system) 1 1 20 20 2 18 3 14 4 12 5 8 6 6 7 4 8 2 Non-compliant contributor 0 2 Price/ Fee structure including VAT 80 Please Note: Sasria reserves the right at its sole discretion, and at any time, to amend, deviate from, postpone, discontinue or terminate the transaction/procurement process without incurring any liability whatsoever to any other party. No commitment of any kind, contractual or otherwise shall exist unless and until a formal written agreement or purchase order has been executed by or on behalf of Sasria. Any notification of appointment or preferred service provider status by Sasria shall not give rise to any enforceable rights by the service provider. Sasria may cancel this RFQ any time prior to a formal written agreement or purchase order being executed by or on behalf of Sasria.