Official UK procurement notice
Audit of Data Communications Company
Authority: Ofgem (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOfgem is seeking an independent auditor to annually assess the Data Communications Company’s (DCC’s) contract management and procurement activities.
The DCC is the central communications body licensed to provide the communications, data transfer and management required to support smart metering. DCC was appointed using an outsourced service model, to manage contracted smart metering service providers. As such, external costs compose the largest proportion of DCC’s costs, and it is critical that these contracts are entered into, managed and closed out effectively and efficiently. Each year, Ofgem scrutinises DCC’s incurred and forecast costs through the annual Price Control process to determine whether these costs are economic and efficient. Alongside the cost assessment, DCC also faces financial incentives under the Operational Performance Regime (OPR).
The audit will run on an annual cycle alongside Ofgem’s annual price control process and is expected to have four main stages: evaluation, reporting, consultation and decision. The evaluation stage is expected to take six weeks, with the auditor producing an interim report for DCC to provide comment. In this stage, the auditor will need to assess DCC’s commercial activity over the course of a Regulatory Year to provide a score and rationale against each supporting question against the NAO framework, covering contract management, procurement and re-procurement.
CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Auditing services · Internal audit services · Procurement consultancy services · Statutory audit services
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
Please see attached 2021-091 Audit of Data Communications Company ITT for further details.
- Technical & professional ability
Please see attached 2021-091 Audit of Data Communications Company ITT for further details.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Nov 2021, 09:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2021, 10:35 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Feb 2022 – …
- Authority reference
2021-091- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-031358- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f845Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: Please see attached 2021-091 Audit of Data Communications Company ITT for further details. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=224806. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (MT Ref:224806)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
16 Dec 2021 → 17 Jun 2022 · 5 dates- Next notice expected16 Dec 2021
- Notice published16 Dec 2021, 10:35 GMT
- Submission deadline18 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened18 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until17 Jun 2022, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Dec 2021- Status changed to active16 Dec 2021, 10:35 GMT
- Procurement method changed16 Dec 2021, 10:35 GMT
- Deadline published: 18 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT16 Dec 2021, 10:35 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.