Official UK procurement notice
Audit Substantive Testing Data Automation Tool
Authority: National Audit Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe National Audit Office (NAO) has awarded a contract for the provision of a software solution to assist with automating our audit testing and documentation process, covering two use-cases within financial audit:
1.Substantive testing - Test of detail/Test of control automation
2.Financial Statement procedures
The estimated total value in this notice excludes VAT and is for the duration of the maximum contract term (1+1+1).
CPV: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Financial auditing services · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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)
- Quality: 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Cost: 30%
- 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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Jul 2024, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Dec 2024, 16:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Aug 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-039114- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048481Find a Tender
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=907644309 GO Reference: GO-2024124-PRO-28763527
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Aug 2024, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 28 Aug 2024, 11:00 BST
Timeline
28 Aug 2024 → 4 Dec 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline28 Aug 2024, 11:00 BST
- Bids opened28 Aug 2024, 11:00 BST
- Notice published4 Dec 2024, 16:05 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Dec 2024- Status changed to complete4 Dec 2024, 16:05 GMT
- Buyer details updated4 Dec 2024, 16:05 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataSnipper B.V. | £660,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Audit Substantive Testing Data Automation Tool · DataSnipper B.V.
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £660,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DataSnipper B.V.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.