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Published 15 Jun 2021, 12:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

C1098 - Internal Audit Resourcing Partner

Official notice

Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UKNorthern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT50% above published estimate
Submissions closed 19 Jul 2021awarded 26 Aug 2021
Awarded to Deloitte - Main Account MCS/LLP

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Contract is for the following services: -

  • General audit resource to provide assistance or lead on general (non-IT) audits. Ability to complete professional standard working papers including preparing detailed process documentation, identification of relevant risks and controls, use of appropriate testing techniques, and documentation of audit findings.
  • Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in areas of specialism that would be of most relevance to NI Water, based on understanding of the NI Water business.
  • Specialist IT / Cyber Audit Resource expertise at consultant and manager / senior manager level.
  • Recurrence: This contract has an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for two 1 year periods. Therefore further notices could be expected in 2-4 years.

CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Delivery: UK, Northern Ireland
Extensions: This contract is for an initial period of 2 years, with the option to extend for 1 + 1 years. · This contract has an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for two 1 year periods. Therefore this contract is subject to renewal every 2-4 years.Variant bids: not allowed
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security79210000 Accounting and auditing services

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70%
  • Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70%
  • Cost: 30%
What this means for your bid
  • 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement

Yes · This contract has an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for two 1 year periods. Therefore further notices could be expected in 2-4 years.

First published
15 Jun 2021, 12:14 BST
Last source update
26 Aug 2021, 12:25 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Jul 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021149
Classification (CPV)
Accounting and auditing servicesAccounting, auditing and fiscal servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery area
UKNorthern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bc16 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Jul 2021, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do ↗

Timeline

19 Jul 2021 → 15 Jan 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    19 Jul 2021, 12:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Aug 2021, 12:25 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    15 Jan 2022, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Aug 2021, 12:25 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £750,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Deloitte - Main Account MCS/LLPContract£750,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NI Water and its subsidiaries

Contracting authorityWater Westland House, Belfast, UK, BT14 6TEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NI WaterReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.