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Published 28 Apr 2023, 14:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CPT_23_11 External Audit services

Official notice

Authority: National Audit Office (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Published estimate£583,333exc. VAT · 1 value update20% above published estimate

Submissions closed 10 Oct 2023awarded 6 Mar 2024

Awarded to Crowe U.K. LLP

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK's independent public spending watchdog. We support Parliament in holding government to account and we help improve public services through our high-quality audits work.

NAO sought an External Auditor who will be expected to audit the financial years ending 31 March 2025, 2026, and 2027 to an appropriate timetable. The NAO aims to have its Annual Report and Accounts (which include the financial statements) ready for publication in June each year following the 31 March year end.

CPV: Auditing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1The appointment of the External Auditor was subject to approval of Parliament's Public…AwardedRenewalPublished value£583,333

The appointment of the External Auditor was subject to approval of Parliament's Public Accounts Commission at a hearing which took place in early March 2024.

Examples of prior year studies can be found on the Commission website: committees.parliament.uk/publications ↗

The selected External Auditor will be expected to provide an opinion on whether:

the financial statements give a true and fair view for the year;
the statements are prepared in accordance with the Government Financial Reporting Manual;
the NAO's expenditure is within its Parliamentary Control Totals for the year (capital, resource, cash); and
expenditure and income have been applied correctly for the purposes intended by Parliament.

The External Auditor will also be expected to:

provide an independent review of the annual statement of financial impacts arising from the NAO's work and providing an opinion on whether the reported impacts are reasonable based on the underlying methodologies on which they are prepared.
deliver a value for money study of an aspect of the NAO's operations when commissioned by the NAO's Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) to an appropriate timetable. The nature of the topic may change. Examples of recent value for money studies have covered the NAO's Human Resources department, and Finance and Procurement.
attend meetings of the NAO's ARAC Committee and, when requested to do so, meetings of the Public Accounts Commission.

Delivery: UK · UNITED KINGDOM

Extensions: The contract is anticipated to commence September 2024 for an initial period of 3 years with an option for the NAO to extend the contract for a period of up to two years subject to approval by the Public Accounts Commission (on the basis of two periods of 12 months) (potentially making it a maximum term of 5 years. · Consideration of renewal shall be detailed within ITT Document, Suppliers are requested to refer to the published ITT document for further information.Variant bids: not allowed

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

Price

Conditions of participation1

Suitability
Please refer to Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation for further details.

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: 28 Apr 2023, 14:30 BST
Last source update: 9 Aug 2024, 13:21 BST
Award evaluation window: 16 Oct 2023 – …
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-025235
Classification (CPV): Auditing services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c52e Find a Tender

Contract terms

Performance terms: Please refer to Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation for further details.

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The NAO considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. Please refer to Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation for further details. Registering for access: The system that NAO will use to electronically conduct this procurement exercise is Delta eSourcing system at https://login.bipsolutions.com/casDelta/login?service=https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/j_spring_cas_security_check. If organisations are interested in this new contract opportunity, then register onto the system by clicking the " Register as a Supplier" link. Once logged into the system, organisations will be able to locate this procurement by using the Access Code number X8A3B4AVE5. Then select "Register Interest" to be able to access the documentation for this procurement and subsequently submit your response. For assistance, please contact the Delta Help Desk on 0800 923 9236 For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-LONDON:-Auditing-services./X8A3B4AVE5" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-LONDON:-Auditing-services./X8A3B4AVE5</a> To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/X8A3B4AVE5" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/X8A3B4AVE5</a> GO Reference: GO-202398-PRO-23831010

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta

Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup

Submission deadline: 10 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 180 days from the deadline
Bids opened: 16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-LONDON… ↗

Timeline

1 Sept 2023 → 9 Aug 2024 · 4 dates

Next notice expected
1 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
Submission deadline
10 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Notice published
9 Aug 2024, 13:21 BST

Notice history

7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Sept 2023

Published value updated to £583,333
8 Sept 2023, 15:56 BST
was £500,000
Status changed to active
8 Sept 2023, 15:56 BST
Procurement method changed
8 Sept 2023, 15:56 BST
Deadline published: 10 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
8 Sept 2023, 15:56 BST
Buyer details updated
8 Sept 2023, 16:06 BST
Buyer details updated
11 Sept 2023, 18:52 BST
Status changed to complete
9 Aug 2024, 13:21 BST

Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	TextAdditional information · II.2.14	To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/X8A3B4AVE5	To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/X8A3B4AVE5. The NAO would like to invite interested providers to attend a tender clarification meeting taking place on Monday 18th September 2023 from 2.30 to 4.00pm. The purpose of the event is to offer attendees the opportunity to raise questions on the recently published procurement exercise for the Extern…

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (5)

2023-09: 1 release · 8 Sept 2023
2023-04: 1 release · 28 Apr 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £700,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 6 Mar 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Crowe U.K. LLP	£700,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 025235-2024-CPT_23_11 External Audit services-1 · Crowe U.K. LLP
Signed
6 Mar 2024
Value
£700,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

National Audit Office

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 157-197 Buckingham Palace Road, LONDON, London, SW1W9SPContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Crowe U.K. LLPAwarded supplierGB-COH: OC307043 55 Ludgate Hill,, London, UK, EC4M 7JW

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
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Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria