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Published 28 Jan 2025, 14:59 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DfC NILGOSC - Internal Audit (2025)

Official notice

Authority: Department for Communities (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£172,975exc. VAT4.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 4 Mar 2025awarded 23 Apr 2025
Awarded to Sumer Accountants NI Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DfC NILGOSC - Internal Audit (2025)

  • Recurrence: This contract is recurrent every 5 years

CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Internal audit services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1DfC NILGOSC - Internal Audit (2025) Additional information: This contract is for 3…AwardedRenewalPublished value£172,975

DfC NILGOSC - Internal Audit (2025) Additional information: This contract is for 3 years with the option to extend up to and including 24 months

Delivery: Northern Ireland · UKN
Extensions: This contract is for 3 years with the option to extend up to and including 24 months · This contract is for 3 years with option to extend up to and including 24 months.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
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 70%
  • Quantitative Criteria: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 70
  • Quantitative Criteria: 30
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    as per tender documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    as per tender documents

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 · 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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · This contract is recurrent every 5 years
First published
28 Jan 2025, 14:59 GMT
Last source update
28 Apr 2025, 11:00 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
ID 5473180
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017235
Classification (CPV)
Accounting and auditing servicesAccounting, auditing and fiscal servicesAuditing servicesInternal audit services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d6c2 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

The appointment to the contract will be subject to the preferred supplier demonstrating that the minimum requirements specified in the selection questionnaire continue to be met and that there being no material adverse change to the standing of the supplier. The appointment will also be subject to all other necessary due diligence being carried out by the Authority. Contract performance will be subject to the conditions specified in the contract and the successful Supplier’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: Contract Monitoring. The successful Supplier’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender. documentation. Supplier's not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it. is paying for. If a Supplier fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after. the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management. in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it. may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and. the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can result in the Supplier being excluded from all. procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland. Procurement Policy for a period of three years from the date of issue.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
4 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
4 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

4 Mar 2025 → 2 Jun 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    4 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    28 Apr 2025, 11:00 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    2 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Apr 2025, 11:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £165,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 61 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Sumer Accountants NI LtdSMEContract£165,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Communities

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Causeway Exchange, 1-7 Bedford St,, BELFAST, UK, BT2 7EGContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review 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.