Official UK procurement notice
DfE - Article 127 Audit of Operations
Authority: Department for the Economy (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Economy (DfE) Audit Authority in Northern Ireland is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement of appropriately skilled Service Providers through the Open Competition process, to assist in the completion of Article 127 audits of operations on projects part funded by: the 2014-2020 European Structural Investment Funds (ESI Funds) ie the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 2 bids received (0.7 per place) · 2 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£500,000
What 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 (8)
- Personnel Experience: Lead Auditor: 12%
- Personnel Experience: Staff Assigned to Perform the Framework: 21%
- Methodology: 21%
- Contract Management: 6%
- Daily Rates: Partner: 1.4%
- Daily Rates: Principal/Senior Consultant: 9.4%
- Daily Rates: Consultant: 20%
- Daily Rates: Junior Consultant: 9.2%
Published award criteria (9)
- Technical and Professional Ability- Professional Qualifications: 0
- Personnel Experience: Lead Auditor: 12
- Personnel Experience: Staff Assigned to Perform the Framework: 21
- Methodology: 21
- Contract Management: 6
- Daily Rates: Partner: 1.4
- Daily Rates: Principal/Senior Consultant: 9.4
- Daily Rates: Consultant: 20
- Daily Rates: Junior Consultant: 9.2
- Suitability
as per Tender documentation
- Economic & financial standing
as per Tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
as per Tender documentation
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “DfE - Article 127 Audit of Operations” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 20 Jan 2022, 16:35 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2022, 15:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Feb 2022 – …
- Authority reference
4010699- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-008865- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030d6aFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.. .
Publisher note: Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this Framework Agreement. The successful contractor’s performance of contractors on the Framework Agreement will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements. is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract / framework agreement 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 their place on the framework agreement / the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor 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 twelve months from the date of issue of. the Notice.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 23 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Feb 2022, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
23 Feb 2022 → 24 May 2022 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown23 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened23 Feb 2022, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published1 Apr 2022, 15:25 BST
- Bids must remain valid until24 May 2022, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Apr 2022- Status changed to complete1 Apr 2022, 15:25 BST
- Buyer details updated1 Apr 2022, 15:25 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2022
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Department for the EconomyContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
- European UnionFunder
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
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Cavanagh KellyFramework contractor
- PKF-FPM ACCOUNTANTS LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.