Official UK procurement notice
EC0973 - Financial Auditing - Research Grants
Authority: The University of Edinburgh (Education)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Edinburgh is looking for tender submissions from suitably experienced organisations interested in providing Financial Auditing services for Research Grants.
- Recurrence: 2026
CPV: Financial auditing services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers
- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 14 Nov 2022
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1EC grants AuditsRenewal
Lot 1 - EC grants Audits
The University of Edinburgh has around 215 European Commission live research projects with end dates after 2022 as either co-ordinator or partner.
In addition, it is anticipated that the University will be participating in Horizon Europe and the audits will start, depending on their end date and their value after two years from now.
Lot #2International grants AuditsRenewal
Lot 2 - International grants Audits (US Federal grants, Gates Foundation grants and any other international grants audits as per the T&C of the funders)
The University of Edinburgh has around 380 International live research grants with end dates after 2022. We need to have an annual US NIH Federal audit of our NIH federal grants as the threshold of $750k is exceeded. In addition, other International funders require audits as per their T&C, including the annual Gates Foundation audit.
Lot #3UK grants AuditRenewal
Lot 3 - UK grants Audits (Innovate UK grants and any other UK grants audits as per the T&C of the funders)
The University of Edinburgh has around 25 Innovate UK live research grants with end dates after 2022. Independent Accountant’s Reports (IARs) are required for all awards above a 25,000 GPB threshold.
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 (2)
- Quality Criteria: 80%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Criteria: 80
- Price: 20
- Economic & financial standing
Please provide your general annual turnover for the last two financial years
Note: For contracts with an estimated annual value exceeding 100,000 GBP average turnover over the last 2 years should be at least two times the annual value of the contract.
Tenderers are required to hold, or commit to obtaining prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance listed below:
o Employers Liability Insurance - 5 Million GBP
o Public Liability Insurance - 5 Million GBP
Minimum: Where a tenderer does not have the required annual turnover, the UoE may exclude the Tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the Tenderer’s suitability to proceed in the competition. Where a Tenderer does not hold or commit t… - Technical & professional ability
Certificates on the Financial Statement (CFS) must be prepared and certified by an auditor qualified to carry out statutory audits of accounting documents in accordance with Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC or similar national regulations.
Provide details of the previous experience your organisation has in undertaking EU audit work with organisations of a similar size, scope and scale as the University of Edinburgh.
Minimum: Bidder to provide certificates. Please provide relevant examples of supplies and/or services carried out during the last three years as specified in the Contract Notice: (Examples from both public and/or private sector customers and clients may be provided)
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “EC0973 - Financial Auditing - Research Grants” 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
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · 2026
- First published
- 14 Jun 2022, 12:26 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jun 2022, 12:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Jul 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016257- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034626Find a Tender
Publisher note: Please confirm that you will be in a position (prior to award) to complete “Schedule 5 – Terms and Conditions of Contract” Please confirm that you will be in a position (prior to award) to complete “Schedule 6 – Form of Tender” Please confirm that you will be in a position (prior to award) to complete “Schedule 7 – Freedom of Information” (if applicable) Please confirm that you will be in a position (prior to award) to complete “Schedule 8 – Sustain Supply Chain Code of Conduct Please confirm that you will be in a position (prior to award) to comply with “Schedule 9 – Contract Management” Please confirm that you will be in a position (prior to award) to comply with “Schedule 10 - GDPR” The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 21605. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Please refer to ITT documents. (SC Ref:696726)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 15 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 15 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
14 Jun 2022 → 14 Nov 2022 · 4 dates- Notice published14 Jun 2022, 12:26 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown15 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened15 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts14 Nov 2022
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.