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Published 9 Nov 2022, 11:18 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

External Auditor Services and General Taxation Advice to BH Group

Official notice

Authority: Bolton at Home

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Published estimate£450,000≈ £90k / year12.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 9 Dec 2022awarded 17 Feb 2023
Awarded to AZETS AUDIT SERVICES LIMITED
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jan 2028 · starts 1 Feb 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

External Audit Services for Bolton at Home Group

Bolton at Home (BH) wish to select a supplier for the provision of external audit services to BH Group and also companies that Arcon are a trustee and managing agents for. The aim is to enable it the Group to meet its statutory, financial, and regulatory obligations.

The Contract start date is expected to be 1st February 2023

Social Value requirements apply to this tender.

The supplier will be required to submit a supplier questionnaire, and this will be evaluated on a PASS/FAIL basis.

The tender will be evaluated using 90 % Price and 10 % Quality. If required, a clarification meeting will be arranged.

The initial contract term is for a period of two years with the option to extend annually for 3 x 1year periods (Total term – 5 years).

CPV: Auditing services · Financial auditing services · Statutory audit services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 5 yrsPublished value£450,000
Contract period: 1 Feb 2023 – 31 Jan 2028 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
79212100 Financial auditing services79212300 Statutory audit 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: 10%Price: 90%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Weighting: 10%
  • price: 90%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Weighting: 10 %
  • Price: 90%
Conditions of participation1
  • Economic & financial standing

    Please see the Selection Questionnaire Question.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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 · 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
9 Nov 2022, 11:18 GMT
Last source update
17 Feb 2023, 14:32 GMT
Award evaluation window
9 Dec 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN641897
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-004907
Classification (CPV)
Auditing servicesFinancial auditing servicesStatutory audit services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038056 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
9 Dec 2022, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
9 Dec 2022, 14:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.the-chest.org.uk ↗

Timeline

9 Dec 2022 → 17 Feb 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    9 Dec 2022, 14:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    9 Dec 2022, 14:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    1 Feb 2023
  4. Notice published
    17 Feb 2023, 14:32 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Feb 2023, 14:32 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £395,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Feb 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AZETS AUDIT SERVICES LIMITED£395,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • External Auditor Services and General Taxation Advice to BH Group · AZETS AUDIT SERVICES LIMITED

    Signed
    17 Feb 2023
    Value
    £395,000
    Period
    … – 31 Jan 2028
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bolton at Home

Contracting authorityRegional or local agency/officeHousing and community amenities 98 Waters Meeting Road, Bolton, North West, BL1 8SWContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Azets Audit Services LtdAwarded supplier 2nd Floor , Regis House, 45 King William Street, London, London, EC4R 9ANContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.