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Published 14 Feb 2022, 13:34 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 3794362 DoF - Provision of Internal Audit Services

Official notice

Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableMax 2 lots to bid
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£1,000,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 16 Mar 2022awarded 23 May 2022
Awarded to Azets Audit Services Limited +4 more2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Contract will commence on 5 June 2022. The GIAFIS requires Contractors to provide internal auditors for an agreed number of days to carry out risk-based Internal Audit assignments as agreed within the Internal Audit Strategies and Internal Audit Plans. These days/assignments will cover a range of different systems and areas across the NICS including governance, finance, policy development and implementation, project management, grant funding and ICT systems in various locations throughout Northern Ireland. The Contract will be divided into two lots:

  • Lot 1 – General Internal Audit Services
  • Lot 2 – ICT Internal Audit Services

CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Corporate governance rating services · Financial auditing services · Fraud audit services · Internal audit services · Statutory audit services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£1,000,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1General Internal Audit ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£800,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Contract shall take effect on 5 June 2022 and shall continue until the end of the Contract Period 4 June 2023.There will be two extension periods to the Contract for any period up to and including 12 Months · The Contract shall take effect on 5 June 2022 and shall continue until the end of the Contract Period (4 June 2023). There will be two extension periods to the Contract for any period up to and including 12 MonthsVariant bids: not allowed
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security79200000 Accounting, auditing and fiscal services79210000 Accounting and auditing services79212100 Financial auditing services79212110 Corporate governance rating services79212200 Internal audit services
Lot #2ICT Internal Audit ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£200,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Contract shall take effect on 5 June 2022 and shall continue until the end of the Contract Period 4 June 2023.There will be two extension periods to the Contract for any period up to and including 12 Months · The Contract shall take effect on 5 June 2022 and shall continue until the end of the Contract Period (4 June 2023). There will be two extension periods to the Contract for any period up to and including 12 MonthsVariant bids: not allowed
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security79200000 Accounting, auditing and fiscal services79210000 Accounting and auditing services79212100 Financial auditing services79212110 Corporate governance rating services79212200 Internal 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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 20%Price: 80%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • AC1 Contract Management: 20%
  • AC2 Daily Rate: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • AC1 Contract Management: 20
  • AC2 Daily Rate: 80
Conditions of participation3
  • Economic & financial standing

    as per tender documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    as per tender documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    as per tender documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 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 · 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 Feb 2022, 13:34 GMT
Last source update
23 May 2022, 14:18 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Mar 2022 – …
Authority reference
ID 3794362
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-013840
Classification (CPV)
Accounting and auditing servicesAccounting, auditing and fiscal servicesAuditing servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityCorporate governance rating servicesFinancial auditing servicesFraud audit servicesInternal audit servicesStatutory audit services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0316c5 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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 contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. 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 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 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
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
16 Mar 2022, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
16 Mar 2022, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

16 Mar 2022 → 14 Jun 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Mar 2022, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    16 Mar 2022, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    23 May 2022, 14:18 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    14 Jun 2022, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 May 2022, 14:18 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £260,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 104 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 23 May 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · General Internal Audit Services1 award
Azets Audit Services Limited, Deloitte - Main Account MCS/LLP, NOT JUST GOVERNANCESME, Sumer Accountants NI LtdSME, TIAA LtdSMEjoint award£160,000 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · ICT Internal Audit Services1 award
Azets Audit Services Limited, TIAA LtdSMEjoint award£100,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · General Internal Audit Services5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad3——
2 · ICT Internal Audit Services5bids · 5 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Finance

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 303 Airport Road West, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9EDContact 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

5 commercial parties on the notice
  • ASM B LTDAwarded supplier Glendinning House, BELFAST, UK, BT1 6DNContact email, phone
  • AZETS HOLDINGS LIMITEDAwarded supplier CHURCHILL HOUSE, 59 LICHFIELD STREET, Cardiff, UK, WS4 2BXContact email, phone
  • Deloitte - Main Account MCS/LLPAwarded supplier Hill House, LONDON, UK, EC4A 3JRContact email, phone
  • NOT JUST GOVERNANCEAwarded supplier 27 Cardigan Drive, BELFAST, UK, BT14 6LXContact email, phone
  • TIAA LIMITEDAwarded supplier Unit 53-55 Gosport Business Centre, LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT, UK, PO13 0FQContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.