Official UK procurement notice
ID 4771087 - DoF - NIAO - Provision of External Audit Services
Authority: Department of Finance DoF·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Client is seeking to appoint a Contractor to provide an external audit service for the NIAO. The Contract shall cover the audit of the 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 Resource Accounts, with the option of extending annually to cover the 2026-27 and 2027-28 accounts. The Contract will also cover examinations of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the use of resources by NIAO in the same periods where required.
CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Internal audit services · Statutory audit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£150,000
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 (7)
- AC1 Audit Manager Experience: 14.4%
- AC2 Staff Assigned to Perform the Contract Experience: 16%
- AC3 Proposed Methodology Financial Audit: 16.8%
- AC4 Proposed Methodology VFM: 3%
- AC5 Proposed Contract Management including contingency arrangements: 6%
- Daily Rate: 40%
- AC6 Social Value: 10.2%
Published award criteria (7)
- AC1 Audit Manager Experience: 14.4
- AC2 Staff Assigned to Perform the Contract Experience: 16
- AC3 Proposed Methodology Financial Audit: 16.8
- AC4 Proposed Methodology VFM: 3
- AC5 Proposed Contract Management including contingency arrangements: 6
- AC6 Social Value: 10.2
- Daily Rate: 40
- Price carries 40 of 106.4 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- First published
- 16 Jun 2023, 14:59 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Sept 2023, 09:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Jul 2023 – …
- Authority reference
4771087- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027022- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d719Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- 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 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 framework was entered into.
Publisher note: The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and conditions of contract.. 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 this.. Contract may be terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on. the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender. submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 25 Jul 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
25 Jul 2023 → 23 Oct 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline25 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened25 Jul 2023, 15:30 BST
- Notice published13 Sept 2023, 09:34 BST
- Bids must remain valid until23 Oct 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Sept 2023, 09:34 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCC Chartered AccountantsSME | £89,755 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
ID 4771087 - DoF - NIAO - Provision of External Audit Services · SCC Chartered AccountantsSME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £89,755
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Northern Ireland Audit Office NIAOContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Any challenges are dealt with by the High Court Commercial Division to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts RegulationsReview body
- 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 amendedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SCC Chartered AccountantsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria