Official UK procurement notice
ID 5606838 DAERA - AFBI - Provision of Internal Audit Service
Authority: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDAERA - AFBI - Provision of Internal Audit Service
- Recurrence: This contract is recurrent every 5 Years
CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Financial auditing services · Internal audit services · Statutory audit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1DAERA - AFBI - Provision of Internal Audit ServiceAwardedRenewalPublished value£175,000
DAERA - AFBI - Provision of Internal Audit Service. Additional information: Contract ValueThe figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise and an Economic Operator shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified. in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.
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)
- Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
as per tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
as per tender documents
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 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
- Yes · This contract is recurrent every 5 Years
- First published
- 20 Feb 2025, 12:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Jun 2025, 11:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
ID 5606838- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030156- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e4dfFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Contract performance will be subject to the conditions specified in the contract and the. successful Supplier’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 the tender documentation. 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 can 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 three years from the date of issue..
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
27 Mar 2025 → 25 Jun 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline27 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened27 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published5 Jun 2025, 11:26 BST
- Bids must remain valid until25 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Jun 2025- Status changed to complete5 Jun 2025, 11:26 BST
- Buyer details updated5 Jun 2025, 11:26 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSM UK Risk Assurance Services LLPContract | £240,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · RSM UK Risk Assurance Services LLP
- Signed
- 4 Jun 2025
- Value
- £240,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Agri-Food and Biosciences InstituteContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RSM UK Risk Assurance Services LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.