Official UK procurement notice
INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICE · Staffordshire County Council for Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council (Oct 2023)
Authority: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAnnual Audit Plan – The successful service provider will work with the Council to establish an annual audit plan in advance of the new audit year, the successful service provider will be required to:
> Carry out risk based reviews to inform the plan, including discussions with senior officers at the Council;
> Produce realistic, flexible and responsive audit plan that provides proportionate coverage to inform an annual opinion;
> Monitor and report performance against the plan to the Council’s Audit and Standards Committee.
- Recurrence: October 2027
CPV: Auditing services · Internal audit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Annual Audit Plan – The successful service provider will work with the Council to…AwardedRenewal
Annual Audit Plan – The successful service provider will work with the Council to establish an annual audit plan in advance of the new audit year and upon approval deliver the plan interfacing with all relevant stakeholders on outcomes and recommendations.
Further details of the Council's requirements can be found in the supportive tenders documents. Additional information: The service requirements cover all types of non-benefit and corporate fraud. As a minimum, the following fraud risk areas are included:
> Council tax discount schemes;
> Tenancy fraud;
> Homelessness / Housing Needs / Right to Buy;
> Business Rates;
> Procurement;
> Insurance;
> Social Care payments;
> Blue Badges;
> Internal / Employee frauds.
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 (6)
- Delivery Method Statement: 50
- Team responsible for delivering the service: 20
- Experience of the drafting implementation and delivering of External Quality Assessments: 10
- Experience in having drafted, developed and implemented Audit Charter(s): 10
- References: 10
- price: 50
Published award criteria (6)
- Delivery Method Statement: 50
- Team responsible for delivering the service: 20
- Experience of the drafting implementation and delivering of External Quality Assessments: 10
- Experience in having drafted, developed and implemented Audit Charter(s): 10
- References: 10
- Price: 50
- Price carries 50 of 150 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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 · October 2027
- First published
- 24 Oct 2023, 12:15 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2024, 13:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Dec 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-012169- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040e88Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (MT Ref:231774)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.mytenders.co.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 5 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 6 Dec 2023, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
5 Dec 2023 → 15 Apr 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline5 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened6 Dec 2023, 10:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until1 Apr 2024, 23:59 BST
- Notice published15 Apr 2024, 13:41 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete15 Apr 2024, 13:41 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire County Council | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 012169-2024-1 · Staffordshire County Council
- Signed
- 5 Mar 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Audit Plan – The successful service provider will work with the Council to… | 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 0 | — | £109,250 – £151,890 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £109,250 – £151,890 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Staffordshire County CouncilAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.