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Published 27 Jun 2024, 14:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of External Audit Services

Official notice

Authority: Gloucestershire County Council- (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£225,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 Jul 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Invitation to Tender is issued by Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) on behalf of Ubico Ltd via open procedure to seek a supplier for the Provision of External Audit Services.

The initial term of the contract will be for the period of 2 years. The initial term may be extended by a period or periods of up to 3 years. Total potential Contract term including extensions is 5 years.

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗

CPV: Auditing services · Financial auditing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This Invitation to Tender is issued by Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) on behalf…RenewalPublished value£225,000

This Invitation to Tender is issued by Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) on behalf of Ubico Ltd and are seeking a supplier for the Provision of External Audit Services.

On return of all tenders following tender return deadline, all submissions will initially be evaluated on a pass/fail basis and only tenderers who have passed this stage will their quality and price submission evaluated. Evaluation will be based on the below criteria

(1) Selection Questionnaire (SQ) - Pass/Fail

(2) Invitation to Tender (ITT) - Weighted Quality Questions and Price

After evaluation of the ITT submissions, the one tenderer who achieves the highest score in both quality and price will be awarded the contract.

Extensions: The initial term of the contract will be for the period of 2 years. The initial term may be extended by a period or periods of up to 3 years. Total potential Contract term including extensions is 5 years.Variant bids: not allowed

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Selection Questionnaire (SQ): Pass/Fail
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Full details of requirements are detailed in the published documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
27 Jun 2024, 14:41 BST
Last source update
27 Jun 2024, 14:41 BST
Award evaluation window
29 Jul 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN729997
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-019686
Classification (CPV)
Auditing servicesFinancial auditing services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)South West (UKK13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04730c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Full details of requirements are detailed in the published documents

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
29 Jul 2024, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
29 Jul 2024, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Jun 2024 → 29 Jul 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    27 Jun 2024, 14:41 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    29 Jul 2024, 17:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    29 Jul 2024, 17:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Gloucestershire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Shire Hall, Gloucester, South West, GL1 2THContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria