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Provision of statutory external financial audit services to central government and arms length bodies in Northern Ireland

Accounting
auditing and fiscal services
Auditing services
+1 more
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Published value
£5,000,000
Submission deadline 5 May 2023, 16:00 BST
Lots published11
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Northern Ireland Audit Office: "Provision of statutory external financial audit services to central government and arms length bodies in Northern Ireland". Published status: active. Published value: £5,000,000. 11 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 5 May 2023, 16:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNorthern Ireland Audit OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
5 May 2023, 16:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£5,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Northern Ireland Audit Office
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Published history for Northern Ireland Audit Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
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Coverage: 0 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNorthern Ireland Audit Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published5 Apr 2023, 16:41 BST
Last source update5 Apr 2023, 16:41 BST
Recurring procurementNo
ClassificationAccounting, auditing and fiscal services, Auditing services, Statutory audit services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03bcfa
What is being bought
Provision of statutory external financial audit services to central government and arms length bodies in Northern Ireland.The Comptroller and Auditor General is an Officer of the Northern Ireland Assembly. She is supported in the delivery of her functions by the Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO). Her work includes financial and value for money audits of a range of public bodies in Northern Ireland. The NIAO contracts out roughly 30% of its financial audit work to the private sector.Please submit your tender in accordance with the instructions in the ITT. Please note that there are 11 lots as detailed within the ITT documents.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £5,000,000
    5 Apr 2023, 16:41 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    5 Apr 2023, 16:41 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    5 Apr 2023, 16:41 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 5 May 2023, 16:00 BST
    5 Apr 2023, 16:41 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    5 Apr 2023, 16:41 BST
Lots and requirements (11)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #Lot 1 – Central Government, Local Government and Health Sector
    Lot 1
    active
    Published value£404,550
    The lot comprises 6 Central Government public bodies with 6 accounts.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #Lot 10 – Pensions
    Lot 10
    active
    Published value£709,400
    The lot comprises 5 public bodies with 6 accounts.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #Lot 11 – IT Audit
    Lot 11
    active
    Published value£657,100
    The Lot comprises 2 public bodies and 2 IT Audits.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #Lot 2 – Central Government, Local Government and Health Sector
    Lot 2
    active
    Published value£404,550
    The lot comprises 5 Central Government public bodies with 5 accounts.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 5 · #Lot 3 – Central Government, Local Government and Health Sector
    Lot 3
    active
    Published value£380,250
    The lot comprises 2 Central Government public bodies with 2 accounts.Note that the Courts Funds Office which produces the Funds in Court financial statements is a business unit of the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Services (NICTS).
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 6 · #Lot 4 – Central Government, Local Government and Health Sector
    Lot 4
    active
    Published value£382,150
    The lot comprises 6 Central Government public bodies with 6 accounts.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 7 · #Lot 5 – Central Government, Local Government and Health Sector
    Lot 5
    active
    Published value£479,350
    The lot comprises 2 local government public bodies with 2 accounts.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 8 · #Lot 6 – Central Government, Local Government and Health Sector
    Lot 6
    active
    Published value£460,200
    The lot comprises 2 local government public bodies with 2 accounts.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 9 · #Lot 7 – Health Service
    Lot 7
    active
    Published value£272,850
    The lot comprises 4 Health and Social Care public bodies with 4 accounts.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 10 · #Lot 8 – Health Sector
    Lot 8
    active
    Published value£537,400
    The lot comprises 3 Health and Social Care public bodies with 6 accounts.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 11 · #Lot 9 – Pensions
    Lot 9
    active
    Published value£314,800
    The lot comprises 2 public bodies and 2 Pension Audits + a Review of Public Sector Pension Scheme Actuaries.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    5 Apr 2023, 16:41 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    5 May 2023, 16:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Northern Ireland Audit Office

Contracting authority GB-FTS-3982
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Planning and rationale
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