Find a TenderAwarded
Published 9 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

06723149 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Essex Cares Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£300,000≈ £60k / year22.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 11 Nov 2024awarded 12 Dec 2024
Awarded to Haysmac LLP
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Jan 2030 · starts 1 Jan 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

For the provision to conduct the audit services for the Essex Cares Limited group and its three subsidiaries (two of which are not utilised at trading entities but attract actuarial pension movements). The same entities require the evaluation and calculation of Corporate Tax Assessments and subsequent tax returns as well as Financial Statement production of all applicable entities.

CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Auditing services · Statutory audit services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #13.1Awarded 5 yrsPublished value£350,000

3.1. The scope of the opportunity is for the successful bidder to conduct the audit services for the Essex Cares Limited group and its three subsidiaries (two of which are not utilised at trading entities but attract actuarial pension movements). The same entities require the evaluation and calculation of Corporate Tax Assessments and subsequent tax returns as well as Financial Statement production of all applicable entities.

All the financial transactions of: Essex Cares Limited and its subsidiaries, ECL Trading Limited, Essex Community Support Limited, and Essex Employment & Inclusion Limited

Contract period: 1 Jan 2025 – 1 Jan 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: East of England · Seax House Victoria Road South Chelmsford
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
i

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: 50Price: 150
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 50
  • Price: 50
  • price: 100
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: 50
  • Price: 50
  • Price: 100
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 150 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 15 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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
9 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
Last source update
30 Dec 2024, 15:01 GMT
Award evaluation window
11 Nov 2024 – …
Authority reference
0061
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041603
Classification (CPV)
Accounting and auditing servicesAuditing servicesStatutory audit services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a732 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://eoecph.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗

Submission deadline
11 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
11 Nov 2024, 12:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Nov 2024 → 1 Jan 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    11 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    11 Nov 2024, 12:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    30 Dec 2024, 15:01 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jan 2025

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Dec 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Dec 2024, 15:01 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    30 Dec 2024, 15:01 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £233,7501 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 42 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Dec 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Haysmac LLPProvision to supply External Audit Services——Awarded

Contracts

  • Provision to supply External Audit Services · Haysmac LLP

    Signed
    12 Dec 2024
    Value
    £233,750
    Period
    … – 1 Jan 2030
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

ECL The Care & Wellbeing Company

Contracting authorityPublic bodyRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 06723149 Seax House, Victoria House South, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Essex Cares Limited (ECL) The Care & Wellbeing CompanyContracting authorityRegional or local authorityGeneral public services06723149 Chelmsford, East of EnglandContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Court of JusticeReview body London
  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Haysmacintyre LLPAwarded supplierOC423459 10 Queen Street Place, London, London, EC4R 1AGContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.