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Published 7 Sept 2021, 16:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Specialist Audit Services Framework

Official notice

Authority: National Audit Office (Central government)

Framework agreement3 lotsServicesOpen procedureMax 3 lots per supplier
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: London (UKI)
Framework ceiling (notional)£6,170,000total for 3 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 15 Oct 2021awarded 25 Nov 2021
Lots 3max 3 won per supplier

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK’s independent public spending watchdog. We support Parliament in holding government to account and we help to improve public services through our high-quality audits. The NAO’s Specialist Audit Service Framework is a fundamental part of being able to carry out our purpose and achieve our objectives. We are looking for firms who we can work in partnership with to ensure the delivery of high-quality audits which support effective accountability and lead to better financial reporting and financial management by public bodies. Our contract is divided into 3 Lots

•Lot 1 – Pensions

•Lot 2 – Property

•Lots 3 – Digital Financial Audit

For more information on this framework please access www.delta-esourcing.com ↗

CPV: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
5 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 5 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · all with a published value · win at most 3 of them · evaluation weights differ by lot
Lot #1PensionsAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000

Pension

The provision of actuarial specialist advice and engagement to support the delivery of NAO audits across sectors over the 2021-22, 2022-23 2023-24 and 2024-25 audit cycles. Within this Lot, the supplier will be required to provide the following services:

Actuarial expert secondments

Direct support to NAO audits

Support to the NAO’s Pensions Centre of Expertise

Training and support to NAO audit teams

Learning and development for the NAO’s Pensions Centre of Expertise

Specialist skills Additional information: It is the NAO’s intention, subject to the requirement below, to award contracts for Lot 1 to three organisations, namely Deloitte LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and KPMG LLP.

Delivery: London · LONDON
Extensions: Consideration of Framework renewal shall be detailed within ITT Document, Suppliers are requested to refer to the published ITT document for further information.Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required
79200000 Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Lot #2PropertyAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,850,000

Property

The provision of actuarial specialist advice and engagement to support the delivery of NAO audits across sectors over the 2021-22, 2022-23 2023-24 and 2024-25 audit cycles. Within this Lot, the supplier will be required to provide the following services:

Training and support to NAO audit teams

Training for the NAO’s Property Centre of Expertise

Direct support to NAO audits

Support to the NAO’s Property Centre of Expertise

Specialist skills

Secondments Additional information: It is the NAO’s intention, subject to the requirement below, to award contracts for Lot 2 to three organisations, namely Deloitte LLP, Ernst & Young LLP and KPMG LLP.

Delivery: London · LONDON
Extensions: Consideration of Framework renewal shall be detailed within ITT Document, Suppliers are requested to refer to the published ITT document for further information.Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required
79200000 Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Lot #3Digital Financial AuditAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,320,000

The NAO combines the use of digital tools, techniques and expertise to support the Financial Audit Service Line in auditing risks arising from digital solutions relevant to financial reporting across government. This includes applying IT audit and data enabled techniques, evaluating and testing controls within and associated with information systems relevant to financial reporting and providing expert advice and support for other digital matters. We further combine the management, operation and support of our audit tools, such as our data ingestion and analysis solutions, audit management and documentation solutions into our Digital Financial Audit team. We are seeking suppliers capable of providing Digital Financial Audit skills to support the delivery of NAO audits over the 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 audit cycles. Within this Lot, the supplier will be required to provide the following services:

Direct support to NAO audits

Support to the NAO’s Digital Financial Audit Team

Training and support to NAO audit teams

Training for the NAO’s Digital Financial Audit team

Specialist skills

Secondments Additional information: It is the NAO’s intention, subject to the requirement below, to award contracts for Lot 3 to three organisations, namely Azets, Ernst & Young LLP and KPMG LLP.

Delivery: London · LONDON
Extensions: Consideration of Framework renewal shall be detailed within ITT Document, Suppliers are requested to refer to the published ITT document for further information.Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required
79200000 Accounting, auditing and fiscal services

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

Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.

LotQualityPriceSocial valueSplit
1 · Pensions50%40%10%
2 · Property50%40%10%
3 · Digital Financial Audit50%40%10%
Lot distribution rule: •Lot 1 – Pensions •Lot 2 – Property •Lots 3 – Digital Financial Audit
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to the procurement documents

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.
  • “Specialist Audit Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Sept 2021, 16:15 BST
Last source update
26 May 2022, 12:05 BST
Award evaluation window
15 Oct 2021 – …
Authority reference
GEN_21_29
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-014732
Classification (CPV)
Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02de0e Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed
Performance terms

Please refer to the procurement documents

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=646233612 GO Reference: GO-2022526-PRO-20205422

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Appointment period ends
15 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
15 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.delta-esourcing.com ↗

Timeline

15 Oct 2021 → 26 May 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    15 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    15 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 May 2022, 12:05 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 May 2022, 12:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 5admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 5busiest of 3 lots
Contracts signed 3latest 25 Nov 2021

3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Specialist Audit Services Framework

    Signed
    25 Nov 2021
    Value
    £1,491,600
    Status
    active

  • Specialist Audit Services Framework

    Signed
    25 Nov 2021
    Value
    £2,260,000
    Status
    active

  • Specialist Audit Services Framework

    Signed
    25 Nov 2021
    Value
    £3,220,500
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Pensions5bids———
2 · Property3bids · 3 electronic———
3 · Digital Financial Audit3bids · 3 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Audit Office

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawSpecialist Audit Services Framework 157-197 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, London, SW1W 9SPContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

9 commercial parties on the notice
  • AzetsFramework contractor10570584 Titanium 1, Glasgow, London
  • Deloitte LLPFramework contractorOC303675 1 New Street Square, London, London
  • Deloitte LLPFramework contractorOC303675 1 New Street Square, london, London
  • Ernst & Young LLPFramework contractorOC300001 1 More London Place, london, London
  • Ernst & Young LLPFramework contractorOC300001 1 More London Place, London, London
  • KPMG LLPFramework contractorOC301540 Queen Square, Bristol, London
  • KPMG LLPFramework contractorOC301540 One St Peter’s Square, manchester, London
  • KPMG LLPFramework contractorOC301540 1 Sovereign Square, Leeds, London
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPFramework contractorOC303525 1 Embankment Place, london, London

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