Audit Services Tender for House of Parliament
Tender for the Provision of Audit Services as specified in the Statement of Requirements. The Framework will be split into 2 Lots.
United Kingdom-London: Auditing services
2018/S 143-327180
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
1st Floor, 7 Millbank
London
SW1P 3JA
United Kingdom
Contact person: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home
Telephone: +44 2072191600
E-mail: ppcs@parliament.uk
NUTS code: UKI32
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
FWK1118 — Provision of Audit Services
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (“the Authority”) acting jointly, invite suppliers to submit a tender for the Provision of Audit Services as specified in the Statement of Requirements. The Framework will be split into 2 Lots. Lot 1 will be for General Audit Services. Lot 2 will be Audit Services for Capital Projects. Lot 1 will be managed by the Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management in the House of Commons. Suppliers made bid for Lot 1 or Lot 2 or both Lots. The value of the framework is non committal.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.1)Title:
Lot 1: General Audit Services
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Lot 1: The House of Commons Administration has an Internal Audit Services. The requirement is for the provision of specialist audit services, but also in the support and development of the Internal Audit Service in line with the House’s overall objective for services to be a model of good practice and innovation. The support is envisaged to be broken down into the following elements: Specialist ICT audit services Counter Fraud Services Provision of “consulting” services.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
II.2.1)Title:
Lot 2 Capital Project Audit Services
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Lot 2 will be for Audit Services for Capital Projects and Programmes. The Authority has a requirement for the provision of external support to the in-house Internal Audit Service by undertaking specialist capital project and other works related audit reviews. The requirement is for the provision of specialist audit services to provide assurance on capital projects and programmes and other works related activities and operations within Parliament.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
This framework will be a maximum of 4 years.
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information:
The ITT documents will be accessible at the Houses of Parliament’s e-procurement portal: http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk
Tender submissions must be uploaded to the e-procurement portal; electronic responses submitted via e-mail are not acceptable. To access these documents select the tender reference FWK1118 in the “current tenders” list, click on the “view tender details” and express interest by clicking on the button provided. You will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have previously registered with In-Tend, please follow the link shown which will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents. If you have registered and forgotten your username and password, click on the “forgotten password” link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure and do not pass it to any third parties. If you are experiencing problems, please contact the PPCS Business Support team via email: ppcs@parliament.uk or call +44 (0)207 219 1600 for further assistance. You are advised to allow sufficient time when responding to this ITT, and for the full uploading of documents, prior to the closing date of 12:00 noon UK time on 23.8.2018. Late tenders will not be accepted. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application such as WinZip or WinRAR.
VI.4.1)Review body
1st Floor, 7 Millbank
SW1P 3JA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2072191600
E-mail: ppcs@parliament.ukInternet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home
VI.4.3)Review procedure
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
