External Audit Services Glasgow

Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited wishes to engage an external audit provider for services to Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) and Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd and Dundee Airport Ltd & Airport Management Services Ltd (AMSL) (the Companies).

United Kingdom-Port Glasgow: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services

2013/S 225-392106

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Municipal Buildings, Fore Street
Contact point(s): Procurement
For the attention of: Julia Kerr
PA14 5EQ Port Glasgow
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1475749938
E-mail: julia.kerr@cmassets.co.uk
Fax: +44 1475745109

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://.www.cmassets.co.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA12082

Electronic access to information: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Other: Transport

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd

CMAL

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

CMAL0015 External Audit Services.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 9: Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Port Glasgow, Dundee and Inverness.
NUTS code UKM

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT: 220 000 GBP

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

CMAL0015. Period 17.2.2014 to 16.2.2016 with the option to extend for a period of up to 2 years on an annual basis.
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited wishes to engage an external audit provider for services to Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) and Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd and Dundee Airport Ltd & Airport Management Services Ltd (AMSL) (the Companies).
Queries must be submitted via the Public Contracts Scotland portal.
Queries received through any other channel will not be answered. Should users of Public Contracts Scotland have any problems with the web site they should contact website Support Desk, contact details can be found by following the ‘Contact Us’ option on the left hand menu at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/default.aspx

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.
To create an electronic response go to the following link http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/supplier/postbox/ResponseWorkspace.aspx

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=284340

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79200000, 79212100, 79211200

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Starting 17.2.2014. Completion 16.2.2016

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

See tender documents.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Joint and Several Liability.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: See Prequalification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender Documents.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
(3) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
See PQQ and ITT documents

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
See PQQ and ITT documents
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See PQQ

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below

1. Price. Weighting 40

2. Quality: as demonstrated in the Method Statement response outlining the approach and resources to be allocated. Weighting 30

3. Ability to meet Service Requirements: as demonstrated in the responses to the Scope of Requirements and Service Expectations. Weighting 30

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

CMAL0015

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

6.1.2014 – 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

until: 17.2.2014

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 6.1.2014 – 12:00
Place:

CMAL Ltd Port Glasgow

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

Submissions can be created and submitted up to the stated tender deadline. Once the deadline has passed submissions can neither be created nor submitted. It is not advisable for Suppliers to wait until the last moment before creating and dispatching a response in case of any last minute problems. Please note large files should be uploaded as early as possible to ensure transfer before deadline. If a Supplier is having problems uploading to the PCS site, then CMAL must be informed well in advance and depending upon the merit of the case, CMAL may arrange for the tender to remain open on the PCS system for a short period after the deadline time stated. System problems do not fall under CMAL’S remit and should be referred to PCS. Suppliers may upload more than one submission if size of submission is an issue. Suppliers are limited to 10Mb per file and 30Mb in total per submission. So for example if a supplier has 90Mb to upload then could do it in 3 submissions and provided the supplier relates the submission together, for example it is 1 of 3 etc. then we will add the submissions together at opening. If suppliers have any problems with upload please contact the PCS Helpdesk.
Postbox Security: Postbox submissions cannot be accessed by anyone, including Millstream, (the provider of the Public Contracts Scotland system) until the deadline.
All information submitted to CMAL may need to be disclosed and/or published by CMAL in compliance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act, 2002 (FoISA). Even where you have indicated that information is commercially sensitive, CMAL may disclose this information where it sees fit, so that CMAL’s statutory observations are met. Receipt by CMAL of any material marked ‘confidential’ or equivalent should not be taken to mean that CMAL accepts any duty of confidence by virtue of that marking.
(SC Ref:284340).

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

18.11.2013