External Audit Services for Kingston University
Provision of external audit services for a period of 3 years commencing from the 2014/15 financial year.
United Kingdom-Kingston upon Thames: Auditing services
2014/S 201-355272
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Kingston University
40-46 Surbiton Road
KT1 2HX Kingston upon Thames
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/kingstonuniversity
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
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 9: Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Kingston University.
NUTS code UKI22
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79212000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 210 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Proven experience as outlined within Section 4 (Part C) of the PQQ document.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision: Qualifications required for external auditors of HE corporations as set out in para 59(b) of Schedule 8 of the Further and Higher Education Act (1992) and the Companies Act 1985.
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The highest scoring PQQ submissions based on the criteria and weightings set out within the PQQ document.
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
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
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Kingston University
40-46 Surbiton Road
KT1 2HX Kingston upon Thames
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: a.glover@kingston.ac.uk
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/kingstonuniversity
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Kingston University
40-46 Surbiton Road
KT1 2HX Kingston upon Thames
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: a.glover@kingston.ac.uk
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/kingstonuniversity
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Kingston University
40-46 Surbiton Road
KT1 2HX Kingston upon Thames
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: a.glover@kingston.ac.uk
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/kingstonuniversity
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: