External Audit Services for Nottingham Trent University
Provision of External Audit Services in accordance with best professional practice and the requirements of the HEFCE Audit Code of Practice.
United Kingdom-Nottingham: Auditing services
2014/S 198-350038
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Nottingham Trent University
2nd Floor Dryden Centre, c/o Burton Street
Contact point(s): Procurement Department
For the attention of: Mark Lucas
NG1 4BU Nottingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1158488747
E-mail: mark.lucas@ntu.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1158488770
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://www.ntu.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ntu
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: Nottingham Trent University Campuses.
NUTS code UKF14,UKF16
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 48
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded: Annually.
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79212000, 79212100, 90714300, 79212300, 79210000, 79200000
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:
II.2.2)Information about options
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
Description of particular conditions: See Tender Documentation.
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
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See Tender Documentation.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
See Tender Documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See Tender Documentation
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision: The qualifications required for external auditors of higher education corporations are set out in paragraph 18 5 of Schedule 7 of the Education Reform Act of 1988. For other HEIs the requirements are the same as under the Companies Acts. Auditors should be registered with one of the appropriate professional bodies and conform to that body’s standards.
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
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
Notice on a buyer profile
Notice number in the OJEU: 2010/S 155-239815 of 12.8.2010
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.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Place:
NTU Procurement Office.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes
Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: Nominated NTU Procurement Staff.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2018
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 SI 2006 No 5 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: