Internal Audit Tender Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (the Council) is seeking to engage a Contractor for the provision of Internal Audit services.
United Kingdom-Belfast: Auditing services
2016/S 120-213115
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
29 Clarendon Road
Belfast
BT1 3BG
United Kingdom
Contact person: Martin Hall
E-mail: martin.hall@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS code: UK
Internet address(es):Main address: http://ccea.org.uk
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
DE CCEA Internal Audit Provision.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (the Council) is seeking to engage a Contractor for the provision of Internal Audit services. The Contractor’s work will be used to support the Business Assurance Manager in delivering the assurance function and providing an independent and objective opinion to the Council on an annual basis on the effectiveness of its control environment. The Contractor shall use an established methodology in conducting audit assignments which complies with the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS).
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (the Council) is seeking to engage a Contractor for the provision of Internal Audit services. The Contractor’s work will be used to support the Business Assurance Manager in delivering the assurance function and providing an independent and objective opinion to the Council on an annual basis on the effectiveness of its control environment. The Contractor shall use an established methodology in conducting audit assignments which complies with the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS).
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
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
As per Tender documentation.
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
As per Tender documentation.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
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.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Only CPD Procurement Staff with access to the project on eTendersNI.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
3 Years.
VI.3)Additional information:
Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering. on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach. satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach. Satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs. and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave. professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions. Being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate. The Authority expressly reserves the rights:. (I) Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (II) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition; (III) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
VI.4.1)Review body
UK
United Kingdom
VI.4.3)Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where. appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is. communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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