Internal and External Audit Contract
Contract for internal audit, external audit and tax advice.
United Kingdom-London: Auditing services
2014/S 202-357597
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Peabody
UK — England
45 Westminster Bridge Road
Contact point(s): Peabody
For the attention of: Jonathan Heyes
SE1 7JB London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2070214000
E-mail: tender.contracts@peabody.org.uk
Fax: +44 2070214011
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.peabody.org.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
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: London.
NUTS code UKI,UKI1,UKI2
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, 79222000, 79221000, 79212200, 79212300, 79212400, 90714000, 90714200
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Range: between 1 800 000 and 3 000 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Information about lots
Lot No: 1Lot title: Internal audit
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79212200, 79212400, 90714000, 90714200
3)Quantity or scope
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 900 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2Lot title: External Audit
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79212300
3)Quantity or scope
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 1 600 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 3Lot title: Tax Advice
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79222000, 79221000
3)Quantity or scope
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 300 000 and 500 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
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: The selected service provider may be required to offer a TUPE transfer to any qualifying staff currently engaged within the delivery of the services. The selected service provider will be required to demonstrate that all relevant employees engaged in service delivery on the contract(s) are qualified to an appropriate level with relevant certification bodies.
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: As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Respondents will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire consistent with the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: As a result of the recent acquisition of Gallions Housing Association and subsidiary companies, along with the recent change to accounting standards, Peabody Group has an urgent requirement to appoint service providers for Internal Audit, External Audit and Tax Advisory services. The situation outlined makes the usual Restricted Procedure time-scales impractical for reasons of urgency.
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: This will be set out within the pre-qualification questionnaire.
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.3.4)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
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 207947600
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 207947600
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
The Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
SW1A 2AS London
UNITED KINGDOM
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: