Provide Internal Audit Services to University of Lincoln
Development and delivery of both; an internal audit strategy and/or methodologies; plus, an internal audit plan.
United Kingdom-Lincoln: Internal audit services
2016/S 045-074240
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Contact point(s): Procurement, Finance, The tender documentation is to be downloaded from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lincoln/aspx/Home
For the attention of: Sarah Davey
LN6 7TS Lincoln
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1522886183
E-mail: sdavey@lincoln.ac.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.lincoln.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lincoln/aspx/Home
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: Lincoln.
NUTS code UKF30
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)
— Development and delivery of both; an internal audit strategy and/or methodologies; plus, an internal audit plan.
— Advice on governance, risk management and internal control
— Recommendations on optimising value for money outcomes
— Incorporate proactive knowledge sharing and best practice from the HE sector
— Benchmarking and Quality Assurance of Internal Audit performance
The University is currently developing its Strategic Plan for 2016-2021 and is holding a briefing session on the 8.3.2016. The briefing session will provide an overview of our current aims and objectives. It will also provide an opportunity for suppliers to ask questions regarding our strategic direction and the provision of this service. Please note, this is not mandatory within the process. All notes taken by the University, will be circulated to all suppliers following the event.
For further information and to book a place at the briefing session please contact Sarah Davey — sdavey@lincoln.ac.uk
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79212200
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:
Range: between 200 000 and 400 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
Description of these options: The Contract will run for a period of 1 year commencing 1.8.2016. There will be an option for the University to extend the Contract by a period of 3 further years until 31.7.2020.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)
II.2.3)Information about renewals
Number of possible renewals: 1
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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: Any conditions relating to environmental and social requirements of the contracting authority are set out in the Invitation to Tender.
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: Minimum standards are set out in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) which can be obtained from the electronic tendering portal address in section I.1).
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Minimum standards are set out in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) which can be obtained from the electronic tendering portal address in section I.1).
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Minimum standards are set out in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) which can be obtained from the electronic tendering portal address in section I.1).
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
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
Prior information notice
Notice number in the OJEU: 2016/S 039-063778 of 25.2.2016
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
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
The information and/or documents for this opportunity are only available by visiting the e-tendering portal referred to in I.1) of this notice and accessing the Tenders tab and clicking on current. If you have not already done so, you will need to register on this site to access the Invitation to Tender and associated documentation.
If you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing user-name and password. If you have any questions on how to use this website please contact the In-Tend Support Team via support@in-tend.com or call them on +44 8455578079 or +44 1144070065.
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
This notification will provide the information that tenderers are legally entitled to regarding the award decision. The standstill period provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide 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: