External Assurance Services/OPEN/PRO/2021 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South East (UKJ12)

Published estimate£1,000,000exc. VAT · 1 value update

Submissions closed 9 Sept 2021

Next notice expected 8 Jul 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Open University is seeking bids for the Provision of External Assurance Services as follows:-An independent review of the financial and operational case for the reset of its Core Systems Replacement (CSR) programme; and The provision of independent assurance on the scope and quality of the CSR and Associate Lecturer Contract Change (ALC) Programme’s reporting.Supporting services where required. Further details are contained in the Specification in the tender pack.

CPV: Auditing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1The Open University is seeking bids for the Provision of External Assurance Services…RenewalPublished value£1,000,000

The Open University is seeking bids for the Provision of External Assurance Services as follows:An independent review of the financial and operational case for the reset of its Core Systems Replacement programme andThe Provision of independent assurance on the scope and quality of the CSR and Associate Lecturer Contract Change (ALC) Programme's reporting.Supporting services where required. Further details are contained in the Specification in the tender documentation pack.

Delivery: South East · Milton Keynes

Extensions: The contract is for an initial period of 2 years and may be extended by the OU for a total of two further 1 year periods to a total of 4 years at its discretion.Additional supporting audit services offered by the supplier may be purchased as part of this contract. Any additional purchasing relating to this contract will be made with the successful supplier under this contract to ensure consistency and continuation of supplier support. There is no restriction on the spend value of additional purchases as this will be governed by the OU's available budget. · The contract is for an initial period of 2 years and may be extended by the OU for 2 x 12 month periods to a total of 4 years at its discretion.The value of the contract is for the total initial period and all potential extension periods.Variant bids: not allowed

79212000 Auditing services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Closed
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 8 Jul 2021, 17:53 BST
Last source update: 19 Aug 2021, 14:57 BST
Award evaluation window: 9 Sept 2021 – …
Authority reference: OUPA10680
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-020343
Classification (CPV): Auditing services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ12)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02c5d8 Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Suppliers are requested to respond to this PIN via The Open University’s e-tendering website, In-Tend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/openuniversitySuppliers should complete and return a Request for Information Response Document. The OU is offering one-to-one briefing sessions to suppliers on a first come, first served basis. The purpose of the briefing session is to provide further context to our requirement and for suppliers to ask questions prior to providing the information requested.The briefing sessions will be held w/c 19th July 2021 and further correspondence via the In-Tend function will confirm a time-slot. The sessions will be held via Microsoft Teams.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: 9 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 9 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST

Timeline

8 Jul 2021 → 9 Sept 2021 · 4 dates

Next notice expected
8 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
Notice published
19 Aug 2021, 14:57 BST
Submission deadline
9 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
9 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Aug 2021

Published value published: £1,000,000
19 Aug 2021, 14:57 BST
Status changed to active
19 Aug 2021, 14:57 BST
Procurement method changed
19 Aug 2021, 14:57 BST
Deadline published: 9 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
19 Aug 2021, 14:57 BST
Buyer details updated
19 Aug 2021, 14:57 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

The Open University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation RC000391 Procurement Services, Walton Hall,, Milton Keynes, South East, MK7 6BPContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria