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Published 2 Sept 2021, 17:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

External Audit Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield Hallam University (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE32)
Published estimate£700,000exc. VAT10.5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 4 Oct 2021awarded 16 Nov 2021
Awarded to Grant Thornton UK LLP

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The appointment of auditors to provide External Audit Services; meeting the eligibility criteria for external auditors of higher education corporations as set out in paragraph 59(b) of Schedule 8 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

CPV: Auditing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The appointment of auditors to provide External Audit ServicesAwardedRenewal
Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Extensions: The term of appointment is three years with the option to extend for two further periods each of two years subject to satisfactory annual reviews of performance and costs. · two further extensions of two years each are available subject to satisfactory performance and price, providing a maximum contract duration of seven yearsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 40%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (10)
  • HE expertise: 10%
  • Implementation: 7.5%
  • Resources/timescales: 5%
  • Managing the audit process: 7.5%
  • Quality framework: 7.5%
  • Adding value: 2.5%
  • Communication: 7.5%
  • Changes in requirements: 2.5%
  • price: 40%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (10)
  • HE expertise: 10
  • Implementation: 7.5
  • Resources/timescales: 5
  • Managing the audit process: 7.5
  • Quality framework: 7.5
  • Adding value: 2.5
  • Communication: 7.5
  • Changes in requirements: 2.5
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    As defined in the Invitation to Tender documentation

  • Technical & professional ability

    As defined in the Invitation to Tender documentation

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
Yes
First published
2 Sept 2021, 17:59 BST
Last source update
16 Nov 2022, 19:56 GMT
Award evaluation window
4 Oct 2021 – …
Authority reference
2122-04-FIN-RD
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-032575
Classification (CPV)
Auditing services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02dc8f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As defined in the Invitation to Tender documentation

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
4 Oct 2021, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
4 Oct 2021, 11:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffieldhallamunive… ↗

Timeline

4 Oct 2021 → 16 Nov 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 Oct 2021, 11:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    4 Oct 2021, 11:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    16 Nov 2022, 19:56 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Nov 2022, 19:56 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £626,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Nov 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Grant Thornton UK LLP£626,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sheffield Hallam University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation City Campus,Howard Street, SHEFFIELD, Yorkshire & Humber, S11WBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sheffield Hallam University - legal servicesReview body Sheffield

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Grant Thornton LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: OC307742 30 Finsbury Square, London, Yorkshire & Humber, EC2A 1AG

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.