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Published 12 May 2023, 14:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ID 4833213 - DFC - NMNI Internal Audit

Official notice

Authority: National Museums Northern Ireland·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£162,500exc. VAT56.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 20 Jun 2023awarded 28 Jul 2023
Awarded to ERNST YOUNG LLP

What is being bought

Published requirement description

National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland, operating as National Museums NI wishes to appoint a single, suitably qualified and experienced contractor to undertake the following:

  • Provision of Internal Audit Services
  • Nomination of a fully qualified individual who will fulfil the role of Head of Internal Audit (HIA) National Museums NI is a non-departmental public body accountable to the Northern Ireland Assembly through the Department for Communities and have a public duty to meet the highest standards of Corporate Governance. Number of Audit Days required per annum: National Museums NI requires 65 days of Internal Audit per annum. It is envisaged this will be made up of 50 days of internal audit and 15 days for Agreed Upon Procedures (AUP) although flexibility will be required on this split to meet business demands. These figures are approximate based on previous internal audit contracts, there is no guarantee of work under this contract. If there is a requirement for any additional/ad hoc work the daily rates as tendered will apply.

CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Fraud audit services · Internal audit services · Statutory audit services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£162,500
Extensions: This contract is for an initial period of 3 years. National Museums NI may offer three additional extension options at the end of the initial three year term each option will be for a period of one year. · Three periods of 12 months.Variant 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: 49.8%Price: 40%Social value: 10.2%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • AC1 - Head of Internal Audit Experience: 14.4%
  • AC2 - Staff Assigned to Perform the Contract Experience: 10.2%
  • AC3 - Proposed Methodology: 19.2%
  • AC4 - Proposed Contract Management: 6%
  • AC6 - Daily Rate: 40%
  • AC5 - Social Value: 10.2%
Published award criteria (6)
  • AC1 - Head of Internal Audit Experience: 14.4
  • AC2 - Staff Assigned to Perform the Contract Experience: 10.2
  • AC3 - Proposed Methodology: 19.2
  • AC4 - Proposed Contract Management: 6
  • AC5 - Social Value: 10.2
  • AC6 - Daily Rate: 40
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 · publisher note attached
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
12 May 2023, 14:37 BST
Last source update
31 Jul 2023, 14:06 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Jun 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-022178
Classification (CPV)
Accounting and auditing servicesAccounting, auditing and fiscal servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityFraud audit servicesInternal audit servicesStatutory audit services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c861 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. instead, any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

Publisher note: The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and 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 Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also 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.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
20 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Jun 2023, 15:30 BST

Timeline

20 Jun 2023 → 18 Sept 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    20 Jun 2023, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    31 Jul 2023, 14:06 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    18 Sept 2023, 23:59 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Jul 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 Jul 2023, 14:06 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    31 Jul 2023, 14:06 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £255,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Jul 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ERNST YOUNG LLPContract£255,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

National Museums Northern Ireland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 153 Bangor Road, Cultra, Holywood, UK, BT18 0EUContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any such bodiesReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ERNST YOUNG LLPAwarded supplier 1 More Place, LONDON, UK, SE1 7EUContact 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