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Summary

OCID:: ocds-kuma6s-010514
Published by:: Wales Audit Office
Authority ID:: AA0519
Publication date:: 03 April 2015
Deadline date:: -
Notice type:: Contract Award Notice
Has documents:: No
Has SPD:: No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:: N/A

Abstract

The Wales Audit Office is looking for three to five providers to be appointed for contracts for the supply of financial audit and related services to support the Auditor General for Wales. The contracts will be split into three Lots covering the whole of Wales. Lot 1- single provider, predominantly covering North and West Wales Lot 2 - single provider, predominantly covering South and Mid Wales Lot 3 - two to three providers, covering the whole of Wales. Lots 1 and 2 include a mix of audits for a number of public sector organisations as determined by the Auditor General (which may include a mix of Unitary Authorities, Local Government Pension Funds, Fire Authorities, Central Government, Welsh Government sponsored bodies and National Health Service (NHS) bodies) to include financial audit and grants certification but with scope to cover the whole of Wales at the Authority's and the Auditor General's discretion. Lot 3 includes a mix of community and town council audits across Wales. All Lots also include an element of work across a range of other related services as required. CPV: 79212100, 79200000, 79210000.

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

Official Name: Wales Audit Office
Postal Address: 24 Cathedral Road,
Town: Cardiff	Postal Code: CF11 9LJ	Country: UK
For the attention of: Laurie Davies	Telephone: +44 02920320511
E-Mail: tenders@wao.gov.uk	Fax:
General Address of the contracting authority (URL) wao.gov.uk Address of the Buyers Profile (URL) http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0519

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

	Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
	National or federal agency/Office
	Regional or local Authority
	Regional or local Agency/Office
	Body governed by public law
	European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

	General public services
	Defence
	Public order and safety
	Environment
	Economic and financial affairs
	Health
	Housing and community amenities
	Social protection
	Recreation, culture and religion
	Education

Other (Please specify):

Audit Services

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Provision of Financial Audit and Related Services

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

Service category 9
In case of contract for service categories 17 to 27 (see Annex C), do you agree to the publication of this notice?

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Throughout Wales

NUTS Code UKL

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

The conclusion of a framework agreement

Contracts based on a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Wales Audit Office is looking for three to five providers to be appointed for contracts for the supply of financial audit and related services to support the Auditor General for Wales.

The contracts will be split into three Lots covering the whole of Wales.

Lot 1- single provider, predominantly covering North and West Wales

Lot 2 - single provider, predominantly covering South and Mid Wales

Lot 3 - two to three providers, covering the whole of Wales.

Lots 1 and 2 include a mix of audits for a number of public sector organisations as determined by the Auditor General (which may include a mix of Unitary Authorities, Local Government Pension Funds, Fire Authorities, Central Government, Welsh Government sponsored bodies and National Health Service (NHS) bodies) to include financial audit and grants certification but with scope to cover the whole of Wales at the Authority's and the Auditor General's discretion.

Lot 3 includes a mix of community and town council audits across Wales.

All Lots also include an element of work across a range of other related services as required.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

	Main vocabulary	Supplementary vocabulary (when applicable)
Main object	79212100
Additional objects

79200000

79210000

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Value: 5743000.00 Currency: GBP Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

Lowest Price

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of

	Criteria	Weighting
1	skills knowledge and experience	15
2	understanding nature and purpose of auditor general and audited bodies in Wales	15
3	Quality assurance and control	15
4	Working relationships and communication	15
5	Overall cost	40

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

10514

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Contract notice
Notice Number in OJ 2014/S 114-201090 of 17-06-2014

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Audit Services, Town and Community Councils

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

02-02-2015

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

Official Name: Grant Thornton Uk Llp
Postal Address: Grant Thornton House, Melton Street
Town: London	Postal Code: NW1 2EP	Country: UK
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

V.4)

Information on value of contract

Initial estimated total value of the contract: 703000.00 GBP excluding VAT

Total final value of the contract 295000.00 GBP excluding VAT

Annual or monthly value:3 Years

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

No
If yes, value or proportion of the contract likely to be subcontracted to third parties

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Audit Services, North and West Wales

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

02-02-2015

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

Official Name: Deloitte Llp
Postal Address: 2 New Street Square
Town: London	Postal Code: EC4A 3BZ	Country: UK
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

V.4)

Information on value of contract

Initial estimated total value of the contract: 2250000.00 GBP excluding VAT

Total final value of the contract 2250000.00 GBP excluding VAT

Annual or monthly value:

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

No
If yes, value or proportion of the contract likely to be subcontracted to third parties

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Audit Services, South and Mid Wales

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

02-02-2015

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

Official Name: Grant Thornton Uk Llp
Postal Address: Grant Thornton House, Melton Street
Town: London	Postal Code: NW1 2EP	Country: UK
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

V.4)

Information on value of contract

Initial estimated total value of the contract: 2790000.00 GBP excluding VAT

Total final value of the contract 2790000.00 GBP excluding VAT

Annual or monthly value:

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

No
If yes, value or proportion of the contract likely to be subcontracted to third parties

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Audit Services, Town and Community Councils

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

02-02-2015

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

Official Name: Bdo Llp
Postal Address: Bdo Llp, 55 Baker St
Town: London	Postal Code: W1U 7EU	Country: UK
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL): www.bdo.co.uk	Fax:

V.4)

Information on value of contract

Initial estimated total value of the contract: 703000.00 GBP excluding VAT

Total final value of the contract 408000.00 GBP excluding VAT

Annual or monthly value:

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

No
If yes, value or proportion of the contract likely to be subcontracted to third parties

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

No

If yes, indicate the project/programme and any useful reference

VI.2)

Additional Information

(WA Ref:24412)

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice

03-04-2015

SF 23

Coding

Commodity categories

ID	Title	Parent category
79210000	Accounting and auditing services	Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
79200000	Accounting, auditing and fiscal services	Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
79212100	Financial auditing services	Auditing services

Delivery locations

ID	Description
1017	Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
1022	Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
1015	Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
1013	Conwy and Denbighshire
1020	East Wales
1023	Flintshire and Wrexham
1016	Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
1012	Gwynedd
1011	Isle of Anglesey
1021	Monmouthshire and Newport
1024	Powys
1014	South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
1018	Swansea
1000	WALES
1010	West Wales and The Valleys

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID	Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

Document family

Notice details
JUN037665: Provision of Financial Audit and Related Services Publication date: 12 June 2014 Deadline date: 24 July 2014 00:00 Notice type: Contract Notice Authority name: Wales Audit Office
APR078749: Provision of Financial Audit and Related Services Publication date: 03 April 2015 Notice type: Contract Award Notice Authority name: Wales Audit Office

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Main contact:: tenders@wao.gov.uk
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Provision of Financial Audit and Related Services

Contents

Summary

Abstract

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)