Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Castle House, Barracks Road
Newcastle-under-Lyme
ST5 1BL
UK
Contact person: Sarah Wilkes
Telephone: +44 1782717717
E-mail: sarah.wilkes@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1782711032
NUTS: UKG23
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0592
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICE
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Annual Audit Plan – The successful service provider will work with the Council to establish an annual audit plan in advance of the new audit year, the successful service provider will be required to:
> Carry out risk based reviews to inform the plan, including discussions with senior officers at the Council;
> Produce realistic, flexible and responsive audit plan that provides proportionate coverage to inform an annual opinion;
> Monitor and report performance against the plan to the Council’s Audit and Standards Committee.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
109 250.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
151 890.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79212000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG23
Main site or place of performance:
Castle House, Barracks Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1BL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Annual Audit Plan – The successful service provider will work with the Council to establish an annual audit plan in advance of the new audit year and upon approval deliver the plan interfacing with all relevant stakeholders on outcomes and recommendations.
Further details of the Council's requirements can be found in the supportive tenders documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Delivery Method Statement
/ Weighting: 50
Quality criterion: Team responsible for delivering the service
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Experience of the drafting implementation and delivering of External Quality Assessments
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Experience in having drafted, developed and implemented Audit Charter(s)
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: References
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The service requirements cover all types of non-benefit and corporate fraud. As a minimum, the following fraud risk areas are included:
> Council tax discount schemes;
> Tenancy fraud;
> Homelessness / Housing Needs / Right to Buy;
> Business Rates;
> Procurement;
> Insurance;
> Social Care payments;
> Blue Badges;
> Internal / Employee frauds.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-031330
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/03/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Staffordshire County Council
Internal Audit Service - Finance, Staffordshire Place 1
Stafford
ST16 2DH
UK
Telephone: +44 01785276406
NUTS: UKG2
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
109 250.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
151 890.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(MT Ref:231774)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Service
Cabinet Office
London
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/04/2024