Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
National Museums Northern Ireland
153 Bangor Road
Holywood
BT18 0EU
UK
E-mail: ssdadmin@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ID 4833213 - DFC - NMNI Internal Audit
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short 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.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
255 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79212300
79212400
79210000
79200000
79000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
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.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC1 - Head of Internal Audit Experience
/ Weighting: 14.4
Quality criterion: AC2 - Staff Assigned to Perform the Contract Experience
/ Weighting: 10.2
Quality criterion: AC3 - Proposed Methodology
/ Weighting: 19.2
Quality criterion: AC4 - Proposed Contract Management
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: AC5 - Social Value
/ Weighting: 10.2
Cost criterion: AC6 - Daily Rate
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
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.
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
Number of Audit Days required per annum: National Museums NIrequires 65 days of Internal Audit per annum. It is envisaged this will be made up of 50 daysof internal audit and 15 days for Agreed Upon Procedures AUP although flexibility will berequired on this split to meet business demands. These figures are approximate based onprevious internal audit contracts, there is no guarantee of work under this contract. If thereis a requirement for any additional/ad hoc work the daily rates as tendered will apply.
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 000-013621
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/07/2023
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: 1
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
ERNST YOUNG LLP
1 More Place
LONDON
SE1 7EU
UK
Telephone: +44 2890443572
E-mail: jkilliner@uk.ey.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 255 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
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).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/07/2023