Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Connected Places Catapult
3rd Floor The Pinnacle, 170 Midsummer Boulevard
Milton Keynes
MK9 1BP
UK
Contact person: Mr Nathan Whittaker
Telephone: +44 1908359999
E-mail: procurement@cp.catapult.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://cp.catapult.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://cp.catapult.org.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Partially publicly funded through another contracting authority
I.5) Main activity
Other: Innovation and technology
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of External Audit Services
Reference number: DN445336
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Ancontract for the provision of external audit services for Connected Places Catapult.
The contract covers:
— statutory audit of each of the 6 entities in the group;
— preparation of statutory company financial statements for 5 companies and one set of consolidated accounts for the group;
— corporation tax returns for the group;
— UKRI grant audits — approximately 16 per annum — H2020 grant audits — approximately 1 per annum; and
— ad-hoc advice as may be necessary from time-to-time.
The contract for services will be for a maximum 5-year period consisting of an initial term of 3 years and 2 optional extensions of 12 months each.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
430 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Ancontract for the provision of external audit services for Connected Places Catapult.
The contract covers:
— statutory audit of each of the 6 entities in the group;
— preparation of statutory company financial statements for 5 companies and one set of consolidated accounts for the group;
— corporation tax returns for the group;
— UKRI grant audits — approximately 16 per annum — H2020 grant audits — approximately 1 per annum; and
— ad-hoc advice as may be necessary from time-to-time.
The contract for services will be for a maximum 5-year period consisting of an initial term of 3 years and 2 optional extensions of 12 months each.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
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:
2019/S 215-527923
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 1
Title: Provision of External Audit Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13/01/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Crowe U.K. LLP
OC307043
St Brides House, 10 Salisbury Square
London
EC4Y 8EH
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 430 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Connected Places Catapult
3rd Floor, The Pinnacle 170 Midsummer Blvd
Milton Keynes
MK9 1BP
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/02/2020