Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Sellafield Ltd
01002607
Hinton Huose
Risley
WA3 6GR
UK
Contact person: Gemma Cardilli
Telephone: +44 1925834220
E-mail: gemma.l.cardilli@sellafieldsites.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.sellafieldsites.com
Address of the buyer profile: https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/3510
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Nuclear Decommissioning
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Provision of Internal Audit Services
Reference number: 2000409970
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The provision of an Internal Audit service to provide independent, objective assurance and advisory services designed to evaluate internal controls, identify risks, add value and improve the organisation's operations. Also supporting the organisation to accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79212200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
Main site or place of performance:
Hinton House, Risley, Warrington.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The provision of an Internal Audit service to provide independent, objective assurance and advisory services designed to evaluate internal controls, identify risks, add value and improve the organisation's operations. Also supporting the organisation to accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Contract delivery
/ Weighting: 56 %
Quality criterion: Key personnel
/ Weighting: 21 %
Quality criterion: Health and safety
/ Weighting: 3 %
Price
/ Weighting:
20 %
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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2017/S 187-383102
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: The Provision of Internal Audit Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/05/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Deloitte LLP
OC 303675
2 New Street Square
London
EC4A 3BZ
UK
Telephone: +20 73030913
E-mail: salescoordinator@deloitte.co.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:
: 1 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The intention is to award a single supplier framework for a period of 3 year with an option to extend for a further 12 months.
The Framework will be offered to the highest scoring tenderer in the first instance however in the event that 2 or more tenderers receive the same total score, the winning Tenderer will be the 1 which scores the highest on Contract Delivery Criteria.
If the highest scoring tenderer choose not to accept the framework agreement, then it will be offered to the second ranked bidder, and so on.
Sellafield Ltd reserves the right to:
— cancel, clarify or vary the Procurement at any stage,
— not award any Framework Agreement,
— require a Tenderer to clarify its Tender in writing and/or provide additional information (and failure to respond adequately or by the deadline stipulated shall give Sellafield the right to reject a Tender), and/or
— amend the terms and conditions of the Procurement.
Cost and expenses:
All Tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and submission of their Tender and all future stages of the Procurement. Under no circumstances will Sellafield, or any of their advisers, be liable for any costs or expenses borne by the Tenderer or any of its Key Supply Chain Members or advisers in this Procurement.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
UK
Telephone: +44 1946781963
E-mail: stuart.a.wilson@sellafieldsites.com
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
London Court of International Arbitration
70 Fleet Street
London
EC14 1EU
UK
Telephone: +44 2079367008
E-mail: lcia@lcia.org
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Any appeals should be promptly brought to the attention of Gemma Cardilli of Sellafield Ltd at the address specified at Section 1 above and will be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Any appeals must be brought within the timescales set out in the Public contracts Regulation 2015. In accordance with the Requirements of Regulation 87 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Sellafield Ltd will incorporate a minimum of a ten (10) calendar days standstill period from the date of information, an intention for award of Contract is communicated to tenderers prior to concluding the award of any Framework Agreement pursuant to this Notice.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/05/2018