Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
National Museums Northern Ireland
153 Bangor Road, Cultra
Holywood
BT18 0EU
UK
E-mail: ssd.admin.cpd@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.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Reference number: ID 4833213
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.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
162 500.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
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
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Head of internal Audit Experience
/ Weighting: 14.4
Quality criterion: Staff Assigned to perform the contract experience
/ Weighting: 10.2
Quality criterion: Proposed Methodology
/ Weighting: 19.2
Quality criterion: Proposed contract management
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10.2
Cost criterion: Daily Rate
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
162 500.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 72
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Three periods of 12 months.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
20/06/2023
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
18/09/2023
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
20/06/2023
Local time: 15:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be. regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy.
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:
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into..
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/05/2023