Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Connected Places Catapult
3rd Floor The Pinnacle, 170 Midsummer Boulevard
Milton Keynes
MK9 1BP
UK
Contact person: Nathan Whittaker
E-mail: Procurement-LDN@cp.catapult.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://cp.catapult.org.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://cp.catapult.org.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=da52360e-beff-e911-80fb-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=da52360e-beff-e911-80fb-005056b64545
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
Connected Places Catapult wishes to award a contract for the provision of external audit services for Connected Places Catapult.
The contract is to cover the following services:
— 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.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
350 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Connected Places Catapult wishes to award a contract for the provision of external audit services for Connected Places Catapult.
The contract is to cover the following services:
— 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
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
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.2.9) 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
II.2.14) Additional information
This contract will be for an initial period of 36 months with the option to extend for up to 2 further periods of 12 consecutive months, at the authority's discretion.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Bidders will be assessed on the basis of information provided in response to an invitation to tender (ITT).
This procurement will be managed electronically via the ProContract e-procurement Portal Due North. This will be the primary route for sharing information and communicating with bidders.
To participate bidders must first be registered on ProContract.
To register go to the URL: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register
Once registered on the ProContract portal, you will be able to express your interest in this procurement. Your registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.
Note: If you require additional users from your organisation to see the (ITT), do not repeat the above as this will create a new separate account; instead the registered user can add additional users to the existing account via your ProContract Profile.
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:
06/12/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
06/12/2019
Local time: 12:05
Place:
Electronically via web-based portal.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
To register interest in the opportunity and download the invitation to tender, please visit https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=da52360e-beff-e911-80fb-005056b64545 where you will have to register if you have not used the system before. Once registered, the opportunity can be accessed through reference DN445336
For queries regarding the portal, please contact the Due North help desk via the home page. Do not make contact with the Catapult via any other channel of communication regarding this requirement.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Connected Places Catapult
Milton Keynes
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/11/2019