Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Contact person: Shannon Sawyer
Telephone: +44 3067988116
E-mail: Shannon.Sawyer100@mod.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-equipment-and-support/about
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Finance Support Partner
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79210000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The UK MOD's Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is notifying the market of a procurement to appoint a finance support partner.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK1
Main site or place of performance:
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DE&S is seeking to place a contract that should enable direct resource support from appropriately qualified and experienced individuals to cover specific assignments, and for task-based activities with clearly defined deliverables in a fixed time period.
The range of services to be provided includes:
— financial accounting — transaction analysis and processing,
— accounting treatment advice and analysis – of extant contracts and planned,
— management accounts reporting,
— inventory accounting,
— annual accounts and reports,
— audit and compliance services – internal control and compliance (ISO9001),
— forensic accounting,
— systems accounting advice and support.
This arrangement will exclude project cost modelling and support to P3M Earned Value Management (EVM) related activities which are already provided for in other DE&S delivery partner contracts.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This procurement will meet the requirements for DE&S for an initial 24 months, with two 12-month options (24 + 12 + 12).
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
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 099-238547
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
Advertising Regime OJEU: this contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-20201119-DCB-17389717
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, Other
MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
UK
Telephone: +44 3067988116
E-mail: Shannon.Sawyer100@mod.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/11/2020