DCU External Commercial Audit Services 2012

Dublin City University (DCU)

A contract for commercial external non-statutory audit services for Dublin City University.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=384292.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-03-20. The procurement was published on 2012-02-17.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

• Mazars

Who?

• Dublin City University (DCU)

What?

• Auditing services › Financial auditing services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-02-17	Contract notice
2012-08-23	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2012-02-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: financial auditing services
Quantity or scope:

The scope of the contract includes the audit of Financial Statements for the university, all Subsidiary Companies, Consolidated Financial Statements of the Subsidiary Companies and the Consolidated Financial Statements of the university.The anticipated award period is for 3 years starting in respect of the Financial Year ending September 2012. There may be a provision for an extension of time of the contract.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Financial auditing services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Dublin City University (DCU)
Postal address: Glasnevin,
Postal code: 9
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dcu.ie 🌏
E-mail: jack.conlan@dcu.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17005000 📞
Fax: +353 17005660 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-02-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-03-20 📅
Publication date: 2012-02-22 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 36-058368
OJ-S issue: 36
Additional information
(ET Ref:384292).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

A contract for commercial external non-statutory audit services for Dublin City University.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=384292.

Quantity or scope:

The anticipated award period is for 3 years starting in respect of the Financial Year ending September 2012. There may be a provision for an extension of time of the contract.

Duration: 36 months
Reference number: DCUS12101
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.

(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.

(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.

(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.

(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.

(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.

(7) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.

Economic and financial standing:

(1) All candidates will be required to provide a reference from their bank.

(2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.

(3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.

(4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

Technical and professional ability:

(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years.

(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract.

(3) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided.

(4) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures.

(5) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

(6) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.

Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: See draft Service Provider Agreement associated with this notice.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

A consortium must form a legal entity before a contract can be awarded or the contract can be awarded to the legal entity comprising the lead member of the consortium or each member may jointly and severally liable.

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:

Irish Companies Act, 1990. section 187.

Companies (Auditing and Accounting) ACT 2003.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Maximum number of candidates: 8
Objective criteria for selection: Please refer to REI document associated with this notice.
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2012-04-13 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Finance Office
Jack Conlan
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01513 🌏
Name: Dublin City University (DCU)
Postal address: Glasnevin
Fax: +353 7005660 📠
URL for further information: http://www.dcu.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.dcu.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.dcu.ie 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: DCUS12101
Source: OJS 2012/S 036-058368 (2012-02-17)

Contract award notice (2012-08-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 350 550,00 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Glasnevin

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-08-23 📅
Publication date: 2012-08-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 164-272126
Refers to notice: 2012/S 36-058368
OJ-S issue: 164
Additional information
(ET Ref:490694).

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Price structure (40)
2. Methodology, process and approach to assignment (30)
3. Quality of proposed audit team (30)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2012-07-03 📅
Name: Mazars
Postal address: Harcourt Centre, Block 3, Harcourt Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.mazars.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Source: OJS 2012/S 164-272126 (2012-08-23)

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