Outsourced Audits - Provision of Audit Services in respect of the 2012 financial statements of certain public sector bodies

Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General

Tenders are invited from accountancy firms who have the necessary skills, expertise and resources for the provision of financial audit services in respect of the audit of the 2012
financial statements of certain public sector bodies in Ireland.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-02-08. The procurement was published on 2012-12-18.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-12-18 Contract notice
Contract notice (2012-12-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Statutory audit services
Quantity or scope:
The audits for tender will number 39. These are divided into seven clusters. The contract is solely for the 2012 audits. The audits are to be carried out in accordance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements and international auditing standards (UK and Ireland). These audits should be sufficient to produce an audit report for certification by the Comptroller and Auditor General.150,000300,000
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Statutory audit services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Postal address: Dublin Castle
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: elizabeth_reidy@audgen.irlgov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 16031011 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-12-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2013-02-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-12-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 247-407755
OJ-S issue: 247
Additional information
To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=61083&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 150,000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
300,000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Frequency of contracts to be awarded: 1 year.
Short description:
Tenders are invited from accountancy firms who have the necessary skills, expertise and resources for the provision of financial audit services in respect of the audit of the 2012
financial statements of certain public sector bodies in Ireland.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Provision of Financial Audit Services in respect of the 2012 financial statements of certain public sector bodies
Quantity or scope:
The audits for tender will number 39. These are divided into seven clusters. The contract is solely for the 2012 audits. The audits are to be carried out in accordance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements and international auditing standards (UK and Ireland). These audits should be sufficient to produce an audit report for certification by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
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Duration: 12 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
The audit work will be carried out in a number of locations in the Republic of Ireland. These locations are specified in Appendix A of the invitation to tender.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: All candidates will be required to produce a tax clearance certificate.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Terms of payment are contained in Appendix C, part 3 (page 8) of the Invitation to Tender.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Not applicable.
Other particular conditions: Terms and conditions are set out in the invitation to tender in Appendix C.
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
Firms of auditors must be approved persons within the meaning of Article 2 of directive 84/253/EEC.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff โœ…

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 1
Tender validity period: 2013-12-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening date: 2013-02-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Cost (50)
2. Resources proposed for the audit assignment (25)
3. Professional approach (25)
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Other languages: Irish

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Liz Reidy
Name: The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Postal address: Treasury Building, Dublin Castle
Phone: +353 16031000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 16031010 ๐Ÿ“ 
Source: OJS 2012/S 247-407755 (2012-12-18)