Co-Sourcing Internal Audit Services

Electricity Supply Board

ESB carries out between 45 - 50 internal audits annually. The scope of the contract will include supporting and providing skills and expertise for certain selected audits.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-04-30. The procurement was published on 2014-03-28.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-03-28 Contract notice
Contract notice (2014-03-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Quantity or scope:
ESB completes 45 - 50 internal audits each year. ESB are inviting expressions of interest to provide co-sourcing services to enhance and support the execution of the annual audit plan, and to provide specific skills and expertise required for selected audits.
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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: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board
Postal address: 27 Lower Fitzwilliam St
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: ssprocurement@esb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 17027962 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 16384797 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-03-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2014-04-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-04-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 065-111769
OJ-S issue: 65
Additional information
Contract duration will be for two years with an option to extend for a further two years by mutual consent.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 9
Short description:
ESB carries out between 45 - 50 internal audits annually. The scope of the contract will include supporting and providing skills and expertise for certain selected audits.
Duration: 24 months
Reference number: SS/CON/1985

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
1. Description of your company size and organisation.
2. Full contact details (phone, fax, email) of the representative handling this expression of interest.
3. A brief profile of the candidates organisation including:
โ€” date of establishment,
โ€” overall structure,
โ€” principal activities,
โ€” number of employees per service/location,
โ€” partnerships or alliances with other service providers.
4. Details of quality systems, IT systems operated by the company. Details of company accrediations to any relevant representative organisation, institute or governing body, etc.
Economic and financial standing:
Evidence of overall turnover and profitability for the last 3 years (audited accounts).
Technical and professional ability:
Please supply a summary of experience in co-sourcing arranagements in the last 3 years of a similiar scale and size.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: To be specified in tender documents.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be specified in tender documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Where a grouping of service providers express interest, it shall be a requirement of ESB that one member of the group accept full contractual responsibility for delivery of the services. Where appropriate the intended contractual responsibility member of any grouping or consortium must be identified in responding to this notice.
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Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 24

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Business Service Centre
Olive Halpin

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Register
Postal address: The High Court, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Source: OJS 2014/S 065-111769 (2014-03-28)