RFT for the Provision of Forensic Accounting, Electronic Discovery and Related Services under a Framework Agreement to the Pensions Authority

The Pensions Authority

This request for tenders (‘RFT’) relates to the establishment of a multi-supplier
framework agreement (‘framework agreement’) with a panel of at least 3
framework members and up to a maximum of 5 members, with expertise in
forensic accounting and computer forensics to assist the Authority in the
identification, preservation, collection, processing, review, analysis and production
of hardcopy and electronically stored information (‘e-data’) in a forensically sound
and secure manner which ensures the integrity of the e-data and that no data is
lost or overlooked. Any framework agreement that may result from this public
procurement competition will be issued for a term of 3 years (‘the Term’).
The Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to
12 months with a maximum of 1 such extension.
The Authority intends to use the framework for the procurement of requirements
falling within its scope during the specified period; however it reserves the right to
go outside the framework for the procurement of any requirement without
reference to the framework members. The Authority are advertising this RFT in
the Official Journal of the EU, which is a requirement for similar tenders with an
estimated value in excess of 209 000 EUR. However, tenderers must understand that
this is an estimate only and that the Authority gives no guarantee that it will
procure any services from the appointed firms.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-03-15. The procurement was published on 2016-02-02.

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

• • Deloiite
• • Grant Thornton
• • Kpmg

Who?

• • The Pensions Authority

What?

• • Auditing services › Fraud audit services