Internal Audit Support Services

EirGrid plc

EirGrid has a Head of Internal Audit and Compliance whose role includes the preparation of the annual internal audit plan, the management of internal audits and the provision of independent assurance to the board via the audit committee on the operations of the systems of internal control, governance and risk management.
EirGrid are seeking to secure support for the Head of internal audit and compliance to undertake Internal Audits under his direction, to prepare draft internal audit reports, provide advice on internal audit related matters and to support assurance related activities within EirGrid.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-08-01. The procurement was published on 2019-07-01.

Suppliers

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

• Kpmg

Who?

• EirGrid plc

What?

• Auditing services › Financial auditing services
• Auditing services › Internal audit services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-07-01	Contract notice
2020-03-03	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-07-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Internal audit services
Reference number: ENQEIR680
Short description:

EirGrid has a Head of Internal Audit and Compliance whose role includes the preparation of the annual internal audit plan, the management of internal audits and the provision of independent assurance to the board via the audit committee on the operations of the systems of internal control, governance and risk management. EirGrid are seeking to secure support for the Head of internal audit and compliance to undertake Internal Audits under his direction, to prepare draft internal audit reports, provide advice on internal audit related matters and to support assurance related activities within EirGrid.

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: Internal audit services 📦
Additional CPV: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
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: EirGrid plc
Postal address: Block 2 — The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road
Postal code: Dublin 4
Postal town: Ballsbridge
Contact
Internet address: http://www.eirgrid.com 🌏
E-mail: anthony.flood@eirgrid.com 📧
Phone: +353 12370123 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149557&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149557&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-07-01 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-08-01 📅
Publication date: 2019-07-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 126-308582
OJ-S issue: 126
Additional information

For full details see the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this Etenders notice.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

EirGrid are seeking to secure support for the Head of internal audit and compliance to undertake Internal Audits under his direction, to prepare draft internal audit reports, provide advice on internal audit related matters and to support assurance related activities within EirGrid.

Estimated total value: 1 200 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

EirGrid are seeking to secure support for the Head of Internal Audit and Compliance to undertake Internal Audits under his direction, to prepare draft internal audit reports, provide advice on internal audit related matters and to support assurance related activities within EirGrid.

The scope of requirements is expected to include, but is not limited to internal audit support services to include:

— basic internal audit assurance (substantive testing of identified controls),

— specific business area Internal Audits (may require subject matter expert guidance),

— complex assurance reviews (requiring input from subject matter experts).

Examples of subject matter expert areas include IS, Regulatory, Economics, Capital Projects, HR, Organisational Culture and Forensics, Energy Markets.

The internal audit activity must demonstrably conform to the guidance issued in the code of practice for the Governance of State Bodies and the standards set by the Institute of Internal Auditors.

For full details see the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this Etenders notice.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 200 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Additional information:

For full details see the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this Etenders notice.

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

Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.

Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2019-08-16 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2020-09-30 📅

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Anthony Flood
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/219 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149557&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The Contracting Authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;

3) The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested;

6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract 1 or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate;

7) At its absolute discretion, the Contracting Authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended;

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

The Contracting Authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Central office of the High Courts (Appeal Section)
Postal address: Ground Floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Source: OJS 2019/S 126-308582 (2019-07-01)

Contract award notice (2020-03-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Provision of support for the head of internal audit and compliance to undertake internal audits under his direction, to prepare draft internal audit reports, provide advice on internal audit related matters and to support assurance related activities within EirGrid.

Total value of the procurement: 1 200 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Block 2 - The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-03-03 📅
Publication date: 2020-03-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 047-111682
Refers to notice: 2019/S 126-308582
OJ-S issue: 47
Additional information

This contract is a framework agreement. Due to the nature of the contract, it is difficult to provide an exact figure for the total cost over its lifetime but our estimate is EUR 1 200 000 over 4 years.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

This tender process is now closed.

• basic internal audit assurance (substantive testing of identified controls);

• specific business area internal audits (may require subject matter expert guidance);

• complex assurance reviews (requiring input from subject matter experts).

Examples of subject matter expert areas include IS, regulatory, economics, capital projects, HR, organisational culture and forensics, energy markets.

The internal audit activity must demonstrably conform to the guidance issued in the code of practice for the governance of state bodies and the standards set by the institute of internal auditors.

Additional information:

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality, quantity and balance of human resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 30 %
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 25 %
Quality criterion (name): Service levels
Quality criterion (weighting): 5 %
Price (weighting): 40 %

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-01-27 📅
Name: Kpmg
National registration number: 9F54042G
Postal address: 1 Stokes Place
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: St Stephen's Green
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 4101468 📞
E-mail: gerard.reilly@kpmg.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.kpmg.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 1 200 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: Four Courts Dublin 7 Ireland
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2020/S 047-111682 (2020-03-03)

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