Single Party Framework Agreement for External Audit Services for the Land Development Agency

Land Development Agency

LDA requires statutory audit services in respect of one entity for 2019 and the LDA Group for the year ended 31.12.2020 and each year end thereafter to 31.12.2022.
The audit service provider will be required to provide audit services for the duration of the framework agreement and any contracts awarded subsequent to the framework agreement, using appropriately qualified, briefed and experienced staff with specialist sectoral experience, experience dealing with C&AG and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-12-09. The procurement was published on 2019-11-08.

Suppliers

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

• Mazars

Who?

• Land Development Agency

What?

• Auditing services › Financial auditing services
• Auditing services › Statutory audit services

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-11-08	Contract notice
2020-12-09	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-11-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Statutory audit services
Short description:

LDA requires statutory audit services in respect of one entity for 2019 and the LDA Group for the year ended 31.12.2020 and each year end thereafter to 31.12.2022. The audit service provider will be required to provide audit services for the duration of the framework agreement and any contracts awarded subsequent to the framework agreement, using appropriately qualified, briefed and experienced staff with specialist sectoral experience, experience dealing with C&AG and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

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: Statutory audit services 📦
Additional CPV: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open 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: Land Development Agency
Postal address: 77 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Block C, Grand Canal Docklands, Co. Dublin
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://lda.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: info@greenville.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14020114 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=156639&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=156639&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-11-08 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-12-09 📅
Publication date: 2019-11-12 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 218-535420
OJ-S issue: 218
Additional information

Please consult the associated documentation which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 159897.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

LDA requires statutory audit services in respect of one entity for 2019 and the LDA Group for the year ended 31.12.2020 and each year end thereafter to 31.12.2022.

The audit service provider will be required to provide audit services for the duration of the framework agreement and any contracts awarded subsequent to the framework agreement, using appropriately qualified, briefed and experienced staff with specialist sectoral experience, experience dealing with C&AG and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Estimated total value: 300 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

(a) 2019 will cover the period 13.9.2018 to 31.12.2019. These financial statements will consist of grant income and expenditure. This is the set up period. The balance sheet is not expected to be material on the basis that our primary legislation will be enacted in Q1 2020 and only at this point will the LDA take ownership of identified public land;

(b) the group is likely to consist of one development company and several land holding entities in 2020. For the purposes of the tender, assume no more than 10 entities in total for 2020. It is intended that acquired sites for development will be held in special purpose subsidiaries. Seven sites to be acquired under primary legislation will be subject to valuation. For the purposes of the tender only assume residential land values in excess of 200 000 000 EUR;

(c) for 2021 and 2022 anticipate additional acquisitions and increased construction activity in the development company as the LDA group develops residential sites;

(d) the external audit services required will include, but not be limited to planning, management and execution of the annual audit, supporting the completion of the annual report and financial statements (including any technical accounting support on disclosures) and reporting on external audit progress to the audit and risk committee.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Additional information:

Please consult the associated documentation which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 159897.

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

As stated in the procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 159897.

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

As stated in the procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 159897.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2019-12-09 📅
Tender opening time: 16:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Jeanne Copeland
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/165460 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=156639&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped;

3) Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353 (0) 21 243 92 77 (9.00 a.m. – 17.30 p.m. GMT);

4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT ID:159897) as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie

The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response.

5) This is the sole call for competition for this contract/framework;

6) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;

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

8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant;

9) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time;

10) 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;

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

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 118886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

The framework is covered by the application of the remedies directive and the relevant standstill period applied at time of notification.

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult legal advisor
Postal town: Ireland
Source: OJS 2019/S 218-535420 (2019-11-08)

Contract award notice (2020-12-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

LDA requires statutory audit services in respect of one entity for 2019 and the LDA Group for the year ended 31 December 2020 and each year end thereafter to 31 December 2022. The audit service provider will be required to provide audit services for the duration of the framework agreement and any contracts awarded subsequent to the framework agreement, using appropriately qualified, briefed and experienced staff with specialist sectoral experience, experience dealing with C&AG and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Total value of the procurement: 300 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-12-09 📅
Publication date: 2020-12-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 243-602502
Refers to notice: 2019/S 218-535420
OJ-S issue: 243

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

LDA requires statutory audit services in respect of one entity for 2019 and the LDA Group for the year ended 31 December 2020 and each year end thereafter to 31 December 2022.

(a) 2019 will cover the period 13 September 2018 to 31 December 2019. These financial statements will consist of grant income and expenditure. This is the set up period. The balance sheet is not expected to be material on the basis that our primary legislation will be enacted in Q1 2020 and only at this point will the LDA take ownership of identified public land.

(b) The Group is likely to consist of one development company and several land holding entities in 2020. For the purposes of the tender, assume no more than 10 entities in total for 2020. It is intended that acquired sites for development will be held in special purpose subsidiaries. Seven sites to be acquired under primary legislation will be subject to valuation. For the purposes of the tender only assume residential land values in excess of EUR 200 million.

(c) For 2021 and 2022 anticipate additional acquisitions and increased construction activity in the development company as the LDA group develops residential sites.

(d) The external audit services required will include, but not be limited to planning, management and execution of the annual audit, supporting the completion of the Annual Report and Financial Statements (including any technical accounting support on disclosures) and reporting on external audit progress to the Audit and Risk committee.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality and technical merit of proposed team
Quality criterion (weighting): 40 %
Quality criterion (name): Proposed execution methodology
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 20 %

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-05-06 📅
Name: Mazars
Postal address: Harcourt Centre, Block 3, Harcourt Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Dublin 🏙️
Total value of the procurement: 300 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Information about review deadlines:

The framework is covered by the application of the Remedies Directive and the relevant standstill period applied at time of notification.

Source: OJS 2020/S 243-602502 (2020-12-09)

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