Contract award: UK-Manchester: auditing services

UK-Manchester: auditing services

2010/S 168-257209

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

• I.1)
  NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

  Contact: Attn: Tel. The Christie NHS Foundtaion Trust
  Wilmslow Road
  Diane.Sinclair@christie.nhs.uk
  Diane Sinclair
  M20 4BXManchester
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1614468520

• I.2)
  TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

  Body governed by public law

  Health

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract

  External audit services.

• II.1.2)
  Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

  Services

  Service category: No 9

  Main place of performance The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

  Manchester.

  NUTS code UKD3

II.1.3)
The notice involves

• II.1.4)
  Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

  The appointment of external auditors to provide a professional and comprehensive external audit service, so that the Trust complies with its various statutory obligations.

• II.1.5)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  79212000, 79212100

• II.1.6)
  Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  Yes

II.2)
TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)

II.2.1)
Total final value of contract(s)

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)
  TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)
  Type of procedure

  Open

• IV.2)
  AWARD CRITERIA
• IV.2.1)
  Award criteria

  The most economically advantageous tender in terms of

  1. Experience/skills of the team to provide the service to the Trust.. Weighting 20

  2. Evidence of understanding NHS structure and how it impacts on the Trust along with the differing financial vehicles available to the Trust.. Weighting 15

  3. Demonstration of charitable funds accounting experience. Weighting 15

  4. Evidence of an experienced IT specialist audit capability. Weighting 5

  5. Value for money. Weighting 30

  6. Details of staffing structure to demonstrate critical mass and capacity. Weighting 15

IV.2.2)
An electronic auction has been used

• IV.3)
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)
  File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

  CHRT138

• IV.3.2)
  Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

  Contract notice

  Notice number in the OJEU: 2010/S 82-123249 of 23.4.2010

SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT

TITLE External audit services.

V.1)
Date of contract award decision:

• V.2)
  NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED:

  2

• V.3)
  NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT AWARD DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN

  Audit Commission
  1st Floor, Block 4, The Heath Technical & Business Park
  WA7 4QFRuncorn
  UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)
INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT

V.5)
THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1)
CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS

VI.2)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

VI.3)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.3.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.3.2)
Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

• VI.4)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  27.8.2010