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Audit Services.

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

APUC Limited
14 New Mart Road
For the attention of: Brian Dearden
EH14 1RL Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1314428930
Fax: +44 1314428931

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/home.htm

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10402

Electronic access to information: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/

Further information can be obtained from: APUC Limited
14 New Mart Road
EH14 1RL Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1314428930
Fax: +44 1314428931
Internet address: http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/home.htm

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: APUC Limited
14 New Mart Road
EH14 1RL Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1314428930
Fax: +44 1314428931
Internet address: http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/home.htm

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: APUC Limited
14 New Mart Road
EH14 1RL Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1314428930
Fax: +44 1314428931
Internet address: http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/home.htm

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Education
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

National Records of Scotland

Historic Scotland

Disclosure Scotland

Registers of Scotland

Scottish Qualification Authority

Scottish Courts Service

Scottish Prison Service

Transport Scotland

The Scottish Government Core Directorates

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service

Scottish Police Authority

National Museums of Scotland

Scottish Children's Reporter Administration

Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Scottish Legal Aid Board

Scottish Natural Heritage

Skills Development Scotland

Visit Scotland

Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeenshire Council

Angus Council

Argyll and Bute Council

City of Edinburgh Council

Clackmannanshire Council

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Dumfries and Galloway Council

Dundee City Council

East Ayrshire Council

East Dunbartonshire Council

East Lothian Council

East Renfrewshire Council

Falkirk Council

Fife Council

Glasgow City Council

Highland Council

Inverclyde Council

Midlothian Council

Moray Council, The

North Ayrshire Council

North Lanarkshire Council

Orkney Islands Council

Perth and Kinross Council

Renfrewshire Council

Scottish Borders Council

Shetland Islands Council

South Ayrshire Council

South Lanarkshire Council

Stirling Council

West Dunbartonshire Council

West Lothian Council

Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service

Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service

Fife Fire and Rescue Service

Grampian Fire and Rescue Service

Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service

Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service

Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service

Tayside Fire and Rescue Service

Golden Jubilee Hospital (National Waiting Times Centre Board)

NHS 24

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

NHS Borders

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

NHS Education for Scotland

NHS Fife

NHS Forth Valley

NHS Grampian

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

NHS Health Scotland

NHS Highland

NHS Lanarkshire

NHS Lothian

NHS Orkney

Healthcare Improvement Scotland

NHS Shetland

NHS Tayside

NHS Western Isles

Scottish Ambulance Service

The Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service

The State Hospital for Scotland

Edinburgh Napier University Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow School of Art Heriot-Watt University Queen Margaret University Royal Conservatoire of Scotland SRUC The Robert Gordon University University of the Highlands and Islands University of Aberdeen University of Abertay Dundee University of Dundee University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art University of Glasgow University of St Andrews University of Stirling University of Strathclyde University of the West of Scotland Aberdeen College Adam Smith College Angus College Anniesland College Argyll College Ayr College Banff and Buchan College Borders College Cardonald College Carnegie College City of Glasgow College Clydebank College Coatbridge College Cumbernauld College Dumfries & Galloway College Dundee College Edinburgh College Forth Valley College Inverness College James Watt College John Wheatley College Kilmarnock College Langside College Lews Castle College Moray College Motherwell College Newbattle Abbey College North Glasgow College Orkney College Perth College Reid Kerr College Sabhal Mor Ostaig Shetland College South Lanarkshire CollegeStow College The Highland Theological College The North Highland College West Highland College West Lothian College

Members of the following purchasing consortia have agreed in principle to participate in the Framework Agreement: Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges, London Universities Purchasing Consortium, North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium, North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium, Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales, and Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium. Each relevant Institution/ Consortium may join the new Framework Agreement when their existing supply agreements expire; this means that from the beginning of the Framework Agreement, participation would be phased in. The Framework Agreement will also be available for use by other UK Higher Education regional purchasing consortia as well as all Higher and Further Education institutions in the UK should they wish to join the Framework Agreement at a later date; this will be with the prior agreement of the purchasing consortia.

British Universities Finance Directors Group - BUFDG

The Universities Catering Organisation - TUCO

The Energy Consortium - TEC

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Audit Services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 9: Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: United Kingdom.

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 32

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT: 112 720 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
APUC Ltd is seeking to appoint Contractors for supply of Internal Audit, External Audit and Specialist Tax Advice to the Scottish public sector as named in this Contract Notice and to other named public sector partners in other areas of the UK.
NOTE: APUC Ltd. is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required

To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.
NOTE: The authority is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required

To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for project Code 1533 within the appropriate area.

If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72800000, 72810000, 72150000, 79200000, 79212100, 79212200, 79212400, 79210000, 79212000, 79212300, 79221000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
112 720 000 GBP.
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Internal Audit (General and Estates and Property)
1)Short description
Internal Audit (General and Estates and Property).
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79200000

3)Quantity or scope
GBP10.1 Million per annum (UK-wide).
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Internal Audit (Information Communication Technology)
1)Short description
Internal Audit (Information Communication Technology).
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79200000

3)Quantity or scope
GBP3.38 Million per annum (UK Wide).
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 3 Lot title: External Audit
1)Short description
External Audit.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79200000

3)Quantity or scope
GBP11.4 Million per annum (UK wide).
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 4 Lot title: UK and International tax advice and specialist tax audit
1)Short description
UK and international tax advice and specialist tax audit.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66000000, 66171000

3)Quantity or scope
GBP3.3 Million per annum (UK wide).
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
As detailed in the Invitation to Tender document.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
As detailed in the Invitation to Tender document.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
As detailed in the Invitation to Tender document.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
PFB1005AP
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
5.12.2013 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
(SC Ref:280652)
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
21.10.2013