ID 3206377 - DfE – Tourism NI - Professional Accountancy Services

Concepts

• business services
• professional accountancy services
• belfast
• maximum value
• tourism ni
• accounting and auditing
• provision of accounting services
• fiscal services
• accounting services
• dfe

Location

BELFAST

Description

Tourism NI wish to appoint a Contractor for the provision of accounting services to support the existing Finance Department, who are currently based at headquarters in Linum Chambers, Bedford Street, Belfast.

Renewal Options

The contract is expected to commence on 14 April 2021 for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 further periods of 12 months. The contract is expected to commence on 14 April 2021 for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 further periods of 12 months.

CPV Codes

• 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
• 79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
• 79210000 - Accounting and auditing services
• 79211000 - Accounting services
• 79211100 - Bookkeeping services
• 79212000 - Auditing services
• 79211200 - Compilation of financial statements services
• 79211120 - Sales and purchases recording services
• 79220000 - Fiscal services
• 79221000 - Tax consultancy services
• 79222000 - Tax-return preparation services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• This is a recurring contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

The value in II.2.6 is an estimated maximum value for the whole contract period including extensions. No Guarantee of work is given and tenderers should must make their own commercial decisions when providing rates The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 - Contract Management - Procedures and Principles). Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. . . If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website.. . Any contractor in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy... The Authority expressly reserves the rights:. . (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.