DfE Internal Audit – Inspection Reviews of External Delivery Organisations (EDOs)

Concepts

• accounting and auditing
• inspection reviews of external delivery organisations
• belfast
• dfe internal audit
• external delivery organisations
• reviews of the external delivery organisations
• edo
• auditing services
• edos
• financial auditing

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

The Department for the Economy require a Contractor to complete reviews of the External Delivery Organisations (EDO) arrangements in place for their NDPBs, specifically Invest NI. The contract will commence in the final quarter of 2022-2025 and run for three years up to 31st March 2024, with the option of two one year extension periods.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Following the initial contract period there are two options to extend for up to one year

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
• 79210000 - Accounting and auditing services
• 79211000 - Accounting services
• 79212000 - Auditing services
• 79212100 - Financial auditing services
• 79212500 - Accounting review services
• 79212200 - Internal audit services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will 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 for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.” . . Insert appropriate reservations of rights and disclaimers of liability here consider - e.g.. . "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.".