DAERA - AFBI - Provision of Internal Audit Service

A Tender Notice
by AGRI-FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
35.5 month
Value
£175K
Sector
BUSINESS
Published
20 Feb 2025
Delivery
To 11 Mar 2028 (est.)
Deadline
27 Mar 2025 15:00

Concepts

Location

Northern Ireland: UKN

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Description

DAERA - AFBI - Provision of Internal Audit Service

Total Quantity or Scope

DAERA - AFBI - Provision of Internal Audit Service. Additional information: The estimated contract value is £175,000 Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level. of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators. remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and an Economic Operator shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this. notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.

Renewal Options

This contract is for three years duration with options to extend for two further periods of up to one year each

CPV Codes

  • 79212100 - Financial auditing services
  • 79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
  • 79212000 - Auditing services
  • 79212200 - Internal audit services
  • 79212300 - Statutory audit services
  • 79210000 - Accounting and auditing services

Indicators

  • This is a recurring contract.
  • Options are available.
  • Renewals are available.
  • Financial restrictions apply.
  • Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. 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 the contract may be terminated.. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can 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 three years from the date of issue. 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. In no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.. This project will be used. to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives.

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