Services Restricted Procedure Notice |
| SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY |
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I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S) Official name: London Borough of Barnet, Postal Address: Building 4, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, Town: London, Telephone: 020 8359 3367, E-mail: spt@barnet.gov.uk, Contact Point(s): , For the attention of: Nasreen Tayab, Postal Code: N11 1NP, Country: UNITED KINGDOM, Fax: 0870 889 7444, General address of the contracting authority (URL): , Address of the Buyer Profile (URL):
I.1.1) Further information can be obtained at Official name: London Borough of Barnet, Postal Address: North London Business Park, Town: Oakleigh Road South New Southgate London, Telephone: 020 8359 3367, E-mail: nasreen.tayab@barnet.gov.uk, Contact Point(s): , For the attention of: Nasreen Tayab, Postal Code: N11 1NP, Country: UNITED KINGDOM, Fax: 0870 889 7444, General address of the contracting authority (URL): , Address of the Buyer Profile (URL):
I.1.2) Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a Dynamic Purchasing System) can be obtained at As in I.1.
I.1.3) Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to As in I.1.
I.2.1) Type of contracting authority Regional or local authority
If 'other' please specify
I.2.2) Main activity or activities
General Public Services
If 'other' please specify
I.2.2) The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities? No
| SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT |
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II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority UK-London: Provision of Internal Audit Services
II.1.2) Service Category 9.
II.1.2.1) Main place of performance London Borough of BarnetOuter London - East and North East
NUTS Code UKI21.
II.1.3) The notice involves A public contract
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement (if appropriate)
Number
OR, if applicable, maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged
II.1.4.1) Duration of the framework agreement (if appropriate)
Period in year(s)
OR month(s)
Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years
II.1.4.2) Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement (give figures only)
Estimated value excluding VAT
OR range: between
and
Currency
Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded (if possible)
II.1.5) Short Description of the contract or purchase(s) The London Borough of Barnet seeks expressions of interest for the above-mentioned from suitably qualified and experienced providers of Internal Audit Services to Local Authorities. The Service provider will: undertake work to provide assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of internal control to manage the risks to achieve the objectives within each activity area or system under review in order to assist officers and members in the effective discharge of their responsibilities and provide advice and guidance as necessary. The work is expected to be up to 400 days per annum (however this may increase depending on circumstances). The contract will be for a three-year period and extendable for a further period of two years, commencing 1 April 2011. It will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous quote to the Council. The Council is not bound to accept the lowest or any quotation. Auditing services. Financial auditing services. Internal audit services. Statutory audit services. Fraud audit services.
II.1.6) Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
Main Object: 79212000.
Additional Object: 79212200.
Additional Object: 79212400.
Additional Object: 79212100.
Additional Object: 79212300.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)? Yes
II.1.8) Division into lots No
If yes, tenders should be submitted for
Lot No
II 1.9) Variants will be accepted
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope (including all lots and options, if applicable)
If known, estimated value excluding VAT (give figures only) 600000
OR range: between
and
Currency GBP
II.2.2) Options (if applicable)
If yes, description of these options
If known, provisional timetable for recourse to these options: Period in month(s)
or day(s)
Number of possible renewals (if any):
or Range: between
and
If known, in the case of renewable contracts, estimated time-frame for subsequent contracts: in month(s)
and/or days (from the award of the contract)
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME PERIOD FOR COMPLETION
Either: Period in months 60
And / or days
Or: Starting
And/or ending
| SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION |
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III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required (if applicable)
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded (if applicable)
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which performance of the contract is subject (if applicable)
If yes, description of particular conditions
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity
(a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met (If applicable)
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable)
III.2.3) Technical capacity
(a) a list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;
(d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's study and research facilities;
(f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;
(h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last three years;
(j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met (If applicable)
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable)
III.2.4) Reserved Contracts (if applicable) No
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
If yes, reference of the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE Restricted procedure.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators that will be invited to tender or to participate (when applicable)
Envisaged number of operators
Or Envisaged minimum number 5
and, if appropriate, maximum number 7
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Section A: Company Information All sections completed Yes/No responses are provided as applicable. Section A is not scored - the result is either a Pass or a Fail For A13 - A14, A22 - A25, A27 For any response = Yes, the result is a Fail and the applicant is excluded from tender For A21, A26 For any response = No, the result is a Fail and the applicant is excluded from tender Section B: Technical Resources/Experience Section B is scored (50% weighting) Scores 0,5,10 will be awarded based on responses. Section B: Equalities/Legal Proceedings (B29)Yes/No responses are provided as applicable Section B (B29) is not scored - the result is either a Pass or a Fail B29 i - iv, vi-viii For any response = No, the result is a Fail and the applicant is excluded from tender B29 v, ix For any response = Yes, the result is a Fail and the applicant is excluded from tender Section C: Financial Information Section C is scored (30% weighting) Scores 0,5,10 will be awarded based on responses Section D: Health & Safety Section D is scored (10% Weighting) Scores 0,5,10 will be awarded based on responses Section E: Environmental Section E is scored (10% Weighting) Scores 0,5,10 will be awarded based on responses Section F: Undertaking Section F is not scored Section F must be signed If section F is not signed, the result is a Fail and the applicant is excluded from the tender.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria (please tick the relevant box(es)) B) The most economically advantageous tender in terms of: B2) the criteria as stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used No
If yes, additional information about electronic auction (if appropriate)
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1 File reference number attributed by the contracting entity (if applicable) Contract Reference number 50284
IV.3.2) Previous publication concerning the same contract No
If yes:
IV.3.2.1) Notice number in OJ:
Of
IV.3.2.2) Other previous publications
Notice number in OJ:
Of
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents (except for a DPS)
Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents
Time:
Payable documents
If yes, Price (give figures only):
Currency
Terms and method of payment
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date 28/06/2010
Time 12:00
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates 19/07/2010
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up English
Other - third country
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders
IV.3.8.1) Date, time and place
Date 01/09/2010
Time 13:00
Place (if applicable) North London Business Park, London Borough of Barnet
IV.3.8.2) Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders (if applicable) No
If yes, authorised persons
| SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION |
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VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT (if applicable) No
If yes, estimated timing for further notices to be published:
VI.2) CONTRACT(S) RELATED TO A PROJECT AND / OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS No
If yes, reference to project(s) and / or programme(s)
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (if applicable) All expressions of interests should be sent in writing via email to Nasreen Tayab. Email address: nasreen.tayab@barnet.gov.uk. Once expressions of interest is received a Prequalification Questionnaire will be sent out. All Prequalification questionnaires and submissions in reference to Section III.2 should be sent to the address stated above in section I.1. Any queries all questions please forward to Nasreen Tayab. GO reference: GO 10052018/01
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures Official name: Royal Courts of Justice, Postal Address: Strand, Town: London, Telephone: 020 7947 6000, E-mail: , Contact Point(s): , For the attention of: , Postal Code: WC2A 2LL, Country: UNITED KINGDOM, Fax: , General address of the contracting authority (URL): , Address of the Buyer Profile (URL):
Body responsible for mediation procedures (if applicable) Official name: Royal Courts of Justice, Postal Address: Strand, Town: London, Telephone: 020 7947 6000, E-mail: , Contact Point(s): , For the attention of: , Postal Code: WC2A 2LL, Country: UNITED KINGDOM, Fax: , General address of the contracting authority (URL): , Address of the Buyer Profile (URL):
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals (please fill heading VI.4.2 OR if need be, heading VI.4.3)
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE 20/05/2010
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