ID 4771087 - DoF - NIAO - Provision of External Audit Services

Concepts

• auditing services
• belfast
• niao
• internal audit
• external audit service
• audit committee of the northern ireland assembly
• audit
• accounting and auditing
• northern ireland audit office
• duties of the auditor of the northern ireland audit office

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

The Client is seeking to appoint a Contractor to provide an external audit service for the NIAO. The Contract shall cover the audit of the 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 Resource Accounts, with the option of extending annually to cover the 2026-27 and 2027-28 accounts. The Contract will also cover examinations of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the use of resources by NIAO in the same periods where required.

Total Quantity or Scope

Additional information: The appointment and duties of the Auditor of the Northern Ireland Audit Office are governed by the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (the Order), which can be found at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/460/contents/made. . Under current arrangements, Article 6(4) of the Order, the Department of Finance (DoF) is required to appoint an Auditor for NIAO. The appointment will be made by DoF acting on advice from the Audit Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Renewal Options

The Contract shall run for an initial period of three years with the option to end for two further one year periods.

CPV Codes

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

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a recurring contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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 their place on the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice 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 Notice.