Single Source Regulations Office: Outsourced Financial Support Services - SSRO-C-124

UK-London: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Single Source Regulations Office
       Finlaison House, 15-17 Furnival Street, London, EC4A 1AB, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2037714774, Email: tenders@ssro.gov.uk
       Contact: Debbie Hewitt
       Main Address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/single-source-regulations-office, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/single-source-regulations-office
       NUTS Code: UKI

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Other type:: Non Departmental Public Body

   I.5) Main activity:
      Other activity: Regulator

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Outsourced Financial Support Services - SSRO-C-124            
      Reference number: THIS TENDER REQUIREMENT WAS ABANDONED PRIOR TO A CONTRACT AWARD DECISION

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The SSRO is seeking to award a contract for the provision of finance support services, to include day-to-day support for financial accounting, management accounting and payments (staff and suppliers). The supplier will provide a secure web-based finance system, including for the purposes of raising purchase orders and processing/authorising invoices. The supplier will also provide a web-based “self-service” solution for claiming/approving employee expenses. The SSRO may require the supplier, from time to time, to provide professional financial advice, including in relation to taxation and the application of accounting standards.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
         
            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            48000000 - Software package and information systems.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKI - LONDON
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      LONDON
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The SSRO is seeking to award a contract for the provision of finance support services, to include day-to-day support for financial accounting, management accounting and payments (staff and suppliers). The supplier will provide a secure web-based finance system, including for the purposes of raising purchase orders and processing/authorising invoices. The supplier will also provide a web-based “self-service” solution for claiming/approving employee expenses. The SSRO may require the supplier, from time to time, to provide professional financial advice, including in relation to taxation and the application of accounting standards.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
       Not Provided

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: Yes
         Description of these options:The term of the contract shall be for a period of 3 years and 3 months, with the option for the authority to extend term on up to two occasions, each for a period of 12 months.

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/474W926QFJ


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2023/S 000-008882
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: SSRO-C-124    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Outsourced Financial Support Services

   A contract/lot is awarded: No

   V.1) Information on non-award
      The contract/lot is not awarded
            Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure):
            Notice reference (year and document number): 2023 - 008882

Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The Specification required a finance solution that facilitates transaction reporting to at least four category levels below the chart of accounts.  The SSRO has reviewed these requirements and considers that more agile and flexible reporting is needed. Managers increasingly require “self-service” reporting for closer spend monitoring. A strategic shift of the organisation, with the proposed widening of the SSRO’s remit under the Procurement Bill, means Referrals work could increase. Flexible budget management and reporting will support spend reviews, and aid quicker submission of funding requests to the MOD. To facilitate reporting at different levels, the SSRO needs to be able to add more detail, through structural/categories, when processing its transactions into its Finance ledger.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          N/A
          N/A, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Review procedures are as set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Proceedings under those Regulations are time limited, and any such proceedings must be brought in the High Court of England and Wales.

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 07/07/2023