North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions LLP working on behalf of North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust: T13-84 Strategic Alliance Agreement for Audit North

UK-Hardwick: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
      University Hospital of North Tees, Hardwick, TS19 8PE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1642624790, Email: rovert.mooney@nth.nhs.uk, URL: As above
      Contact: Procurement & Supplies, Attn: Rob Mooney
      Electronic Submission URL: http://events.transaxions.com/service.aspx?event=6706

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Other: Health Authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      Health

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: T13-84 Strategic Alliance Agreement for Audit North
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 11

         Region Codes: UKC11 - Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system: The notice involves the setting up of a framework agreement                                                        

      II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:      

            Framework agreement with a single operator       
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Accounting, auditing and fiscal services. Accounting and auditing services. Auditing services. Financial auditing services. Internal audit services. Fraud audit services. Audit North is a leading not-for-profit provider of internal audit, IS assurance and counter fraud services to the public sector in the North of England. Our heritage is from the NHS, which remains a key focus for our services. Our team members have years of experience throughout the public and not for profit sectors.

To support our continuing business development, we are seeking a partner for a strategic alliance.

The preferred partner will have a proven track record in .....

• Developing existing and new markets
•   Experience of partnering with Public Sector IA consortium
•   Experience of working with the NHS


And will bring the following to the alliance .....
• ..Access to market leading services and technology at a disolved rate
• ..The opportunity to work collaboratively on new audits of interest
• ..Training and other investment
The focus of the relationship will be .....
• ..Supporting existing business arrangements
• ..Developing new business opportunities
• ..Improving quality of service offering

Audit North seeks a framework agreement which would create the potential for similar IA organisations to access services from our partner through us.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services.
         
         79210000 - Accounting and auditing services.
         
         79212000 - Auditing services.
         
         79212100 - Financial auditing services.
         
         79212200 - Internal audit services.
         
         79212400 - Fraud audit services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: No    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      Not Provided      
      
      II.2.2)Options: No          
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: Not Provided      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
      Not Provided      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         Not Provided
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Not Provided      
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Yes
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted
      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                        Envisaged minimum number: 2 and maximum number: 5         
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         As per PQQ Evaluation   
   IV.2)Award Criteria
      IV.2.1)Award criteria:      
         The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
            The criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

      IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction:
         An electronic auction will be used: No       

   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: T13-84      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

      Date: 27/02/2014
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 17:00
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 21/03/2014
         Time: 17:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 24/03/2014      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: No
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
   VI.3)Additional Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
      University Hospital of North Tees, Hardwick, TS19 8PE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1642624782

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
         University Hospital of North Tees, Hardwick, TS19 8PE, United Kingdom
         Tel. +44 1642624782

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
      University Hospital of North Tees, Hardwick, TS19 8PE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1642624790, Email: robert.mooney@nth.nhs.uk

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 17/01/2014

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