CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

External Audit Services

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

We are seeking to issue a Contract for the provision of External Audit Services.

The scope of work to which this Contract applies covers:

1. The provision of an external audit service for Tai Tarian and any subsidiary, which meets all statutory and regulatory requirements.

2. The provision to management, Audit & Risk Committee and Board of a comprehensive management report on the findings of the audit.

3. Reporting of any failures or weaknesses in internal controls, together with recommendations for remedial action along with any additional improvements to management and the Audit & Risk Committee.

4. Provision of an annual report to the funders of Tai Tarian that the covenant measures which it must measure and report to have been correctly calculated in accordance with the Loan Agreement.

Tenderers must be aware that a detailed Scope of Work (SOW) will be agreed in writing post contract award. This will ensure that the Supplier will be aware of all provisions, milestones, reports, deliverables and end products that are expected to be provided throughout the life of the contract.

Further information can be found in the Invitation to Tender.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=134461.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The Contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years, to a single Supplier.

Tai Tarian’s current spend on external audit services is approximately 20,000 GBP excluding VAT per annum (this figure includes travelling and other expenses).

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

00963

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:134461)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

It is a contract condition that the Service Provider delivers community benefits as part of this Contract.

There are a variety of community benefit obligations outlined in the Contract and the Service Provider must agree to deliver one or more.

Tenderers must not outline the community benefit’s they are currently delivering for existing Clients. Tenderers must outline what they propose to offer for Tai Tarian if awarded the Contract.

Delivery of community benefits through all spend is aligned with the Well-being of Future Generations Act Wales and delivers against its goals.

All community benefit activities must take place within the Neath Port Talbot County Borough.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice