Published date: 13 August 2018

Last edited date: 13 August 2018

This notice was replaced on 15 October 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 15 October 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Administration, defence and social security services - 75000000

Location of contract

EC4A 1AB

Value of contract

£50,000 to £75,000

Procurement reference

SSRO-C-70

Published date

13 August 2018

Closing date

20 August 2018

Contract start date

1 October 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The SSRO is seeking an independent assurance service for three consecutive years in relation to the baseline profit rate and capital servicing rates that it will respectively recommend to the Secretary of State in January 2019, January 2020 and January 2021.
This service will take the form of independent assurance on the execution of the methodology to calculate the rates and will involve:

a) Scrutiny of the records of the SSRO's decision process to assess comparator companies in each of the four activity types ('develop and make', 'provide and maintain', 'ancillary services' and 'construction') to ensure they are consistent with the published methodology. This will require an understanding of transfer pricing principles upon which the methodology is based.

b) Verification of whether the SSRO's Microsoft Excel based model calculates the baseline profit rate and capital servicing rates in accordance with paragraph 3.8 and Sections 9 to 11 of the methodology.

c) Verification that graphs, charts, and summary tables are linked correctly to the model outputs.

d) Submission of the findings for the assurance activities a), b) and c) in the form of written reports to the Regulatory Committee. The first report will cover preliminary assessment of a). The final report will cover the final assessment of a), b) and c).

More information

Attachments

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Yearly duration of the services
The SSRO will require the three-year assurance service to be undertaken from November to January of each of the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21.

Year 4 option quote
Please also submit a standalone quote for the Year 4 option. Provision has been made in the Pricing rates.

Additional services rates
Please submit a standalone quote for daily rates for any additional services that we may request. Provision has been made in the Pricing Schedule.

About the buyer

Contact name

The Single Source Regulation Office

Address

Finlaison House,15-17 Furnival Street
LONDON
EC4A1AB
England

Email

Tenders@SSRO.gov.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/single-source-regulations-office