Published date: 18 December 2018

This notice was replaced on 20 December 2018

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

Opportunity (published 20 December 2018)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Auditing services - 79212000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

- sr161395280

Published date

18 December 2018

Closing date

11 January 2019

Contract start date

1 March 2019

Contract end date

31 May 2019

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

Description
HMRC has a requirement for the provision of an External Quality Audit Assessment to be undertaken by an Independent contractor.
It is a mandated requirement from HM Treasury that Government Internal Audit Services undertake an External Quality Assessment every five years. HM Treasury states that 'The Public Sector Internal Audit Standards require the Chief Audit Executive to develop and maintain a quality assurance and improvement programme that covers all aspects of the internal audit activity.
The Public Sector Internal Audit Standards set out that an External Quality Assessment must be performed by an independent body every five years. To facilitate a consistent level of review, the Treasury have developed an Internal Audit Quality Assessment Framework which sets out the process and defined statements of good practice against which this assessment will be made.
It is a fundamental requirement that a suggested sample list from an approximate pool of 67 individuals will be assessed as part of this quality assessment programme.
HMRC will be a conducting a small number of 'clarification' meetings with potential suppliers as part of the Selection process.

HMRC conducts all procurement activity using its e-sourcing portal SAP Ariba. If not already registered, potential suppliers will need to register their business on SAP Ariba at http://hmrc.supplier-eu.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions?type=full You may need to cut and paste the web address directly into your web browser. As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email. Once you have obtained 'your account ID (AN) number, please email e.procurement@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk with the following information: The contract title shown above, and your organization's HMRC SAP Arriba account ID:
The deadline date for the submission of Clarification questions will be Friday 4th January 2019. Submission of Invitation to Tender responses will be Friday 11th January 2019. Responses received after January 11th 2019 deadline date will not be accepted
England.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Maureen Mchale

Address

5th Floor , Ralli Quays
3 Stanley Street
Salford
M60 9LA
England

Telephone

03000 587853

Email

maureen.mchale@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk