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DFE - FE Colleges -The Provision of Internal Audit Services for the FE Colleges in NI

South Eastern Regional College · Tender notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

South Eastern Regional College (SERC) on behalf of the six Regional Colleges in Northern Ireland ("NI Colleges") wishes to appoint a single Supplier for the provision of Internal Audit Services. In accordance with the Partnership Agreements between the Colleges and the Department of Finance's (DoF) Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Handbook (NI), all Further Education Colleges in Northern Ireland are required to have an internal audit service. The prime responsibility of the internal audit service is to provide the Governing Bodies, Accounting Officers and College management with assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system of each College. Each College is required to ensure that it has sound systems of financial and other management controls. The principal objective of the internal audit service should be to review, appraise and report on the adequacy, reliability and effectiveness of the systems and controls established by management to ensure • the financial business of the College must be conducted in accordance with the arrangements and conditions set out in the Financial Memorandum; • every effort must be made to ensure that the College operates within its available funding; • due attention must be paid to the efficient and effective management of all the College's resources and expenditure, capital assets, equipment and staff so that public funds are not put at risk and that value for money and other financial considerations are taken into account in reaching decisions and in their execution; • the College must comply with such other relevant guidance/instructions on financial control as are issued by the Department from time to time; and • the College should formulate and implement a policy to ensure that its accounting and other procedures contain all reasonable safeguards against fraud and theft. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule within eTendersNI for full detail on the deliverables of this contract.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

HENDERSON LOGGIE LLP

Matched by number
Shared published award value
£750k
Awarded
2 Aug 2025
Suppliers
One of 2 awarded suppliers
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH SO301630
Location
Dundee, UKM71, DD1 4QB, United Kingdom

Henderson Loggie LLP

Match pending…
Shared published award value
£750k
Awarded
2 Aug 2025
Suppliers
One of 2 awarded suppliers
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PXDW-8648-LRDZ
Location
Dundee, UKM71, DD1 4QB, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79000000 — Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
  • CPV79200000 — Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
  • CPV79210000 — Accounting and auditing services
  • CPV79212000 — Auditing services
  • CPV79212200 — Internal audit services

Lots

  • Lot 1£525k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ID 5934601
Status
complete
Published risks
Exclusions If at any time during the procurement, or post award, it comes to the attention of the Contracting Authority (CA) or CPD, by whatever means, that a Supplier has become ‘excluded’ or ‘excludable’ as per Sec 57 of the PA 2023, the CA, after compliance with its obligations under the PA 23, reserves the right to exclude said Supplier from the procurement procedure or terminate any contract they have been awarded. The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the rights: (I) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (II) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition; (III) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice; and (IV) to award contract(s) in stages.
Has Recurrence
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
How to submit
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below. Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Recurrence

Dates

Entry 1
Starts
27 May 2030, 23:59

Expected award period

Ends
1 Sept 2025, 23:59

Tender Period

Ends
11 Aug 2025, 15:00

Contract terms

Financial Terms
Contract Value The estimated value figure indicated in the Scope Section represents an overall estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and a Supplier shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority.

Enquiry period

Ends
1 Aug 2025, 15:00

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
525,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
630,000

Renewal

Description
There is the option to extend for a further two periods of up to twelve months each.

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Qualitative Criteria
Type
quality
Description
AC1 - Experience of Audit Team AC2 - Methodology – Audit Delivery AC3 - Methodology – Audit Strategy Plan AC4 - Contract Management/Continuous Improvement AC5 - Social Value The Contracting Authority may during the process refine an award criterion in line with section 24 of the PA 2023. Where this is the case revised tender documentation will be provided to all suppliers clearly indicating any refinements made.

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
70
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Name
Quantitative Criteria
Type
price
Description
AC6 - Total Contract Price

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
30
Weight
percentageExact

Contract period

Ends
31 Aug 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Sept 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Aug 2030, 23:59

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
economic
Description
As per the tender documents.
Criterion 2
Type
technical
Description
As per the tender documents.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Entry 2
Id
79200000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Entry 3
Id
79210000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Accounting and auditing services
Entry 4
Id
79212000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Auditing services
Entry 5
Id
79212200
Scheme
CPV
Description
Internal audit services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
037146-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
3 Jul 2025, 14:31

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYHR-1413-WQYX
Name
South Eastern Regional College

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKN09
Country
GB
Locality
Newtownards
Postal Code
BT23 7EH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Victoria Ave,

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government
Entry 2
Id
GB-NIR
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

Identifier

Id
PYHR-1413-WQYX
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PVWG-8426-YWXV
Name
CPD - Supplies & Services Division
Role Details
Construction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland.

Roles

procuringEntity
processContactPoint

Address

Region
UKN06
Country
GB
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT3 9ED
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
303 Airport Road West

Details

Identifier

Id
PVWG-8426-YWXV
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 3
Id
GB-COH-SO301630
Name
HENDERSON LOGGIE LLP

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKM71
Country
GB
Locality
Dundee
Postal Code
DD1 4QB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The Vision Building

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
SO301630
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PXDW-8648-LRDZ
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 4
Id
GB-PPON-PXDW-8648-LRDZ
Name
Henderson Loggie LLP

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKM71
Country
GB
Locality
Dundee
Postal Code
DD1 4QB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Unit 8, The Vision Building, 20 Greenmarket

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PXDW-8648-LRDZ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
3 Aug 2025, 00:00
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
3 Sept 2025, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79200000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Entry 2
Id
79210000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Accounting and auditing services
Entry 3
Id
79212000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Auditing services
Entry 4
Id
79212200
Scheme
CPV
Description
Internal audit services

Value

Amount
750,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
900,000

Renewal

Description
Following the initial contract period there is the option to extend for a further two periods of up to twelve months each.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
053680-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
3 Sept 2025, 16:49

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-SO301630
Name
HENDERSON LOGGIE LLP
Supplier 2
Id
GB-PPON-PXDW-8648-LRDZ
Name
Henderson Loggie LLP

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
16 Sept 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
16 Sept 2028, 23:59
Starts
17 Sept 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
16 Sept 2030, 23:59

Standstill Period

Ends
12 Sept 2025, 23:59

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
DFE - FE Colleges -The Provision of Internal Audit Services for the FE Colleges in NI
Status
active
Award ID
1
Date Signed
15 Sept 2025, 00:00
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
The value of this contract is below the relevant threshold of £5 million including VAT and as such KPIs are not mandated. The tender documents do however include the process for contract management, including the suppliers performance.

Value

Amount
680,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
816,000

Period

Ends
15 Sept 2028, 23:59
Starts
16 Sept 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
15 Sept 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Following the initial period of 3 years there will be the option to extend for an additional two periods of 12 months each.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
059235-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
24 Sept 2025, 12:47

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Newtownards · UKN09 · BT23 7EH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-055861-2025-09-24T12:47:32+01:00Tender notice on Find a Tender ·