Election of an external auditor

Norges Bank (The Bank of Norway)

The procurement is for an external auditor for Norges Bank, with an option for additional assignments within the Auditor Act's remit.

Frist

Fristen for mottak av tilbud var 2015-09-14. Anskaffelsen ble publisert 2015-06-19.

Leverandører

Følgende leverandører er nevnt i tildelingsbeslutninger eller andre anskaffelsesdokumenter:

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Anskaffelseshistorikk
Dato Dokument
2015-06-19 Kunngjøring av konkurranse
2015-12-15 Kunngjøring om tildeling av kontrakt
Kunngjøring av konkurranse (2015-06-19)
Gjenstand
Anskaffelsens omfang
Tittel: Statutory audit services
Antall eller omfang:
Please note that there is great uncertainty around the contract's volume. See Norges Bank's annual accounts, where the current level of fees are in the accounting notes.
Metadata for kunngjøring
Originalspråk: engelsk 🗣️
Dokumenttype: Kunngjøring av konkurranse
Kontraktens art: Tjenester
Forskrift: Det europeiske økonomiske samarbeidsområdet (EØS), med deltakelse av GPA-land
Felles innkjøpsordliste (CPV)
Kode: Tjenesteytelser i forbindelse med pliktrevisjon 📦

Prosedyre
Prosedyretype: Åpen anbudskonkurranse
Tilbudstype: Innlevering for alle delkontrakter
Tildelingskriterier
Det mest økonomisk fordelaktige tilbudet

Oppdragsgiver
Identitet
Land: Norge 🇳🇴
Type tildelende myndighet: Offentligrettslig organ
Navn på tildelende myndighet: Norges Bank (The Bank of Norway)
Postadresse: Postboks 1179
Postnummer: 0107
Poststed: Oslo
Kontakt
E-post: svenn-erik.forsstrom@norges-bank.no 📧
Telefon: +47 22316000 📞

Referanse
Datoer
Sendt dato: 2015-06-19 📅
Innleveringsfrist: 2015-09-14 📅
Publiseringsdato: 2015-06-24 📅
Identifikatorer
Kunngjøringsnummer: 2015/S 119-218610
OJ-S-utgave: 119

Gjenstand
Anskaffelsens omfang
Kort beskrivelse:
The procurement is for an external auditor for Norges Bank, with an option for additional assignments within the Auditor Act's remit.
Beskrivelse av opsjoner:
Option for assurance reviews and consultancy services for the Supervisory Council and the Office of the Supervisory Council.
Option for consultancy assignments for Norges Bank.
Varighet: 072 måneder
Referansenummer: 70
Utførelsessted
Hovedsted eller utførelsessted: Oslo, Norway.

Juridisk, økonomisk, finansiell og teknisk informasjon
Vilkår for deltakelse
Egnethet til å utøve yrkesvirksomheten:
The tenderer shall have his tax and VAT payments in order.
— Certificate for paid tax and VAT issued by the Norwegian Tax Administration (shall not be more than six months old).
Tenderers shall have a functioning HSE system.
HSE self-declaration
Tenderers should be a legally established company.
Company Registration Certificate (Norwegian tenderers). The company registration certificate shall show the board's composition at the time the tender is submitted.
The responsible partner for the assignment shall be a State Authorized Public Accountant.
— Documentation from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway.
Økonomisk og finansiell stilling:
Tenderers shall have the financial capacity to take on a major and complex assignment.
— The company's last annual accounts.
— An overview of the company's turnover and its international organisation's turnover in the last three years.
— An overview of relevant insurance schemes and payments from the schemes in the last three years.
Teknisk og faglig kapasitet:
Norges Bank will have strict criteria when assessing whether there is any legal incapacity, cf. the above in chapter 7.
— The company's policy and set up for mapping and assessing possible legal incapacity or legal incapacity conflicts is to be described.
— An account must be given of what legal incapacity conflicts can exist at the time the contract is fulfilled, with a justification of why these do not prevent the company taking on the assignment. Auditing companies who have carried out significant consultancy assignments for Norges Bank and associated companies must particularly assess their legal incapacity. In some cases this can lead to a quarantine period of up to one year.
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The company must have trustworthy values and ethical standards and an orderly relationship with the authorities, laws and rules and be otherwise trusted and have a good reputation in the auditing market.
— The company's value basis and ethical standards and guidelines and routines for compliance.
— Confirmation that there are no circumstances mentioned in the public procurement regulations § 20-12 (1) letter e, § 20-12 (2) letters c) and d) for the persons who shall participate in the auditing services.
— A description of any unresolved disputes or other conditions nationally and internationally that can have a negative impact on the company's reputation.
The company must have established security procedures.
— The company's security policy and routines for securing client information.
— The company's policy and routines for ensuring the personnel's conduct and integrity.
— Instructions for routines and procedures within the Security Act's area (security administration, physical security, information security and personnel security). This is a requirement for the receipt of security graded information.
The company shall be one of the leading auditor companies in Norway and internationally. Emphasis will be put on how the Norwegian auditor company is organised and integrated with the international organisation.
— A description of the Norwegian company's organisation and integration with the international organisation. An account must be given of, amongst other things, the company's organisation structured, illustrated by an organisation chart for the line organisation and the staff functions within the disciplines.
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The company shall have good competence in the auditing of bank related activities and international capital management. The company's size in the relevant customer segments shall be described.
— The turnover, number of employees and market position, nationally and internationally within general auditing, bank/finance and capital management must be stated.
— The names of the five largest auditor clients within capital management activities nationally and internationally are to be given.
— Experience is to be stated with the auditing of central banks and bank/financial institutions. The names of the five largest bank/financial institutions nationally and internationally are to be given.
Kontraktutførelse
Innskudd og garantier som kreves: See the tender documentation.
Hovedfinansieringsvilkår og betalingsordninger og/eller henvisning til relevante bestemmelser som regulerer dem: See the tender documentation.
Utførelsen av tjenesten er forbeholdt et bestemt yrke:
The Central Bank Act § 5 fourth section regulates that ‘The representative company shall choose one or more auditors and approve the auditor's remuneration, jf. § 30a.’ In sbl. § 30a it states that ‘the bank's annual accounts shall be audited by at least one chartered accountant or registered auditor. The king can in the regulations lay down specific rules on the bank's auditor and the audit of the bank that complement or deviate from the provisions in the Auditor Act’.
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Personalets navn og faglige kvalifikasjoner

Prosedyre
Tilbudets gyldighetsperiode: 2015-12-15 📅
Språk
Andre språk: Norwegian.

Oppdragsgiver
Identitet
Nasjonalt registreringsnummer: 937884117
Kontakt
Kontaktpunkt: Svenn Erik Forsstrøm
Adresse til kjøperprofilen: https://kgv.doffin.no/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/3683 🌏
URL for dokumenter: https://kgv.doffin.no/ctm/Supplier/Documents/Folder/133186 🌏

Referanse
Identifikatorer
Referansenummer tildelt av oppdragsgiver: 70
Kilde: OJS 2015/S 119-218610 (2015-06-19)
Kunngjøring om tildeling av kontrakt (2015-12-15)
Gjenstand
Anskaffelsens omfang
Totalverdi for anskaffelsen: 85 000 000 💰
Metadata for kunngjøring
Dokumenttype: Kunngjøring om tildeling av kontrakt

Prosedyre
Tilbudstype: Ikke aktuelt

Referanse
Datoer
Sendt dato: 2015-12-15 📅
Publiseringsdato: 2015-12-17 📅
Identifikatorer
Kunngjøringsnummer: 2015/S 244-444352
Refererer til kunngjøring: 2015/S 119-218610
OJ-S-utgave: 244

Gjenstand
Anskaffelsens omfang
Referansenummer: 90
Utførelsessted
Hovedsted eller utførelsessted: Oslo.

Prosedyre
Tildelingskriterier
Kriterium: 1. Competence of the audit team and access to specialist expertise (40)
2. Approach and communication model (30)
3. Competence and approach to attestation and consulting assignments (10)
4. Fees (20)

Tildeling av kontrakt
Dato for kontraktinngåelse: 2015-11-10 📅
Navn: Deloitte AS
Postadresse: Dronning Eufemias Gate 14
Poststed: Oslo
Postnummer: 0103
Land: Norge 🇳🇴
Informasjon om tilbud
Antall mottatte tilbud: 3

Oppdragsgiver
Kontakt
URL for dokumenter: https://kgv.doffin.no/ctm/Supplier/Documents/Folder/138604 🌏
Kilde: OJS 2015/S 244-444352 (2015-12-15)