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40
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Can you please clarify section 4.3. A. Quality criteria, which says: “For each criterion, the general [...]
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- the weight of the “general description of the approach, organisation, methods and tools” is 30%. - [...]
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20/02/2019
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39
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For the requirement that “out of the 10 minimum references, the list shall include at least two audits [...]
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Please refer to the Criteria relating to tenderers: “The tender must contain a description of the tenderer's [...]
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18/02/2019
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38
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With reference to your answer to Question 2, which referred to whether the DGs will accept examples where [...]
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Yes we confirm.
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18/02/2019
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37
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We are coming back to your reply to Q&A #19: We would appreciate if you could provide an amended [...]
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We will upload the amended version of the Declaration on Honour.
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18/02/2019
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36
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On page 30 of the Tender Specification It says “The tenderers initially shall not provide any other evidence [...]
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“The tenderers initially shall not provide any other evidence for compliance with the selection criteria [...]
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14/02/2019
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35
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According to the draft request for services (shared management), p.70, the auditor should use the checklists [...]
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The checklist depends on the Fund to be audited, there is no standard common checklist. For the shared [...]
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13/02/2019
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34
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Could you please clarify the meaning of the sentence ‘Batch assignments under shared management mode [...]
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For Shared Management mode, without prejudice to what is agreed in specific terms of reference and generally [...]
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13/02/2019
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33
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On page 29 of the tender specifications it is stated that “all subcontractors whose share of the contract [...]
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We confirm that only subcontractors whose share of the contract is above 20% and/or whose capacity is [...]
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07/02/2019
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32
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According to the Tender Specifications, not only the prices per category (Annex 3) but also the prices [...]
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The price schedule refers to the daily rate per profile that the contractor will be allowed to charge [...]
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07/02/2019
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31
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On page 9 of the tender specifications it is stated “tenders must be presented as follows: Part A: Identification [...]
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The bidder should upload the documents in each of the corresponding part of the portal on the basis of [...]
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07/02/2019
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30
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According to 4.2 of the Tender Specifications, two audit coordinators need to be nominated and must cover [...]
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A bidder can nominate more audit coordinators as far as they comply with the selection criteria. Please [...]
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07/02/2019
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29
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With reference to shared management mode (SMM), and the requirement for the audit coordinator under SMM [...]
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No, it will not be accepted.
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01/02/2019
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28
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Would it be acceptable to the Commission to provide a reference for a contract, whereby annual statutory [...]
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The annual statutory audit will not be counted as experience required for compliance audit for this tender [...]
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01/02/2019
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27
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P34 of the tender states that the audit co-ordinator should have the status of certified auditor. One [...]
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No, it will not be accepted. Status of certified auditor is required as stated in Technical and professional [...]
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01/02/2019
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26
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The tender states that at the end of the fieldwork of the audit mission, the presence of the contractor [...]
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“At the end of the fieldwork of the audit mission, a closing meeting will be organised by the contractor [...]
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01/02/2019
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25
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On P18 of the tender, under reporting, reference is made to the audit report and management letter being [...]
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The financial proposal of the tender shall not take into consideration the cost of translation, as translation [...]
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01/02/2019
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24
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The tender requires that 5 CVs be submitted for Senior Auditor roles. Given the duration of this contract [...]
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During the duration of the FWC, senior auditors may be substituted, upon prior approval by the Commission [...]
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01/02/2019
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23
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With regard to the team delivering the services (pag.33), Staff Category 2 we have noted that at least [...]
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Yes we confirm.
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01/02/2019
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22
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Further also to clarification questions 8 and 15, in terms of IT audit examples, can these also come [...]
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IT Audit examples can come from outside the EU Institutions. Nevertheless, these examples shall refer [...]
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01/02/2019
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21
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Further to clarification questions 8 and 15, in terms of compliance audit examples, can these come from [...]
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Yes we confirm: compliance audit examples can come from work for other EU institutions and Agencies outside [...]
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30/01/2019
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20
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The document library contains a Simplified Balance Sheet which is not mentioned in the Tender Specifications [...]
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Yes we confirm. The tenderers initially shall not provide any other evidence for compliance with the [...]
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28/01/2019
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19
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VII - Selection criteria (5) a-c of the Declaration on Honour refers to sections 3.2.2-3.2.4 of the tender [...]
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Please proceed.
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25/01/2019
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18
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Relating to the detailed description of the two scenarios what do you expect us to provide under point [...]
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The Commission expects that the tenderer explains “how the tasks are going to be distributed, the roles [...]
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25/01/2019
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17
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Shared Management : In reference to the answer provided regarding the footnote 11 on page 11 and the [...]
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The financial audit quoted in the shared management scenario (Annex 4) shall be understood as audit of [...]
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25/01/2019
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16
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Direct Management : Page 10 – The footnote 7 refers to the Annex 4 – Scenario on Direct Management as [...]
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Direct management scenario refers to ‘On-the-spot controls of expenditure”. A corrigendum will be published [...]
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25/01/2019
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15
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Based on your answer on Question number 8 relating to the IT credentials you state in the answer that [...]
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Yes we confirm
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24/01/2019
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14
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Based on your answer on Question 9, is our interpretation correct that we do not have to provide the [...]
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The signed certificates relating to the credentials will be asked at a later stage and only for the tenderers [...]
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24/01/2019
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13
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With regard to the minimum numbers and experience criteria of the various experts as set out on pages [...]
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It may be possible for an expert to be procurement and IO specialist as long as his/her professional [...]
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22/01/2019
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12
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The ITT states the following requirement: At least two auditors of staff categories 3 and 4 (please see [...]
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For each audit assignment, the proposed team must be composed of minimum two auditors; one of them being [...]
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22/01/2019
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11
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In relation to the Final Technical Report (FTR), please could you confirm that for batch audits, one [...]
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Please refer to part 2.3 of the Technical specifications: Methodology to implement the framework contract [...]
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22/01/2019
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10
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With regards to the provision of ten references, it is stated on P32 the following: Be audit firm (as [...]
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Please refer to part 4.A criteria relating to tenderers: “Tenderers (in case of a joint tender the combined [...]
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22/01/2019
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9
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Under declaration and evidence, the selection criteria states: The tenderers initially shall not provide [...]
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For the selection, criteria please see section 4.2, Declaration and evidence, page 31: For the selection [...]
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22/01/2019
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8
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On page 33 of the revised specifications, it stipulates that out of the 10 requested specific examples [...]
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Referring to question a): Examples of compliance audits are verification works, which do not require [...]
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22/01/2019
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7
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Page 32 – 34 – At the end of the point 4.2 Selection Criteria, section B. Criteria relating to the team [...]
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We confirm your understanding: - 1 CV for staff category 1 concerning the Audit Partner. - 5 CVs for [...]
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17/01/2019
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6
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Page 7 – 1.8 Subcontracting. “Tenderers are required to identify all subcontractors. Any natural person [...]
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The "partner" in this sentence refers to a joint tenderer. Please refer to Section 1.7 Joint tenders [...]
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17/01/2019
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5
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Page 11 – The footnote 11 refers to the Annex 4 – Scenario on Shared Management as a detailed example [...]
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We confirm your understanding: the scenario on Shared Management provided in Annex 4 relates to audit [...]
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17/01/2019
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4
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Page 67 & 88 – With regards to the Table 2.a and 2.b, Quality Criteria of the 2 scenario (DM & [...]
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As regard the first part of your question, we draw your attention to the fact that the both tables to [...]
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17/01/2019
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3
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We have noted the experience requirement that we have two audit specialists in public complex procurement [...]
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The requirement is amended. The corrigendum of the reviewed technical specifications will be uploaded [...]
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14/01/2019
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2
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In terms of the requisite experience in the various thematic/programme fields that DG Justice and DG [...]
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Please refer to the technical and professional capacity criteria and evidence A. "Criteria relating to [...]
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14/01/2019
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1
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On page 31 of the tender specifications, it is stated that each bidder must provide a “minimum of 5 references [...]
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The Contracting Authority does not consider the requirement neither prescriptive nor restrictive, since [...]
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14/01/2019
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