Notice Information
Notice Title
Finfish Production Audit Services
Notice Description
Annual rent for seabed leases for finfish farming is levied as a per-tonne royalty on the total production of fish harvested from the lease subjects in the immediately preceding calendar year. Grantees are currently required in January of every year to report this production for determination of rent due and this will change in January 2023 when harvested production will be reported on a 6 monthly basis, in January and July every year. The lease terms include a provision for the landlord to independently verify the reported production and while this is annual it will reflect the two 6-monthly reports during the relevant years.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Crown Estate Scotland is seeking to appoint auditors to independently verify the reported production of our finfish farming tenants. Crown Estate Scotland therefore wish to invite tenders to undertake audits of the 2022, 2023, & 2024 calendar year production reported by finfish farming tenants on the following terms which will be reflected in the contract: (1) The auditor is required to carry out production audits of the extant leases of all current Crown Estate Scotland marine finfish farm operators, as outlined in Annex 1 (the variation will be accommodated in costs apportioned and invoiced for individual years). (2) The appointment will be on the condition that all work carried out by the auditor under this appointment is under the personal supervision and control of a nominated contact. These duties may be subsequently delegated as agreed with Crown Estate Scotland. (3) The objective of the appointment is to audit and verify finfish farm tenant's Production Returns made to Crown Estate Scotland. The auditor will examine any records which it deems necessary to:- (a) verify that proper and sufficient records are being maintained to support the Production Returns; (b) verify that the Production Returns are a true record of the harvested tonnage for the audited companies for the production years under audit. (c) identify production of any of the audited companies grown on behalf of third parties and details of which do not appear within the figures returned to Crown Estate Scotland; and (d) Identify production grown by third parties on behalf of the companies being audited. (4) The auditor should provide details of any insurance claims made in respect of stock losses during the audit period. (5) The auditor should provide production details of any marine finfish harvested which are not salmon and have not been previously declared by the fish farming companies.
Renewal: Subject to satisfactory performance and annual review
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000700183
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT460829
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
77800000 - Aquaculture services
77850000 - Fish farming services
79210000 - Accounting and auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £36,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £36,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £34,620 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Oct 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Aug 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Sep 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- July 2025
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CROWN ESTATE SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Maurice McTeague
- Contact Email
- maurice.mcteague@crownestatescotland.com
- Contact Phone
- +44 1314607657
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH3 9GL
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL453885&idx=1
13th July 2022 - Invitation to Tender -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL453885
Finfish Production Audit Services - Annual rent for seabed leases for finfish farming is levied as a per-tonne royalty on the total production of fish harvested from the lease subjects in the immediately preceding calendar year. Grantees are currently required in January of every year to report this production for determination of rent due and this will change in January 2023 when harvested production will be reported on a 6 monthly basis, in January and July every year. The lease terms include a provision for the landlord to independently verify the reported production and while this is annual it will reflect the two 6-monthly reports during the relevant years. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT460829
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