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title: "Provision of Financial Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-038be6"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "AVON FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE"
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# Provision of Financial Services

Buyer: AVON FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-038be6

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## Summary

The Avon Fire Authority, operating as Avon Fire & Rescue Service, has awarded a public contract for the provision of financial services to Bristol City Council. The procurement method used was a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, in accordance with Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract is active, valued at £500,000 GBP and was signed on 21st March 2024. The services provided include payroll, accounting, treasury management, creditors, and general revenue services at Portishead, North Somerset, England.

This contract presents an opportunity for businesses in the financial and insurance services industry in the UK with expertise in financial consultancy, transaction processing, and management consultancy to contribute to the provision of services. The awarding authority considered the procurement necessary due to technical reasons, specifically the absence of competition for technical reasons, which led to a decision to award the contract without a call for competition. The contract will run until March 2025, allowing Bristol City Council to continue providing essential financial services to Avon Fire & Rescue Service during a strategic period of service specification transformation.

## Notice

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice to inform the market that Avon Fire Authority, operating as Avon Fire & Rescue Service, is intending to award a public contract by use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication, in accordance with Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The object of the public contract is the provision of financial services, which is a public service contract. The general grounds are that the services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator, namely Bristol City Council, for the following reason: 'Competition is absent for technical reasons' - this is explained below in the 'Description of the procurement'. The Authority's intention to award the contract is also covered by Regulation 72(1)(b) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which allows for 'modification of contracts during their term' without a new procurement procedure due to 'technical reasons'.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Avon Fire Authority, operating as Avon Fire & Rescue Service, is intending to award a public contract for the provision of financial services, in accordance with Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This decision is due to technical reasons, namely that we have a shared finance database and software solution, which has meant that additional services beyond March 2023, which were not included in the original tender from Bristol City Council (the sole bid received in 2018/2019), have become necessary, where a change of contractor, cannot be made at this time. The current financial services contract with Bristol City Council expires in March 2023, however, the Service is currently in the process of a Finance Improvement Programme, including a move to devolved budgets, which will substantially change the Services' financial services specification/requirements over the next 12-24 months. It is therefore not possible to attempt to 'fix' a financial services specification for a formal tender exercise at this time, as the Services' requirements will be much clearer once the Finance Improvement Programme work is completed. The Service therefore intends to extend the current financial services contract with Bristol City Council for 2 years, until March 2025, to cover this period of change and during this period conduct a tender exercise which would cover new requirements identified during the Finance Improvement Programme. It is also possible that extending the contract timeline will also allow the Service an opportunity to investigate collaborative working opportunities, including sharing financial services, with another public sector organisation. The Financial Services contract will therefore be extended until March 2025, to provide the services already outlined in the extant contract, including: * Payroll and allowances * Accounting * Treasury Management * Creditors, and * General revenue services

### Procurement Information

Avon Fire Authority, operating as Avon Fire & Rescue Service, is intending to award a publiccontract for the provision of financial services, in accordance with Regulation 32 of ThePublic Contracts Regulations 2015. This decision is due to technical reasons, namely that we have a shared finance database and software solution, which has meant that additional services beyond March 2023, which were not included in the original tender from Bristol City Council (the sole bid received in2018/2019), have become necessary, where a change of contractor, cannot be made at this time.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009271-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Mar 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Dec 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | AVON FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS20 8JJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset |
| ITL 3 | TLK61 North Somerset |
| Local authority | North Somerset |
| Electoral ward | Portishead West |
| Westminster constituency | North Somerset |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
- 66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- 66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services

## Release History

- 21 Mar 2024 at 17:18 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009271-2024
- 8 Dec 2022 at 13:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034795-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.avonfire.gov.uk
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/30508

## Provenance

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