The contract is for auditing services for the municipalities' annual accounts and performance audit as described in annex 1. The contract does not include company auditing and other auditing assignments.
The contract will be valid for the financial years 2015 and 2016, with an option for 1 year + 1 further year extension. The responsible auditor in the contract period is to present the auditor's report for the following year, within the adopted laws and regulations. If all the options are taken up, it means that the last auditor's report shall be presented in 2019 for the financial year 2018.
The contracting authority is considering to merge the municipalities. Any merger of the municipalities in the contract period will not have any consequences for the length or other provisions in the contract.
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Auditing services for Tønsberg, Nøtterøy and Tjøme municipalities
V.1) Date of contract award decision:
31.10.2014
V.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received: 3
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
KPMG, Torvet 1, 3103 Tønsberg, NORWAY