Official UK procurement notice
Advance IA Services Contract Award Notice
Authority: Advance Housing and Support
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAdvance Housing & Support Ltd. conducted a competitive tender process for the provision of Internal Audit (IA) services. The tender was published on the Find a Tender Service (FTS) in accordance with public procurement requirements.
Following evaluation of all compliant tenders against published criteria, Menzies LLP submitted the Most Advantageous Tender in accordance with the established assessment methodology. Assessment summaries have been issued to all evaluated bidders in line with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023.
Advance Housing & Support intends to enter into a contract with Menzies LLP following completion of the standstill period.
CPV: Internal audit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£178,000
- Condition of participation
Minimum Requirements:
Bidders must demonstrate experience in providing internal audit services to similar organisations, hold appropriate professional qualifications, and maintain professional indemnity insurance.
Full conditions and specifications can be found in the attached documents (Document A & Document B).
Full ITT documents are available upon request from Kayleigh.Sterland-Smith@advanceuk.org.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Quality total = 60%, broken down as: Organisation Experience - 10% Proposal - 20% Contract Implementation - 10% Contract Management - 10% Social Value - 5% Business Continuity - 5%
- Price
- Condition of participation
Minimum Requirements:
Bidders must demonstrate experience in providing internal audit services to similar organisations, hold appropriate professional qualifications, and maintain professional indemnity insurance.
Full conditions and specifications can be found in the attached documents (Document A & Document B).
Full ITT documents are available upon request from Kayleigh.Sterland-Smith@advanceuk.org.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Nov 2025, 17:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Mar 2026, 13:10 GMT
- Authority reference
ADV-IA-2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073337- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dff3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Email to Kayleigh.Sterland-Smith@advanceuk.org
or by post (marked "Tender - Advance Internal Auditors")
Timeline
12 Nov 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published349 days ago12 Nov 2025, 17:12 GMT
- Clarification questions by320 days ago11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline313 days ago18 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Latest notice published235 days ago6 Mar 2026, 13:10 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Nov 2025- Tender notice published12 Nov 2025, 17:12 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published17 Nov 2025, 10:11 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published18 Nov 2025, 09:28 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published6 Mar 2026, 13:10 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete6 Mar 2026, 13:10 GMT
- Contract signature expected20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (2)
We've updated the submission email address from kayleigh.sterland-smith@advanceuk.org to Kayleigh.Sterland-Smith@advanceuk.org
Removed reference to an electronic auction
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 12 Nov 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menzies LLPProvision of Internal Audit Services1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: Contract includes an optional 2‑year extension (total term up to 5 years), exercisable subject to satisfactory performance. | £247,200 inc. VAT | 6 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 7 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MENZIES LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender