Official UK procurement notice
Appointment of Sandwell Childrens Trust External Auditor
Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSandwell Children’s Trust invites tenders from suitably qualified and competent registered auditors with a high level of knowledge and understanding of the public sector for the provision of a statutory external audit and certain related services. For the period 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029.
The auditor must have previous experience of auditing a local authority children’s service, Children’s Trust or public bodies providing welfare services. Further details of the external audit and other services can be found in the attached document within the In-Tend ITT Pack, Schedule 5 – External Auditor Service Specification.
CPV: Auditing services · Financial auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£200,000
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)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 27 Nov 2025, 20:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Nov 2025, 20:26 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
SMBC 25081- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-077899- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05eaa8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Dec 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Nov 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published335 days ago27 Nov 2025, 20:26 GMT
- Submission deadline304 days ago28 Dec 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by253 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published27 Nov 2025, 20:26 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender