Official UK procurement notice
External Audit Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Together Housing Association (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTogether Housing Group wishes to engage a service provider for external audit services in respect of the financial year commencing 1st April 2024, therefore the first audit will be of the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025. The financial year is from 1st April to 31st March so this date coincides with the start of the annual audit/financial cycle. The Audit Together Housing Group’s objectives for this tender process are to appoint a firm who:
- Has extensive experience in auditing financial statements for Registered Providers in England of similar or larger size and complexity through its external audit service
- Is a high-quality provider, with high standards of professional service for the delivery of external audit services
- Will deliver the service from an office based in the North of England in order to attend in person planning and committee meetings if required
CPV: Financial auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1External Audit ServicesAwardedRenewal
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: 60
- Cost: As Procurement Docs
- Suitability
Those more full described in the procurement documents
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 Mar 2024, 11:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2024, 08:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Apr 2024 – …
- Authority reference
THG/P/00089- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-027365- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044649Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Information available through Together Housing Association
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST
Timeline
19 Apr 2024 → 28 Aug 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline19 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened19 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST
- Notice published28 Aug 2024, 08:24 BST
Notice history
1 event · 4 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete28 Aug 2024, 08:24 BST
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DateIV 2.2 | 19 Apr 2024 | 17 May 2024 | +28 d |
| — | DateIV 2.2 | 19 Apr 2024 | 17 May 2024 | +28 d |
2 amendments published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2024-03: 1 release · 7 Mar 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BDO LLP | £1,250,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
External Audit Services · BDO LLP
- Signed
- 15 Aug 2024
- Value
- £1,250,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BDO LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria