Official UK procurement notice
External Audit Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Link Group
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionExternal Audit Services for the Link group of companies.
CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Financial auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of external audit services for the Link group of companiesRenewal
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 sub-criteria (11)
- Audit Approach: 30
- Partnership and issue resolution: 15
- Quality and assurance: 5
- Resourcing of the audit: 5
- Added value and innovation: 10
- Community benefit: 5
- Fair work practices: 5
- Interview presentation: 10
- price: 30
- Knowledge of Link and our operating environment: 10
- Environmental management: 5
Published award criteria (11)
- Audit Approach: 30
- Partnership and issue resolution: 15
- Knowledge of Link and our operating environment: 10
- Quality and assurance: 5
- Resourcing of the audit: 5
- Added value and innovation: 10
- Environmental management: 5
- Community benefit: 5
- Fair work practices: 5
- Interview presentation: 10
- Price: 30
- Technical & professional ability
Applicants must be registered auditors.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 17 Dec 2024, 11:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2024, 11:07 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Feb 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040562- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c8a2Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=785984. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:785984) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=785984
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
17 Dec 2024 → 14 Feb 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published17 Dec 2024, 11:07 GMT
- Submission deadline14 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened14 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria