Official UK procurement notice
External Audit Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Choice Housing Ireland Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 21 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 22 Feb 2028 · up to 21 Feb 2030 with extensions · starts 23 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionExternal Audit Services for Choice Housing & subsidiaries, including tax compliance.
CPV: Accounting review services · Auditing services · Financial auditing services · Statutory audit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Cost
What this means for your bid
- 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 21 Oct 2025, 09:12 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2025, 09:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
PRN25063- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066949- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d05eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Timeline
21 Oct 2025 → 23 Feb 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published371 days ago21 Oct 2025, 09:12 BST
- Tender notice expected370 days ago21 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by350 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline343 days ago17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by325 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts246 days ago23 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published21 Oct 2025, 09:12 BSTUK3
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender