Official UK procurement notice
ID558 External Audit · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Aspire Housing (Public body)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG23)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 6 Feb 2029 · up to 6 Feb 2031 with extensions · starts 6 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Aspire Group is seeking to appoint an auditor for the provision of external audit services to the Group. The auditor will be required to audit the financial statements for the 3 Group companies.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 21 Oct 2030, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
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
- Yes · next expected 21 Oct 2030
- First published
- 23 Apr 2025, 14:08 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Apr 2025, 14:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
ID558- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016536- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05065dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
23 Apr 2025 → 6 Feb 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published23 Apr 2025, 14:08 BST
- Tender notice expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by400 days ago22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts264 days ago6 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published23 Apr 2025, 14:08 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