Contracts Finder notice
IPRFQ01/25-01 External Auditing Services
Authority: Espo
CPV: Business analysis consultancy services (72221000)
Published contract value£140,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 27 Mar 2028
Awarded to WILLIAMSON & CROFT AUDIT LIMITED
Contract starts 28 Mar 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionESPO is seeking to identify and appoint a supplier to provide external auditing services. The objective is to identify a single supplier of external auditing services which best meets the requirements and which offers excellent value for money.
The external auditing services required will include (but are not limited to):
- Planning, management and execution of an annual external audit of ESPO
- Reporting on the external audit processes used to ESPO's Management and Audit and Finance Committee.
- Provision of advice to the committee on technical accounting and financial matters
- Liaison and coordination with the internal auditors
- Provision of an assessment of financial statements
The contract has the option to extend for up to a further 12 months. The total estimated value stated includes the option period.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Buyer reference
- IPRFQ01/25-01
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Yes
- Tender deadline
- Communication: Future Notice Date
- Published
- Procurement method
- Open
- Additional classifications 1: Reference
- 79212000
- Additional classifications 1: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 1: Description
- Auditing services
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- East Midlands, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Notice published14 Jan 2025
- Award decision27 Mar 2025
- Contract starts28 Mar 2025
- Contract ends27 Mar 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- EspoContracting authority
- Identifier
- sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/8vt52CDf · GB-SRS
- URL
- https://www.espo.org/
Suppliers named on the notice
- WILLIAMSON & CROFT AUDIT LIMITEDSupplier
- Identifier
- 10492101 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- SME
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 'IPRFQ01/25-01' (via "View Opportunities" from the 'EastMidsTenders' Portal); (d) Express an interest (if not already completed via the previously Published PIN); (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen, once an Expression of interest has been completed).
- Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Updated - (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 'IPRFQ01/25-01' (via "View Opportunities" from the 'EastMidsTenders' Portal); d) Express an interest
- (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 'IPRFQ01/25-01' (via "View Opportunities" from the 'EastMidsTenders' Portal); d) Express an interest
- (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 'IPRFQ01/25-01' (via "View Opportunities" from the 'EastMidsTenders' Portal); d) Express an interest
Other published details
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 1: Reference
- 1
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 1: Amount
- £35,000.00
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 1: Period: Start date
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 1: Period: End date
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 1: Description
- 2025/2026
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 2: Reference
- 2
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 2: Amount
- £35,000.00
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 2: Period: Start date
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 2: Period: End date
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 2: Description
- 2026/2027
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 3: Reference
- 3
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 3: Amount
- £35,000.00
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 3: Period: Start date
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 3: Period: End date
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 3: Description
- 2027/2028
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 4: Reference
- 4
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 4: Amount
- £35,000.00
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 4: Period: Start date
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 4: Period: End date
- Budget: Budget Breakdown 4: Description
- 2028/2029
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-2936966d-03ef-43c9-8fcd-56f28851e739-2025-05-01T16:46:49+01:00
- Published
- 14 Jan 2025
- Latest update
- 1 May 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-2936966d-03ef-43c9-8fcd-56f28851e739
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-2936966d-03ef-43c9-8fcd-56f28851e739-1