Official UK procurement notice
2025 - 1068 Culture Audit RFP
Authority: Citizen Housing Group Ltd (Charity / VCSE)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCitizen would like to appoint a third-party provider to conduct a Culture Audit to determine Citizen’s culture maturity. The audit will be an advisory review, an assurance opinion will not be provided. The objective is to obtain advisory recommendations for management to consider and to inform the ongoing development of the culture and people approach and enhance what is already in place. The estimated value of the Project is between £20,000 - £40,000. The Agreement will be designed to stimulate a collaborative working environment between the parties and, amongst other things, encourage excellent performance measured against agreed key performance indicators.
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CPV: Auditing services · Human resources management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£0
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).
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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).
Lot awarding rule: Price per Quality Point (PQP) - The bidder's submitted cost is divided by their total weighted score to calculate their PQP score, the lowest score is the best.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 30 Sept 2025, 12:51 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 13:42 BST
- Authority reference
2025 - 1068- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078145- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a4d6Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Invite Only Procedure - via In-Tend.
Timeline
30 Sept 2025 → 31 Mar 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published393 days ago30 Sept 2025, 12:51 BST
- Market engagement382 days ago10 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Please see details in Scope.
- Tender notice published333 days ago28 Nov 2025, 14:31 GMT
- Clarification questions by312 days ago19 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline312 days ago19 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Contract starts240 days ago2 Mar 2026
- Latest notice published210 days ago31 Mar 2026, 13:42 BST
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Sept 2025, 12:51 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Oct 2025, 09:28 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published28 Nov 2025, 14:31 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active28 Nov 2025, 14:31 GMT
- Procurement method changed28 Nov 2025, 14:31 GMT
- Deadline published: 19 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT28 Nov 2025, 14:31 GMT
- Contract award notice published30 Jan 2026, 11:41 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete30 Jan 2026, 11:41 GMT
- Contract signature expected18 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published31 Mar 2026, 13:42 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
The return date to this notice has been brought forward to 10/10/2025
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 9 Oct 2025
- 2025-09: 1 release · 30 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altair Consultancy & Advisory Services LtdCitizen Housing Culture Audit1 Mar 2026 – 1 Sept 2026 · up to 1 Mar 2027Extensions: Initial term of 6 months, possible extension of a further 6 months. · Options: There is possible variations to the scope depening on the requirements of the audit. | £46,000 inc. VAT | 30 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Citizen Housing Culture Audit · Altair Consultancy & Advisory Services Ltd
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2026
- Value
- £46,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Initial term of 6 months, possible extension of a further 6 months.
- Options
- There is possible variations to the scope depening on the requirements of the audit.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Altair Consultancy and Advisory Services LtdAwarded supplier
- Altair Consultancy and Advisory Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender