Official UK procurement notice
Advice and Guidance in Relation to VAT and Other Relevant Tax Advice
Authority: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£54,000≈ £19k / year · £54,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Dec 2025awarded 22 Dec 2025
Awarded to KPMG
Contract term 2 yrs 11 moends 21 Nov 2028 · up to 21 Nov 2031 with extensions · starts 22 Dec 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSuitable and experienced service providers invited to tender for the provision of Advice
and Guidance in Relation to VAT and Other Relevant Tax Advice
CPV: Tax consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£54,000
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
Lot awarding rule: Quality 50 / Price 50
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
- 17 Nov 2025, 12:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jan 2026, 14:32 GMT
- Authority reference
6256356- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-074356- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e25fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
- Submission deadline
- 8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
17 Nov 2025 → 15 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published339 days ago17 Nov 2025, 12:07 GMT
- Submission deadline318 days ago8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts305 days ago22 Dec 2025
- Latest notice published280 days ago15 Jan 2026, 14:32 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Nov 2025- Tender notice published17 Nov 2025, 12:07 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Jan 2026, 14:12 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Jan 2026, 14:12 GMT
- Contract details notice published15 Jan 2026, 14:32 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected15 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £54,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| KPMG16 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 · up to 31 Dec 2031Extensions: 1+1+1 | £54,000 inc. VAT | 22 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Advice and Guidance in Relation to VAT and Other Relevant Tax Advice · KPMG
- Signed
- 31 Dec 2025
- Value
- £54,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 · up to 31 Dec 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1+1+1
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- KPMGAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
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