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# Appointment  of Sandwell Childrens Trust External Auditor

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appointment-of-sandwell-childrens-trust-external-auditor-ocds-h6vhtk-05eaa8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: "Appointment  of Sandwell Childrens Trust External Auditor". Published status: active. Published Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Dec 2025, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000028)
- **Published Value:** £200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 December 2025 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services, Financial auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG37
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appointment-of-sandwell-childrens-trust-external-auditor-ocds-h6vhtk-05eaa8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05eaa8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appointment-of-sandwell-childrens-trust-external-auditor-ocds-h6vhtk-05eaa8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsandwellmbc)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appointment-of-sandwell-childrens-trust-external-auditor-ocds-h6vhtk-05eaa8#participate

## Description
Sandwell Children’s Trust invites tenders from suitably qualified and competent registered auditors with a high level of knowledge and understanding of the public sector for the provision of a statutory external audit and certain related services. For the period 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029. 
The auditor must have previous experience of auditing a local authority children’s service, Children’s Trust or public bodies providing welfare services. Further details of the external audit and other services can be found in the attached document within the In-Tend ITT Pack, Schedule 5 – External Auditor Service Specification.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79212000, 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £200,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F077899-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-27T20:26:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T01:46:58.620Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05eaa8