Official UK procurement notice
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Financial Audit
Authority: ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND TRUSTEE LIMITED (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£75,000≈ £25k / year · £86,250 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 Aug 2025
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis ITT is for a three year contract to provide the annual financial audit services for Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, a charity and government Arms' Length Body.
CPV: Auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£75,000
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
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Financial Audit of Charity Sector: 20%
- Experience of Financial audit of public sector bodies: 15%
- Ability to provide technical advice and support: 10%
- Quality and continuity of staff allocated to the audit: 10%
- Audit approach: 10%
- Price: 25%
- Experience of auditing in a fully remote environment: 10%
Published award criteria (7)
- Financial Audit of Charity Sector: Proven track record as financial auditors in the charity sector, and understanding of the business and its environment
- Experience of Financial audit of public sector bodies
- Experience of auditing in a fully remote environment
- Ability to provide technical advice and support: Including charity SORP updates and accounts templates as necessary
- Quality and continuity of staff allocated to the audit
- Audit approach: Ability to demonstrate that the audit approach is in acordance with published auditing standards, and evidence of quality assurance
- Price
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Jul 2025, 14:38 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Jul 2025, 14:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Oct 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039332- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055dc5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: portal not identified
- Submission deadline
- 29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Submissions to [email protected]
See covenantfund.org.uk/work-for-the-trust/ ↗ for details
Timeline
11 Jul 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published11 Jul 2025, 14:38 BST
- Clarification questions by15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by365 days ago27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Jul 2025, 14:38 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender