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# Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04795d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Police Digital Service: "Audit Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £360,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Police Digital Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/police-digital-service-coh-08113293)
- **Published Value:** £360,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 October 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £140,400 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04795d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04795d`

## 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/audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04795d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D82964%26B%3DBLUELIGHT)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04795d#participate

## Description
In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, Police Digital Service (Company) is seeking to establish a contract through the Open Procedure (as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulation 27)), for the provision of Audit Services. The offering will be split into two (2) lots within the Invitation to Tender (ITT), the first being External Audit Services and the second being Internal Audit Services. Suppliers are required to bid on ONE lot only.
The Company intends to award the Contract Agreement based on the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT). The Company will not be bound to accept the lowest price of any Tender submitted, but will be evaluating Tenders on the quality and price criteria set forth in this Invitation to Tender (ITT).

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: External Audit Services
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79212000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £200,000
- **Description:** External audits play a crucial role in promoting good corporate governance practices by providing independent oversight of companies’ financial reporting processes to ensure financial statements, including balance sheet, and cash flow statements are ...
- **Contract Period:** 12/03/2025 to 11/03/2028

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Internal Audit Services
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79212000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £280,000
- **Description:** CIPFA’s Code of Practice for Internal Audit in Local Government in the United Kingdom describes Internal Audit as an assurance function that primarily provides an independent and objective opinion to the organisation on the control environment compri...
- **Contract Period:** 12/03/2025 to 11/03/2028

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** External Audit Services (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `008495-2025-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Internal Audit Services (active)
  - Award id: `008495-2025-2-2`
  - Supplier(s): **RSM Risk Assurance Services LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-172471`
  - Value: £140,400 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Internal Audit Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £140,400
  - Signed Date: 07/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008495-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-10T11:55:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T22:13:40.875Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04795d