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title: "C1228 - External Audit Services"
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# C1228 - External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/c1228-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-044409). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NI Water and its subsidiaries: "C1228 - External Audit Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NI Water and its subsidiaries](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ni-water-and-its-subsidiaries-GB-FTS-94)
- **Published Value:** £3,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 April 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services, Financial auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Awarded Value:** £3,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/c1228-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-044409#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044409`

## 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/c1228-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-044409#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etendersni.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetendersni.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/c1228-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-044409#participate

## Description
This Contract is for external audit services to the Northern Ireland Water Group (‘the Client’ or ‘NI Water’) as set out in Appendix 1 - Specification

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000
- **Description:** This Contract is for external audit services to the Northern Ireland Water Group (‘the Client’ or ‘NI Water’) as set out in Appendix 1 - Specification. Additional information: The figure of £3m represents the anticipated contract value which ranges f...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Contract (active)
  - Award id: `035817-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **KPMG**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-OC301540`
  - Value: £3,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,000,000
  - Signed Date: 05/11/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035817-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-05T14:58:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:14:03.348Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044409