Official UK procurement notice
Cairn Housing Association: External Audit Services 2025-26
Authority: Cairn Housing Association (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionExternal audit services to provide independent, third-party assessment of Cairn Housing Association’s and Pentland Community Enterprise’s financial statements and internal controls to ensure:
-Financial statements are prepared according to applicable accounting standards
-Financial controls are sufficiently robust to prevent errors and detect fraud
-Financial data is accurate and reliable
-External audit reports provide a "true and fair" view of the Association's financial performance, including recommendations for improvements to systems, processes, internal controls, reporting procedures and / or data analysis techniques
-External audit reports presented to the Board and Housing Regulator provide an independent assessment of the Association’s financial statements and internal controls
CPV: Auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1As per appended invitation to tenderAwardedRenewal
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Sector Knowledge: 10%
- Accreditations & Qualifications: 10%
- Quality Assurance: 5%
- Business Continuity & Staff Assurance: 10%
- Community Benefit: 5%
- Presentation to the Evaluation Panel: 20%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (7)
- Sector Knowledge: 10
- Accreditations & Qualifications: 10
- Quality Assurance: 5
- Business Continuity & Staff Assurance: 10
- Community Benefit: 5
- Presentation to the Evaluation Panel: 20
- Price: 40
- Suitability
As per appended invitation to tender.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Aug 2025, 12:47 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Feb 2026, 16:08 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Aug 2025 – …
- Authority reference
CHG08/25-02- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018110- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05841dFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As per appended invitation to tender.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:825111)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 29 Aug 2025, 12:30 BST
Timeline
29 Aug 2025 → 27 Feb 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline29 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened29 Aug 2025, 12:30 BST
- Notice published236 days ago27 Feb 2026, 16:08 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete27 Feb 2026, 16:08 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azets | £43,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 018110-2026-1 · Azets
- Signed
- 9 Oct 2025
- Value
- £43,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Azets Technology Solutions LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria