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title: "External Audit and Accountancy Services"
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# External Audit and Accountancy Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-and-accountancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f03e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hertfordshire Catering Limited: "External Audit and Accountancy Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £120,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Hertfordshire Catering Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hertfordshire-catering-limited-coh-08409608)
- **Published Value:** £120,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 January 2026 at 23:59 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting and auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-and-accountancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f03e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f03e`

## 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/external-audit-and-accountancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f03e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2FA3J96ZWUP9)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-and-accountancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f03e#participate

## Description
Hertfordshire Catering Limited (HCL) is a limited company, limited by a single share wholly owned by Hertfordshire County Council (HCC). It is a specialist contract caterer delivering catering service in the education sector. We are looking for a suitable qualified provider to provide external audit and accountancy services. The Procurement will be evaluated based on MEAT criteria. For further details of the procurement, please refer to the tender documents.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-Welwyn-Garden-City:-Accounting-and-auditing-services./A3J96ZWUP9
To respond to this opportunity, please visit the Delta portal here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/A3J96ZWUP9
To view this notice, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1004996113

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79210000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £120,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2026 to 31/01/2030
- **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%2F080383-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-08T16:05:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T03:52:26.846Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05f03e