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# External Audit & Associated Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-associated-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06815f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Waythrough: "External Audit & Associated Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Waythrough](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/waythrough-rsh-4713)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting, auditing and fiscal services, Financial auditing services, Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £422,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06815f`

## 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-associated-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06815f#tl-md)

## Description
The awarded contractor will provide external audit services for the Waythrough Group, including auditing the Group's financial statements and issuing an independent statutory audit opinion in line with relevant company, housing, and accounting legislation. 
The scope includes drafting annual financial statements, providing a management letter of audit findings and recommendations, and supporting Audit and Risk Committee and Board reporting.
The contractor will also lodge statutory accounts with Companies House, prepare and submit required tax computations and returns, and support compliance with regulatory requirements, including those of the Regulator of Social Housing, Charity Commission, ICO, CQC and Ofsted, where applicable.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79212100, 79212300
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK

- **Description:** This contract was awarded via the Crown Commercial Service RM6310 - Audit and Assurance Services Two (A&AS2)
The contract will commence on the 22nd December 2025, with an initial term of three years ending on Tuesday 21st December 2028. There is a 12...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** External Audit and associated Services (active)
  - Award id: `033457-2026-CA16590-1`
  - Supplier(s): **CROWE UK LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-158803`
  - Value: £422,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** External Audit and associated Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £422,000
  - Signed Date: 27/02/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033457-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-13T16:12:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:20:52.758Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06815f