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# External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-044e1d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** LONDON LGPS CIV LIMITED: "External Audit Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [LONDON LGPS CIV LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-lgps-civ-limited-GB-COH-09136445)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 April 2024 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pension investment services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044e1d`

## 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-services-ocds-h6vhtk-044e1d#tl-md)

## Description
London CIV is authorised as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) and had £15.9 billion of assets under management as of 31 December 2023. In support of London CIV's strategic objectives, London CIV is seeking to appoint an independent auditor. The entities included in the tender are London LGPS CIV Ltd, 18 active funds and 2 closed funds structured under an Authorised Contractual Scheme (ACS) and 6 private market funds.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** Specific services will include, but will not be limited to:
•	Providing annual statutory and fund audits for London CIV as the AIFM and all its funds  prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice and the Companies...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 031617-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:OC307742`
  - Value: £2,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 031617-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031617-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-10-02T19:49:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:28:06.830Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044e1d