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Published 24 Apr 2024, 11:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

External Audit Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Plymouth Community Homes (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South West (UKK41)
Published estimate£350,000≈ £88k / year13.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 24 May 2024awarded 10 Dec 2024
Awarded to Bishop Fleming LLP
Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Sept 2028 · starts 1 Oct 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

External audit service providers to Plymouth Community Homes will be expected to comply with the Association’s minimum service requirements shown below. Audit Planning & Conduct

  • The external audit service will be managed through an ‘Audit Strategy & Planning Memorandum’ to be approved by the PCH Audit and Risk Committee before each year end audit. The memorandum should cover:
  • Audit approach (planning, materiality, liaison with internal audit, use of specialists)
  • Audit timeline (actual timing to be agreed with PCH Finance Team), dates of fieldwork for interim & final audits, outcomes (feedback, meetings, reports )
  • Sector & client-specific risks and areas of audit focus
  • Audit team members (this year compared to last year) & anticipated time on each annual audit
  • Provision of named contact (partner/manager) to resolve audit queries before year end.
  • Provide a training session on accounting developments ahead of the year end audit.

CPV: Auditing services · Financial auditing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 4 yrsPublished value£350,000
Contract period: 1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sept 2028 (4 yrs)
Delivery: South West
Variant bids: not allowed
79212100 Financial auditing services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 100
  • Price: per unit of quality

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Apr 2024, 11:19 BST
Last source update
18 Dec 2024, 13:16 GMT
Award evaluation window
24 May 2024 – …
Authority reference
GR/ExternalAudit/003/024
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040768
Classification (CPV)
Auditing servicesFinancial auditing services
Delivery area
South West (UKK41)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0454c5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
24 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

24 May 2024 → 18 Dec 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    24 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    18 Dec 2024, 13:16 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Dec 2024, 13:16 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £304,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Dec 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Bishop Fleming LLP£304,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • External Audit Services · Bishop Fleming LLP

    Signed
    10 Dec 2024
    Value
    £304,000
    Period
    … – 30 Sept 2028
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Plymouth Community Homes

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities IP030637 Plumer House Tailyour Road, Plymouth, South West, PL6 5DHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Crown Commercial ServicesReview contact point London
  • Housing Ombudsman ServiceMediation body Liverpool
  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Bishop Fleming LLPAwarded supplier Stratus House, Emperor Way, Exeter, South West, EX1 3QS

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria