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Published 3 Oct 2024, 14:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

External Audit Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Corserv Solutions Ltd (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South West (UKK3)

Awarded value£500,000published contract · exc. VAT

Submissions closed 8 Nov 2024awarded 10 Jan 2025

Awarded to Westcott (SW) LLP

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of External Audit Services on a annual basis for up to a four year duration.

CPV: Financial auditing services · Statutory audit services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

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: 70%Price: 30%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Quality / Presentation: 70%
price: 30%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality / Presentation: 70
Price: 30

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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

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: Yes
First published: 3 Oct 2024, 14:44 BST
Last source update: 28 Jan 2025, 10:13 GMT
Award evaluation window: 8 Nov 2024 – …
Authority reference: DN745952
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-002785
Classification (CPV): Financial auditing servicesStatutory audit services
Delivery area: South West (UKK3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04a57f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Submission deadline: 8 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en
Participation fee: document
Bids opened: 8 Nov 2024, 15:05 GMT

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗

Timeline

8 Nov 2024 → 28 Jan 2025 · 3 dates

Submission deadline
8 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
Bids opened
8 Nov 2024, 15:05 GMT
Notice published
28 Jan 2025, 10:13 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jan 2025

Status changed to complete
28 Jan 2025, 10:13 GMT
Buyer details updated
28 Jan 2025, 10:13 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 66 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 10 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Westcott (SW) LLPSME	£500,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 002785-2025-1 · Westcott (SW) LLPSME
Signed
10 Jan 2025
Value
£500,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic	6	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Corserv Solutions Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Western Group Centre, Radnor Rd, Scorrier, South West, TR16 5EHContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

Corserv LimitedContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHighways, Civil Engineerng, Care, Housing Scorrier, South WestContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗
European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Corserv Solutions LimitedReview body Scorrier

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Westcott (SW) LLPAwarded supplier Exeter, South West

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.