Official UK procurement notice
External Audit Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: B3 Living (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionB3Living is seeking to award a Framework Agreement valued at up to £600,000.00 to a single Supplier for the provision of External Audit Services as described within the Invitation to Tender (ITT): the scope will be as described within the specification in Part B of the ITT and the pricing template (Part E of the ITT) is reflective of the anticipated demand.
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CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledPublished value£600,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Questions: 25%
- Schedule of Rates: 75%
Published award criteria (2)
- Schedule of Rates
- Quality Questions
- Price carries 75 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Feb 2026, 10:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Feb 2026, 12:07 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Apr 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010298- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0647afFind a Tender
- Risks
Just to let all know that the name of this Tender should be Tender for External Audit Services and not Tender for External Tender Services, although the Tender Notice was correctly named as Tender for External Audit Services.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 Feb 2026 → 1 Jun 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published263 days ago5 Feb 2026, 10:06 GMT
- Latest notice published243 days ago25 Feb 2026, 12:07 GMT
- Clarification questions by236 days ago4 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline214 days ago26 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by179 days ago30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts148 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Feb 2026- Tender notice published5 Feb 2026, 10:06 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published24 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published25 Feb 2026, 12:07 GMTUK12
- Status changed to cancelled25 Feb 2026, 12:07 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 25 Feb 2026 | CancelledB3Living will be re-advertising this Tender and introducing a Supplier Meeting Stage to the process, increasing the the scoring based on a split of 60 marks for the Schedule of Rates, 40 marks for the Supplier Quality Questions , with a Supplier Meeting. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender