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BuyerTaff Housing Association
StatusClosed
Deadline20 Apr 2026
Value£130,000
Published8 Apr 2026

What is being bought

The primary objective of this tender is to appoint an external auditor to: • The auditor will be expected to prepare an annual audit plan and timetable for discussion with the Executive. • Perform statutory audits in accordance with applicable accounting and auditing standards including Statement of Recommended Practise (SORP) for Housing Associations and UK GAAP/IFRS. • Express an independent opinion on financial statements • To evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls relevant to financial reporting • Identify opportunities to improve financial practices and fraud and risk management • To give assurance to Audit and Risk Committee on the financial management of the Association.

Delivery location

UKL, GB

Categories

Financial auditing services 79212100Statutory audit services 79212300

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£130,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Jul 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Experience — Experience of service provider, team, service delivery, communication, presentation (70%)
Value for Money — Annual cost of service (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Statutory audit services, Financial auditing servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Financial auditing services (79212100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 7912,0084 median · 30.8 average (4,990 of 12,008 with a bid count)3.1 average (5,571 of 12,008 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKL3564 median · 42.6 average (163 of 356 with a bid count)5.5 average (192 of 356 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)8613 median · 4.3 average (13 of 861 with a bid count)1 average (13 of 861 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0659a7
Latest release ID032110-2026
Latest release timestampWed Apr 08 2026 15:32:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032110-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-04-20T09:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-04-17T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/ submission via sell 2 wales postbox facility
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£130,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
8 Apr 2026tenderUpdate032110-2026
20 Feb 2026tender015845-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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