Official UK procurement notice
External Audit Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Coleg y Cymoedd (Public body)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Wales (UKL)
Published estimate£200,000≈ £67k / year · £240,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 14 Jul 2026
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Dec 2030 · up to 31 Dec 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2028
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAn invitation to tender for the provision of external audit services to Coleg y Cymoedd, for a period of three years with the option to extend.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£200,000
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
- Condition of participation
AS listed in the ITT
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: Technical/Quality criteria
- Price
- Social Value: Social value
Conditions of participation1
- Condition of participation
AS listed in the ITT
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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 18 May 2026, 18:01 BST
- Last source update
- 18 May 2026, 18:01 BST
- Authority reference
CYC/236/002- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045542- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069b63Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Sell2Wales · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Access & registration note: Free Wales registration; eTenderWales runs on Jaggaer
- Submission deadline
- 14 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 29 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
18 May 2026 → 1 Jan 2028 · 4 dates- Tender notice published157 days ago18 May 2026, 18:01 BST
- Clarification questions by115 days ago29 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline100 days ago14 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract starts1 Jan 2028
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published18 May 2026, 18:01 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to Tender Document
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to tender document - word version
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender