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# EXTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06e875). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Lifestone Home Limited: "EXTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Lifestone Home Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/paradigm-housing-group-limited-trading-as-settleparadigm-rsh-l4215)
- **Published Value:** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 September 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting and auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06e875#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06e875`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06e875#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FLogin%2FIndex%3FReturnUrl%3D%252fLogin%252fLogoutConfirmation)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06e875#participate

## Description
SettleParadigm wishes to appoint an external auditor to undertake the statutory annual financial external audit of the group and its subsidiaries. The intention is to commence with the year ending 31 March 2027 for a period of three years with an option to extend for up to two more years on a plus one basis (i.e. 3 years + 1 year + 1 year). For clarity, the maximum duration of the contract will be to complete the audit for year ending 31 March 2031 if both options to extend are taken. The scope of Services to be delivered under the Contract will be to undertake the external audit of the Group and its subsidiaries in line with current auditing standards and to opine on the statutory financial statements of the Group and subsidiaries that will be published on our website and submitted to the Regulator of Social Housing, our funders and investors.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79210000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2026 to 30/06/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F079392-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-20T10:59:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:24:00.042Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06e875