Official UK procurement notice
External Auditing Services - Statutory Audit
Authority: Norse Commercial Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorse Commercial Services a subsidiary of the Norse Group is seeking suitably qualified bids for the supply of the Norse Group Ltd External Statutory Audit Services.
The successful organisation will be required to provide the following external audit services (the services):
•Independent audit of the financial statements of all legal entities in the Norse Group from financial year 2025/26 except where the exemption for audit under the BEIS rules for wholly owned subsidiaries or where another audit exemption applies. Please see Appendix C FY24 Company Summary and Appendix D Non-Wholly Owned for list of companies to be audited.
•The Financial Statements of Norse Group Limited are required to be consolidated into the accounts of Norfolk County Council (NCC) and this requires a revised presentation of its annual results into a ‘group reporting pack’ as determined by NCC. There is a requirement to audit and produce a report to the Group auditors of NCC on the ‘Group Reporting Pack’ under International Standards on Auditing (ISA’s) in accordance with ISA 800, ‘Audits of Financial Statements prepared in accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks’ as to conformity with the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting
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CPV: Financial auditing services · Statutory audit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,600,000
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 award criteria (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 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
- Awarded
- 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
- 3 Jul 2025, 16:29 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Nov 2025, 16:27 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
NGRP0108- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037238- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055899Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Jul 2025 → 4 Nov 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published3 Jul 2025, 16:29 BST
- Clarification questions by18 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline29 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent11 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by12 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published350 days ago4 Nov 2025, 16:27 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Jul 2025- Tender notice published3 Jul 2025, 16:29 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published11 Aug 2025, 16:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete11 Aug 2025, 16:05 BST
- Contract signature expected29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Nov 2025, 16:27 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP1 Sept 2025 – 1 Sept 2027 · up to 1 Sept 2031Extensions: Any extension to the Contract are at Norse’s discretion and will be subject to review of performance and agreed between Norse and the supplier. For any extension(s) to the Contract, discussions with suppliers shall be conducted sufficiently far in advance of the Contract expiry date to arrive at an agreed position or to allow for the retendering of the contract. | £3,941,785 inc. VAT | 11 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2025
- Value
- £3,941,785 inc. VAT
- Period
- 25 Oct 2025 – 24 Oct 2027 · up to 24 Oct 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Any extension to the Contract are at Norse’s discretion and will be subject to review of performance and agreed between Norse and the supplier. For any extension(s) to the Contract, discussions with suppliers shall be conducted sufficiently far in advance of the Contract expiry date to arrive at an agreed position or to allow for the retendering of the contract.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Grant Thornton UK LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender