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title: "External Auditing Services - Statutory Audit"
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# External Auditing Services - Statutory Audit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-auditing-services-statutory-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-055899). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Norse Commercial Services Limited: "External Auditing Services - Statutory Audit". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Norse Commercial Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norse-commercial-services-limited-GB-PPON-PRLT-2616-PGPY)
- **Published Value:** £3,600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 July 2025 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial auditing services, Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH15
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £3,941,785 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-auditing-services-statutory-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-055899#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055899`

## 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-auditing-services-statutory-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-055899#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-auditing-services-statutory-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-055899#participate

## Description
Norse 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
To view this notice, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=990232994

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79212100, 79212300
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,600,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 01/09/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:OC307742`
  - Value: £3,941,785 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 10/08/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,941,785
  - Signed Date: 23/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037238-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-04T16:27:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T04:21:12.601Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055899