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title: "Financial Audit Services"
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# Financial Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financial-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02a493). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** SOUTH EAST WATER LIMITED: "Financial Audit Services". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 May 2021, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [SOUTH EAST WATER LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-east-water-limited-coh-02679874)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 May 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a493`

## 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/financial-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02a493#tl-md)

## Description
South East Water is seeking expressions of interest in its forthcoming tender exercise from suitably experienced and qualified audit firms for the provision of independent external financial auditor services, with an initial contract of 5 years and the option to extend up to a further 3 years starting August 2021.
The aim of this tender is to appoint an external audit firm to provide an independent audit opinion on the individual and consolidated financial
statements of the HDF group of companies. The group comprises 11 companies, including the UK parent company, two trading companies and
two overseas registered companies used to raise finance for other group companies.
The appointment of the new auditor to the group must be in compliance with the independence requirements of UK law and the Ethical Standards published by the Financial Reporting Council. The appointment must also be in line with the requirements of the group's senior loan documentation covenants, which prescribe that the auditor must be a firm of "international standing".
As well as the independent audit of the financial statements, this tender also includes the audit of appointed water company regulatory accounts in accordance with ISAs (UK), applicable law and ICAEW guidance on "Reporting to Regulators on Regulated Accounts". The regulated accounts for SEW comply with Ofwat's Regulated Accounting Guidelines (RAGs).
Please confirm your expression of interest and request the pre-qualification questionnaire by emailing sewprocurement@southeastwater.co.uk

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The provision of external independent financial audit services

- **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%2F007458-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-04-09T16:21:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T06:17:45.345Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a493