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title: "HDC External Audit Services"
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# HDC External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hdc-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-033fd3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Horsham District Council: "HDC External Audit Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Horsham District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/horsham-district-council-ons-e07000227)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 July 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ28
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-033fd3`

## 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/hdc-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-033fd3#tl-md)

## Description
Horsham District Council invites tenders for the provision of External Audit Services as set out in these documents.The contract will be for a five-year period for the 2023/24 to 2027/28 statement of accounts, commencing from 1 April 2023. The Council is procuring this contract following the Open Procedure* under the UK Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Council’s Procurement Code.  The Council will be awarding one Contract for the provision of all services detailed in the Specification. *Only registered firms, with accredited Key Audit Partners that must oversee the work, can be appointed from the list of external audit suppliers to the local government audit. These nine audit providers are accredited Key Audit Partners at the time of going out to tender: BDO, Cardens Accountants, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG, Mazars, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Azets Audit Services Ltd. Submissions from any other organisations will be immediately rejected from this process.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79212000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Horsham District Council invites tenders for the provision of External Audit Services as set out in these documents.The contract will be for a five-year period for the 2023/24 to 2027/28 statement of accounts, commencing from 1 April 2023. The Counci...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014637-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-25T12:42:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:17:31.651Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-033fd3