Official UK procurement notice
ID558 External Audit · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Aspire Housing (Public body)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG23)
Published estimate£400,000≈ £133k / year · £480,000 inc. VAT4.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 4 Aug 2025awarded 25 Sept 2025
Awarded to BDO LLP
Contract term 3 yrsends 2 Feb 2029 · up to 2 Feb 2031 with extensions · starts 2 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionExternal Audit for Aspire Housing and Durata Developments
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 22 Oct 2030, 00:59 BST.
- No preliminary market engagement: Market engagement was undertaken under old regulations
CPV: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Financial auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
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).
How bids were scored
- Simple description: 60% Quality 40% Price - Clarification interviews will also be required (this is for clarification purposes based on the Quality response, not scored separately).
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 22 Oct 2030
- First published
- 30 Apr 2025, 08:12 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2026, 14:43 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
ID558- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036497- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0509a5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 4 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
30 Apr 2025 → 20 Jul 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published30 Apr 2025, 08:12 BST
- Tender notice published1 Jul 2025, 15:37 BST
- Next notice expected5 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission deadline4 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by400 days ago16 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent391 days ago25 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends379 days ago6 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts261 days ago2 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published92 days ago20 Jul 2026, 14:43 BST
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Apr 2025- Planned procurement notice published30 Apr 2025, 08:12 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published1 Jul 2025, 15:37 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active1 Jul 2025, 15:37 BST
- Contract award notice published25 Sept 2025, 11:08 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete25 Sept 2025, 11:08 BST
- Contract signature expected13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published20 Jul 2026, 14:43 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-04: 1 release · 30 Apr 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £381,5701 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Nov 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BDO LLP3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2028 · up to 2 Nov 2030Extensions: 2x 12 month extensions available | £381,570 | 25 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · BDO LLP
- Signed
- 1 Nov 2025
- Value
- £381,570
- Period
- 3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2028 · up to 2 Nov 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2x 12 month option to extend based on performance
2 agreed KPIs: Attendance of Audit & Risk Committee meetings · Timely Submission of Audit & Risk Reports
- Attendance of Audit & Risk Committee meetings, Attendance at three Audit & Risk Committee meetings per year (per current Governance timetable Month: February, May and July) at which the External Auditors present a report.
- Timely Submission of Audit & Risk Reports, Timely submission of Reports to Audit & Risk Committee and board to the required standard of Aspire and to the approval of the Executive Director of Finance. Reports expected at February, May and July Audit & Risk meetings and July board.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 9 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonBDO LLP · Greater London
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents available free of charge at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/aspirehousing/aspx/Tenders/Current
Notices 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
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender