Official UK procurement notice
Internal Audit Service Lifestone Homes
Authority: Lifestone Home Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLifestone Homes Limited wishes to appoint an Internal Audit Service Provider to undertake the provision of internal audit services across the Group. The Contract is intended to commence prior to the start of the 2027/28 financial year to facilitate mobilisation and planning activities required to deliver services from 2027/28 onwards. The Contract will be awarded for an initial three (3) year term, with the option to extend for up to two additional years on a (1 + 1) year basis (3 + 1 + 1) to total five years (5). The scope of services to be delivered under the Contract will be to provide an independent and objective internal audit service to the Group and its subsidiaries, including the delivery of a risk-based internal audit programme, assurance reviews and related advisory services. Services shall be undertaken in accordance with current Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) and relevant sector best practice, providing assurance to the Board, Audit and Risk Committee, and Executive Team on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal control arrangements.
- How the procedure runs: The tender will be conducted in two stages. The first stage is the tender submission which will be evaluate the conditions of participation, price and quality questions. After evaluation of this first stage, the three highest scoring tenderers will be shortlisted and invited to the second stage, the remaining companies will be deselected. The second stage is evaluation of a presentation. Following the presentation, the presentation scores will be combined with the scores from the first stage and the highest scoring tenderer overall will be awarded the contract.
- No preliminary market engagement: Preliminary Market Engagement has not been carried out as this is an established market.
CPV: Internal audit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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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 sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 60%
- Presentation: 20%
- Price: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Presentation
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £666,058 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Accounting and auditing services (CPV 7921) in South East England, and who usually turns up
Lifestone Home Limited has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Accounting and auditing services (CPV 7921) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in South East England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 64 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–336%
4–636%
7+27%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate55%
Within ±2%9%
Above estimate36%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7921Published estimate£1.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid12%
2–327%
4–642%
7+19%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 13 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£902k–£1.0m
Estimate£1.0m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
DeloitteLarge | £385m131 awards in 36m · last this month | 24 live · £250m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=14 |
Mazars LLPLarge | £14m41 awards in 36m · last this month | 11 live · £9.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 17% below n=3 |
BDO LLPLarge | £19m53 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 14 live · £5.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=13 |
| £6.7m25 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 9 live · £2.8m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 15% above n=12 | |
Menzies LLPLarge | £2.1m16 awards in 36m · last this month | 5 live · £731k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Oct 2026, 16:33 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 16:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
DN833062- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097196- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0787f3Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Please refer to the contract documents.
- How it runs
The tender will be conducted in two stages. The first stage is the tender submission which will be evaluate the conditions of participation, price and quality questions. After evaluation of this first stage, the three highest scoring tenderers will be shortlisted and invited to the second stage, the remaining companies will be deselected.
The second stage is evaluation of a presentation. Following the presentation, the presentation scores will be combined with the scores from the first stage and the highest scoring tenderer overall will be awarded the contract.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 13 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
14 Oct 2026 → 18 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago14 Oct 2026, 16:33 BST
- Today15 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 21 days4 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 30 days13 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 82 days4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 95 days18 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published14 Oct 2026, 16:33 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender