Official UK procurement notice
Internal Audit Services for South Norfolk Council
Authority: South Norfolk District Council (Local council)·Procurement run by: East Suffolk Council
South Norfolk Council (SNC) are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable internal audit provider to deliver risk-based assurance audits and advisory work and where necessary investigations which may arise from a whistleblowing concern or fraud matter. This service will be providing services to the City, Borough, and Districts Councils of Norwich and Norfolk and the Broads Authority starting in April 2027.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Norfolk Council (SNC) are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable internal audit provider to deliver risk-based assurance audits and advisory work and where necessary investigations which may arise from a whistleblowing concern or fraud matter. This service will be providing services to the City, Borough, and Districts Councils of Norwich and Norfolk and the Broads Authority starting in April 2027.
Further details are included in Section E: Specification and the appendices.
- How the procedure runs: South Norfolk Council (SNC) are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable internal audit provider to deliver risk-based assurance audits and advisory work and where necessary investigations which may arise from a whistleblowing concern or fraud matter. This service will be providing services to the City, Borough, and Districts Councils of Norwich and Norfolk and the Broads Authority starting in April 2027. Further details are included in Section E: Specification and the appendices.
CPV: Auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,500,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Stage 1 - ITT: 50%
- Stage 2 - Presentation: 20%
- Stage 1 - ITT: 30%
Published award criteria (3)
- Stage 1 - ITT
- Stage 1 - ITT
- Stage 2 - Presentation
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,666,603 (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
How South Norfolk District Council buys Accounting and auditing services (CPV 7921), and who usually turns up
South Norfolk District Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. 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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East of England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 60 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.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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% / 14%
2–338% / 43%
4–638% / 43%
7+25% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Awards below, close to or above the estimate, per lot. The buyer side adds below-threshold contracts with a pre-award estimate; an award inside a published range counts as close.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate75% / 50%
Within ±2%13% / 21%
Above estimate13% / 29%
Assess each lot i
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£2.5m
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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. The bar shows 14 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid14%
2–343%
4–643%
7+0%
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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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birketts LLPEarlier contract | Legal Services for South Norfolk Councilstarted Oct 2026 | — | £2.0m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts, the earlier contracts and past suppliers on a tender's competition panel, the buyer's decision figure and its award against estimate; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
- 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 earlier-work matches 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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
65% title match.
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.
65% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (65% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Legal Services for South Norfolk Council — held by Birketts LLP; no contract end date published.
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
- 11 Nov 2026, 08:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2026, 08:10 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
2905-PPT-CFP- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106914- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b915Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 day payment terms. Full details in the tender documents.
- How it runs
South Norfolk Council (SNC) are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable internal audit provider to deliver risk-based assurance audits and advisory work and where necessary investigations which may arise from a whistleblowing concern or fraud matter. This service will be providing services to the City, Borough, and Districts Councils of Norwich and Norfolk and the Broads Authority starting in April 2027.
Further details are included in Section E: Specification and the appendices.
- Risks
Full Details in the Tender Documents and Service Specification
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 7 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please register for free on the following link to view the full documentation and express interest once logged in and submit your tender response: supplier.in-tend.co.uk/eastsuffolk/home ↗
Timeline
11 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice publishedjust passed11 Nov 2026, 08:10 GMT
- Today11 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 14 days25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 26 days7 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 107 days26 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 140 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Nov 2026, 08:10 GMTUK4
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
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- East Suffolk CouncilProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement Lead
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to Tender Part A, PSQ (Part B), Invitation to Tender Part C, Appendix A - Service Specification, Appendix B - Internal Audit Services Contract, Appendix C - Stage 2 Presentation Process & Invite Letter Template
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender