Official UK procurement notice
Internal Audit Services · Avon Fire Authority (Sept 2025)
Authority: Avon Fire Authority (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAvon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is an Emergency Public Service that covers Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Our Headquarters is currently situated in the Police & Fire Headquarters, Portishead. AF&RS have 27 sites in total. There is a mixture of wholetime (24/7 crewed), day-crewed and on-call fire stations, administrative centres & Fire Service Control.
AF&RS are looking to procure a provision of internal audit services to support the effective management and governance of functions of The Authority.
AF&RS current estimated annual requirement is approximately 80 working days.
CPV: Auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£420,000
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).
- Simple description: Award criteria is included withing the tender documents
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Sept 2025, 08:26 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Mar 2026, 12:03 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
AFRS08-2025-17- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060712- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a483Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
30 Sept 2025 → 27 Mar 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published386 days ago30 Sept 2025, 08:26 BST
- Clarification questions by373 days ago13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline359 days ago27 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent323 days ago3 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends313 days ago12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by309 days ago16 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts290 days ago5 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published208 days ago27 Mar 2026, 12:03 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2025- Tender notice published30 Sept 2025, 08:26 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published3 Dec 2025, 12:05 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete3 Dec 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Contract signature expected5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published27 Mar 2026, 12:03 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWAP Internal Audit, SWAP Internal Audit Services (trading name of South West Audit Partnership)joint award5 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: 2 x 12 months extensions available | £19,000 | 3 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SWAP Internal Audit, SWAP Internal Audit Services (trading name of South West Audit Partnership)
- Signed
- 13 Feb 2026
- Value
- £190,000
- Period
- 13 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 12 months extensions available
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- SWAP Internal AuditAwarded supplier
- SWAP Internal Audit Services (trading name of South West Audit Partnership)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices 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