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Internal Audit Services

Buyer: Avon Fire Authority →

BuyerAvon Fire Authority
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published27 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Avon 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.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

1

Statusactive
Value£190,000

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a483
Latest release ID028461-2026
Latest release timestampFri Mar 27 2026 12:03:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Mar 2026award, contract028461-2026
3 Dec 2025award, contract079300-2025
30 Sept 2025tender060712-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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30 Sept 2025 · 060712-2025 · tender
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