Lot 1
Bernicia are looking for a provider to deliver a programme of auditing services. This contract is being offered on a fixed three year contract with the option to extend for a further two years.
Award criteria
price
Buyer: Bernicia Group →
Bernicia are looking to appoint a supplier to provide an internal audit service (based on circa 120-140 days per annum) and deliver a three-year audit plan This contract will be awarded based on a three year minimum period with the option to extend for a further two years.
UKC22
Bernicia are looking for a provider to deliver a programme of auditing services. This contract is being offered on a fixed three year contract with the option to extend for a further two years.
Award criteria
price
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auditing services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Auditing services (79212000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 79 | 13,741 | 4 median · 30.9 average (5,803 of 13,741 with a bid count) | 3.2 average (6,508 of 13,741 with named award suppliers) | 1 comparable price pairs |
| Same buyer | 0 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKC22 | 39 | 6 median · 20.4 average (18 of 39 with a bid count) | 3.4 average (18 of 39 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
No documents are published in the current source record.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-046e60 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 020037-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Fri May 09 2025 11:28:58 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | complete |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 32014L0024 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | Not published |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 0 |
| Awards in latest release | 1 |
| Contracts in latest release | 1 |
| Parties in latest release | 4 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2025 | award, contract | 020037-2025 |
| 7 Jun 2024 | tender | 017750-2024 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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