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title: "Invitation to Tender for External Quality Review Services of Financial Audits - Northern Ireland Audit Office"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-external-quality-review-services-of-financial-audits-northern-ire-ocds-h6vhtk-048951"
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# Invitation to Tender for External Quality Review Services of Financial Audits - Northern Ireland Audit Office

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-external-quality-review-services-of-financial-audits-northern-ire-ocds-h6vhtk-048951). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northern Ireland Audit Office: "Invitation to Tender for External Quality Review Services of Financial Audits - Northern Ireland Audit Office". Published status: active. Published Value: £212,500. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Aug 2024, 17:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Northern Ireland Audit Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-ireland-audit-office-GB-PPON-PQLR-6925-RTPL)
- **Published Value:** £212,500 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 August 2024 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting and auditing services, Accounting, auditing and fiscal services, Auditing services, Financial auditing services, Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-external-quality-review-services-of-financial-audits-northern-ire-ocds-h6vhtk-048951#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048951`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-external-quality-review-services-of-financial-audits-northern-ire-ocds-h6vhtk-048951#tl-md)

## Description
The Comptroller and Auditor General is an Officer of the Northern Ireland Assembly. She is supported in the delivery of her functions by the Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO). Her work includes financial audits of a range of public bodies in Northern Ireland. The Authority continues to have a need to appoint a supplier with the knowledge and expertise to provide an annual external quality review of its financial audits.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79200000, 79210000, 79212000, 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £212,500
- **Description:** Provision of External Quality Review Services of Financial Audits in central government in Northern Ireland. Additional information: This service comprises the External Quality Review of the Financial Audits of a minimum of 3 public bodies each year.

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025431-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-12T13:00:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T14:00:40.598Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-048951