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# Invitation to Tender for Financial Audit Services - Northern Ireland Audit Office

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-financial-audit-services-northern-ireland-audit-office-ocds-h6vhtk-03fb5d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northern Ireland Audit Office: "Invitation to Tender for Financial Audit Services - Northern Ireland Audit Office". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,640,000. 6 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Oct 2023, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## 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:** £1,640,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 October 2023 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 6
- **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-financial-audit-services-northern-ireland-audit-office-ocds-h6vhtk-03fb5d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03fb5d`

## 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-financial-audit-services-northern-ireland-audit-office-ocds-h6vhtk-03fb5d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fintendsharedservices%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-financial-audit-services-northern-ireland-audit-office-ocds-h6vhtk-03fb5d#participate

## 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 and value for money audits of a range of public bodies in Northern Ireland. The NIAO contracts out roughly 30 percent of its financial audit work to the private sector.

## Lots (6)
### Lot Sector 1 - Lot 1: Sector 1 – Shared Services – Lot 1 - Business Services Organisation
- **Lot id:** `Sector 1 - Lot 1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79200000, 79210000, 79212000, 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £467,500
- **Description:** Provision of the Audit of IT Shared Services in central government in Northern Ireland. Additional information: This lot comprises the IT audit of 1 public body.Where an Audit has commenced at any time during the Term but has not yet been completed, ...

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

### Lot Sector 1 - Lot 2: Sector 1 – Shared Services – Lot 2 - IT Assist
- **Lot id:** `Sector 1 - Lot 2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79200000, 79210000, 79212000, 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £162,500
- **Description:** Provision of the Audit of IT Shared Services in central government in Northern Ireland. Additional information: The lot comprises the IT Audit of 1 public body.Where an Audit has commenced at any time during the Term but has not yet been completed, t...

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

### Lot Sector 2 - Lot 1: Sector 2 – Lot 1 – PSNI Pensions Scheme
- **Lot id:** `Sector 2 - Lot 1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79200000, 79210000, 79212000, 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £90,000
- **Description:** Description of the procurement Provision of statutory external financial audit services in central government in Northern Ireland. Additional information: The lot comprises 1 public body with 1 account.Where an Audit has commenced at any time during ...

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

### Lot Sector 2 - Lot 2: Sector 2 – Lot 2 – Central Government Pensions Schemes
- **Lot id:** `Sector 2 - Lot 2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79200000, 79210000, 79212000, 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £315,000
- **Description:** Provision of statutory external financial audit services to central government in Northern Ireland. Additional information: The lot comprises 3 public bodies with 3 accounts.Where an Audit has commenced at any time during the Term but has not yet bee...

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

### Lot Sector 2 - Lot 3: Sector 2 – Pensions plus NIFRS – Lot 3 - NIFRS
- **Lot id:** `Sector 2 - Lot 3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79200000, 79210000, 79212000, 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £280,000
- **Description:** Provision of statutory external financial audit services to an arm’s length body, in central government in Northern Ireland. Additional information: The lot comprises 1 public body with 2 accounts.Where an Audit has commenced at any time during the T...

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

### Lot Sector 3 - Lot 1: Sector 3 – Lot 1 – Local Government
- **Lot id:** `Sector 3 - Lot 1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79200000, 79210000, 79212000, 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £325,000
- **Description:** Provision of statutory external financial audit services to a local council in Northern Ireland. Additional information: The lot comprises 1 public body with 1 account.Where an Audit has commenced at any time during the Term but has not yet been comp...

- **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%2F026688-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-08T15:00:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:07:20.917Z
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