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title: "Norse Group External Auditing Services"
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# Norse Group External Auditing Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/norse-group-external-auditing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02e217). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Norse Group: "Norse Group External Auditing Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Norse Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norse-group-GB-FTS-164894)
- **Published Value:** £3,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 November 2021 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,450,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/norse-group-external-auditing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02e217#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e217`

## 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/norse-group-external-auditing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02e217#tl-md)

## Description
The provision of compliant external audit services to the Norse Group. The group comprises Norse Commercial Services (NCS), property consultancy services specialist NPS Group (NPS) and care services provider Norse Care Limited (NCL). Providers must also have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the complexity associated with public sector and Local Authority Accounting. The Financial Statements of Norse Group Limited are required to be consolidated into the accounts of Norfolk County Council (NCC) and this requires a revised presentation of its annual results into a ‘group reporting pack’ as determined by NCC. Requirement to audit and produce a report to the Group auditors of NCC on the ‘group reporting pack’ under International Standards on Auditing (ISA’s) in accordance with ISA 800.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000
- **Description:** The provision of compliant external audit services to the Norse Group. The group comprises Norse Commercial Services (NCS), property consultancy services specialist NPS Group (NPS) and care services provider Norse Care Limited (NCL). Providers must a...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 001582-2022-625606867-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC UK)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-76960`
  - Value: £3,450,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 001582-2022-625606867-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,450,000
  - Signed Date: 23/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001582-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-19T12:15:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T12:08:58.678Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02e217