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# North East Franchising Scheme Assessment Independent Audit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-east-franchising-scheme-assessment-independent-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-05d5a0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** North East Combined Authority: "North East Franchising Scheme Assessment Independent Audit". Published status: active. Published Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [North East Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-east-combined-authority-ons-e47000014)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 January 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKC14, UKC2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-east-franchising-scheme-assessment-independent-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-05d5a0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d5a0`

## Before you bid
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- **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/north-east-franchising-scheme-assessment-independent-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-05d5a0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** www.open-uk.org

## Description
This opportunity is to enter into Contract(s) for Service with Provider(s) for an Independent Auditor of the North East Combined Authority's (North East CA) Bus Franchising Scheme Assessment.
On 30 July 2024 the North East Mayor Kim McGuiness and Cabinet approved a project to undertake a Franchising Scheme Assessment (FSA) and the Authority is currently preparing an assessment of the proposed bus franchising scheme in accordance with section 123B of the Transport Act 2000 as amended by the Bus Services Act 2017 (the "Act"). The FSA is delivered collaboratively with partners across the region, supported by specialist consultants, with a cabinet decision on whether to proceed to Audit expected in March 2026.
As part of meeting the requirements of the Act, if a decision is made to proceed to obtaining a report from an [auditor][independent approved person], the Authority will require a suitably qualified organisation (the "Auditor") to undertake an audit of the Assessment and to provide an opinion in relation to the following areas required by section 123D of the Act:
• Whether the information relied on by the Authority in considering the matters referred to in section 123B(3)(d) of the Act (the affordability of the scheme) or section 123B(3)(e) of the Act (the value for money of the proposed scheme) is of sufficient quality;
• Whether the analysis of that information in the Assessment is of sufficient quality; and
• Whether the Authority had due regard to the Guidance issued under section 123B of the Act in preparing the Assessment.
The objective of this project is to deliver an independent audit to the North East CA of the FSA in accordance with relevant requirements of the Act.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79212000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £300,000

- **Contract Period:** 04/03/2026 to 04/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F079553-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-04T08:34:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T23:01:27.922Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05d5a0