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title: "Procurement of External Audit Services (2025)"
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# Procurement of External Audit Services (2025)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-external-audit-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-0603a6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC: "Procurement of External Audit Services (2025)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-gas-transmission-plc-GB-COH-02006000)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0603a6`

## 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/procurement-of-external-audit-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-0603a6#tl-md)

## Description
As part of our commitment to strong governance and in alignment with best practice guidance issued by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) for public interest entities, NGT will be undertaking an external audit tender process during 2025.
A number of audit firms were invited to submit proposals for the provision of statutory audit and related services, with the appointment to take effect for the financial year ending 31 March 2028.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Two rounds via Achilles and Ariba. Scoring and selection via Audit committee.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 002250-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 002250-2026-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 04/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002250-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-12T12:40:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:01:40.897Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0603a6