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Published 11 Oct 2023, 10:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of External audit services and related services to The Cambridge Housing Society Limited and its subsidiary Companies.

Official notice

Authority: THE CAMBRIDGE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£104,175published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Oct 2023awarded 22 Dec 2023
Awarded to Beever & Struthers

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Cambridge Housing society are inviting qualified bidders to tender for provisioning external audit services.

The contract shall be for the year end 31 March 2024, and run for either 3 years, with an option to extend for two more years, or for 4 years with an option to extend for one further year at CHS's sole discretion.

CPV: Accounting and auditing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1External audit services for the three years beginning with the year ended 31 March 2024AwardedRenewal
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The contract shall start from 1st April 2023 and will be for a period of 36 months/3 financial years, with an option to extend by a further period of up to 24 months/2 financial years at CHS's sole discretion. · The contract shall start from 1 April 2024 and will be for a period of 36 months/3 financial years with an option to extend by a period of 24 months/2 years. Alternatively the contract will be for a period of 48 months/4 financial years with an option to extend by a period of 12 months/1 year. This will be at CHS's sole discretion.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Price: 100%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Tender Response / Weighting: 60%
  • Price / Weighting: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Tender Response / Weighting: 60
  • Price / Weighting: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
11 Oct 2023, 10:17 BST
Last source update
9 Jul 2024, 17:50 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020976
Classification (CPV)
Accounting and auditing services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040af3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
12 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document

Timeline

12 Oct 2023 → 9 Jul 2024 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    9 Jul 2024, 17:50 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jul 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Jul 2024, 17:50 BST
  2. Procurement method changed
    9 Jul 2024, 17:50 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £104,1751 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Dec 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Beever & StruthersSME£104,175 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 020976-2024-1 · Beever & StruthersSME

    Signed
    22 Dec 2023
    Value
    £104,175
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
External audit services for the three years beginning with the year ended 31 March 20241bids———
Whole notice———£90,000 – £120,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

THE CAMBRIDGE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic bodyHousing AssociationHousing and community amenities GB-MPR: 10457R Endurance House,Chivers Way, Histon, CAMBRIDGE, East of England, CB249ZRContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.