Official UK procurement notice
Provision of External Audit Services
Authority: High Life Highland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHigh Life Highland is seeking the services of a suitably qualified and experienced Audit Firm to provide external auditing services for the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027 with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
- Recurrence: 5 years
CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Financial auditing services · Internal audit services
The lotProcurement structure
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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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Knowledge of the Charity Sector/ Audit portfolio of Charities: 20%
- The Quality of resources: 20%
- The Quality of Audit Strategy & Support Services: 20%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (4)
- Knowledge of the Charity Sector/ Audit portfolio of Charities: 20
- The Quality of resources: 20
- The Quality of Audit Strategy & Support Services: 20
- Price: 40
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 5 years
- First published
- 12 Nov 2024, 10:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Feb 2025, 12:19 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Dec 2024 – …
- Authority reference
HLH-ITT-01-25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005812- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b5b7Find a Tender
Publisher note: (SC Ref:791106)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bids opened
- 13 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
12 Dec 2024 → 19 Feb 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline12 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts6 Jan 2025
- Notice published19 Feb 2025, 12:19 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete19 Feb 2025, 12:19 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saffery Champness LLP | £78,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005812-2025-NOV518126-1 · Saffery Champness LLP
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2025
- Value
- £78,000
- Period
- … – 31 Dec 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Inverness Justice CentreReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Saffery Champness LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.