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# Provision of External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05495c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Caledonia Housing Association: "Provision of External Audit Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Caledonia Housing Association](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/caledonia-housing-association-GB-FTS-131736)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 July 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting and auditing services, Accounting, auditing and fiscal services, Auditing services, Financial auditing services, Internal audit services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £149,135 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05495c`

## 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/provision-of-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05495c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05495c#participate

## Description
Caledonia Housing Association Group, comprising Caledonia and its subsidiary, Cordale Housing Association, is one of Scotland’s leading Registered Social Landlords. The Group owns and manages approximately 6,000 homes across Tayside, Fife, the Highlands, East and West Dunbartonshire, and North Lanarkshire.
Following a competitive tender process, the Group has appointed RSM UK Audit LLP as external auditor for an initial three-year term, with the option to extend for a further two years, subject to satisfactory performance.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79200000, 79210000, 79212000, 79212100, 79212200, 79212300
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The appointed auditor will be responsible for auditing the Group’s annual financial statements and providing related advisory services, including technical guidance on accounting standards, taxation matters, and legislative changes. The auditor will ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 070770-2025-EA-NOV-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **RSM UK Audit LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-119262`
  - Value: £149,135 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 070770-2025-EA-NOV-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £149,135
  - Signed Date: 30/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F070770-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-04T11:39:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:00:59.314Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05495c