Official UK procurement notice
Provision of External Audit Services
Authority: Dundee City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement process is for the contract for the provision of External Audit Services for Leisure & Culture Dundee.
CPV: Financial auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This procurement process is for the contract for the provision of External Audit…Renewal
This procurement process is for the contract for the provision of External Audit Services for Leisure & Culture Dundee.
For full specification of requirements please refer to all tender documents included in the additional documents section of Public Contracts Scotland.
What it takes to wini
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 (6)
- Operational Context: 11%
- Understanding of Key Audit Risks & Sector: 11%
- Audit Methodology & Delivery Plan: 11%
- Proposed Team: 10%
- Fair Work First: 2%
- price: 55%
Published award criteria (14)
- Operational Context: 11%
- Understanding of Key Audit Risks & Sector: 11%
- Audit Methodology & Delivery Plan: 11%
- Proposed Team: 10%
- Fair Work First: 2%
- Compliance with Specification & Conditions of Contract: Pass/Fail
- Regulatory Authorisation: Pass/Fail
- Professional Accreditation: Pass/Fail
- Audit Quality & Regulatory Compliance: Pass/Fail
- Auditor Independence: Pass/Fail
- Data Storage: Pass/Fail
- Environment: Pass/Fail
- Fair Tax Declaration: Pass/Fail
- Price: 55
- Suitability
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- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Sept 2026, 09:50 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2026, 09:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Oct 2026 – …
- Authority reference
DCC/LACD/86/26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083309- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
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How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 7 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
3 Sept 2026 → 7 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published53 days ago3 Sept 2026, 09:50 BST
- Submission deadline19 days ago7 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened19 days ago7 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Bids must remain valid untilin 43 days7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dundee Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
- Scottish Court ServiceReview contact point
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.