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title: "Tender for External Audit Services"
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# Tender for External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-064958). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Greatwell Homes: "Tender for External Audit Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £504,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Greatwell Homes](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/greatwell-homes-rsh-l4509)
- **Published Value:** £504,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 April 2026 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF25
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £285,516 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-064958#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-064958`

## 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/tender-for-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-064958#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-064958#participate

## Description
The main purpose of the tender is to appoint an external auditor to determine if the annual financial statements for each year of the contract give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of Greatwell Homes at the reporting date and for the year under review taking into account the requirements of (or any update or replacement to):
•The latest Housing SORP - The Statement of Recommended Practice for social housing providers;
•The Accounting Direction for Private Registered Providers of Social Housing in England 2022;
•The Housing Act 1996 and the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008; and
•UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice FRS 102
And any other applicable legislation or accepted accounting practice and in line with auditing standards.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79212300
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £504,000

- **Contract Period:** 07/06/2026 to 07/06/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **Forvis Mazars LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-13750`
  - Value: £285,516 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 27/04/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010650-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-01T08:22:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:20:41.096Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-064958