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# The Provision of External Audit Services for the City of London

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-external-audit-services-for-the-city-of-london-ocds-h6vhtk-02991f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London: "The Provision of External Audit Services for the City of London". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,672,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.capitalesourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-mayor-and-commonalty-and-citizens-of-the-city-of-london-GB-PPON-PYQD-1693-MYXR)
- **Published Value:** £1,672,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 July 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services, Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-external-audit-services-for-the-city-of-london-ocds-h6vhtk-02991f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02991f`

## 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/the-provision-of-external-audit-services-for-the-city-of-london-ocds-h6vhtk-02991f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [capitalesourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.capitalesourcing.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-external-audit-services-for-the-city-of-london-ocds-h6vhtk-02991f#participate

## Description
The City of London Corporation (the City) is undertaking a 1 stage procurement process in relation to the provision of External Audit Services (the 'Service').
The Service relates to the appointment of an auditor to audit and independently examine the City’s various financial statements and to carry out certification of various grant claims and returns.
Further information for this opportunity can be found in II.2.4) Description of the procurement field (of this notice).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79212300
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The City of London Corporation (the City) invites Tenders for the provision of External Audit Services. 
The City is a unique organisation which operates across the public (local authority), private and charitable sectors and requires an audit firm w...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013125-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-10T21:45:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:15:43.703Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02991f