Official UK procurement notice
Trydan External Audit Tender
Authority: Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTrydan has conducted this Procurement for External Audit. Trydan wishes to appoint a suitably qualified organisation to carry out its statutory external audit, prepare the annual financial statements and produce the Independent Auditors Report in accordance with the latest applicable accounting and auditing standards, and Welsh Government timescales.
CPV: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£170,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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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 (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commerical: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Commerical
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Sept 2025, 15:11 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jan 2026, 15:04 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
TGCAUD25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065509- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0595feFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please use eTenderWales for submission and access of all the documents
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ITT: itt_120630 - Trydan External Audit Tender
Timeline
8 Sept 2025 → 20 Jan 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published8 Sept 2025, 15:11 BST
- Next notice expected387 days ago22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Market engagement387 days ago22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
External Audit Tender Expression of Interest
Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru (Trydan) is seeking to appoint an organisation to carry out its statutory external audit, prepare the annual financial statements and produce the Independent Auditors Report in accordance with the latest applicable accounting and auditing standards, and Welsh Government timescales.
The first audit and accounts preparation will be for Financial Year 2025/26 and then a further two financial years.
Trydan is an arms-length Welsh Government owned body, reports under FRS102 and has a financial year end of 31st March.
The tender is due to go live w/c 22nd September 2025.
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Trydan will notify once it has gone live.
- Tender notice published365 days ago15 Oct 2025, 11:03 BST
- Clarification questions by339 days ago10 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Submission deadline325 days ago24 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent283 days ago5 Jan 2026
- Award decision expected by281 days ago6 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends273 days ago14 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts271 days ago17 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published268 days ago20 Jan 2026, 15:04 GMT
Notice history
12 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Sept 2025, 15:11 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Sept 2025, 12:13 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published15 Oct 2025, 11:03 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £170,00015 Oct 2025, 11:03 BSTwas £96,000
- Status changed to active15 Oct 2025, 11:03 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Oct 2025, 11:03 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT15 Oct 2025, 11:03 BST
- Contract award notice published5 Jan 2026, 13:39 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Jan 2026, 13:39 GMT
- Buyer details updated5 Jan 2026, 13:39 GMT
- Contract signature expected16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published20 Jan 2026, 15:04 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-09: 2 releases · 8 Sept 2025, 10 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSJ ACCOUNTANTS LTDSMETrydan External Audit17 Jan 2026 – 16 Jan 2027 · up to 16 Jan 2028Extensions: Trydan may extend the Contract by 1 year, with the option to extend by a further 1 year. | £111,460 | 19 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Trydan External Audit · HSJ ACCOUNTANTS LTDSME
- Signed
- 19 Jan 2026
- Value
- £111,460
- Period
- 20 Jan 2026 – 19 Jan 2027 · up to 18 Jan 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- This is a one year contract with the option to extend for another year and then another year.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HSJ ACCOUNTANTS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications Use eTenderWales for all the documents ITT: itt_120630 - Trydan External Audit Tender
- Bidding documents and specifications eTenderWales ITT: itt_120630 - Trydan External Audit Tender
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender