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# YPO External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ypo-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0696a2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation: "YPO External Audit Services". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/yorkshire-purchasing-organisation-GB-PPON-PMRV-4748-MNJV)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKE45
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £170,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ypo-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0696a2#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0696a2`

## 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/ypo-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0696a2#tl-md)

## Description
A contract for the provision of financial audit services of YPO's financial statements and
information, which must be undertaken by an independent and sufficiently qualified and
accredited third-party organisation to ensure compliance with the CIPFA Code of Practice
on Local Authority Accounting requirement for external audit

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79212000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **Forvis Mazars LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-13750`
  - Value: £170,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** External Audit Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £170,000
  - Signed Date: 31/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F043442-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-12T12:12:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T06:39:56.820Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0696a2