Notice Information
Notice Title
Invitation to tender for External Audit Services
Notice Description
This procurement exercise will establish a Services Contract for the purchase of External Audit Services to Wales Audit Office.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Wales Audit Office is seeking an independent External Audit Provider to audit the Wales Audit Office's accounts and undertake examinations into the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness with which the Auditor General and the Wales Audit Office have used their resources in discharging their functions.
Renewal: 12 month increments up to a total duration of 84 months (for clarity up to three renewals to a maximum duration of 7 years to cover up to financial year ending on 31 March 2029). Renewals subject to performance and agreement by Wales Audit Office and Senedd.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-032c69
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029995-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79212000 - Auditing services
79212300 - Statutory audit services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £232,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Oct 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 May 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 11 Oct 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- March 2026 (unless extended).
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WALES AUDIT OFFICE
- Contact Name
- Darren Evans
- Contact Email
- darren.evans@audit.wales
- Contact Phone
- +44 7507686066
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF11 9LJ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Riverside
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff West
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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