Notice Information
Notice Title
External Audit Services
Notice Description
Together Housing Group wishes to engage a service provider for external audit services in respect of the financial year commencing 1st April 2024, therefore the first audit will be of the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025. The financial year is from 1st April to 31st March so this date coincides with the start of the annual audit/financial cycle. The Audit Together Housing Group's objectives for this tender process are to appoint a firm who: * Has extensive experience in auditing financial statements for Registered Providers in England of similar or larger size and complexity through its external audit service* Is a high-quality provider, with high standards of professional service for the delivery of external audit services * Will deliver the service from an office based in the North of England in order to attend in person planning and committee meetings if required
Lot Information
Lot 1
External Audit Services
Renewal: Subject to two X 12 month extensions
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-044649
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027365-2024
- 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
79212100 - Financial auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,250,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Aug 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Apr 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Aug 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TOGETHER HOUSING ASSOCIATION
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- thg.procurement@togetherhousing.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HALIFAX
- Postcode
- HX1 2EB
- Post Town
- Halifax
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Calderdale
- Electoral Ward
- Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Halifax
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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