Notice Information
Notice Title
ID558 External Audit
Notice Description
The Aspire Group is seeking to appoint an auditor for the provision of external audit services to the Group. The auditor will be required to audit the financial statements for the 3 Group companies. The contract will be for 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years and we anticipate the new contract starting February 2026.
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0001
Renewal: The term of the contract is to be 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years. Max term 5 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0509a5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059572-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
79212000 - Auditing services
79212100 - Financial auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £381,570 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 4 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 24 Sep 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 3 Nov 2025 - 2 Nov 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-10-21
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ASPIRE HOUSING
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- contracts@aspirehousing.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME
- Postcode
- ST5 0QW
- Post Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG23 Stoke-on-Trent
-
- Local Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Electoral Ward
- May Bank
- Westminster Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059572-2025
25th September 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036497-2025
1st July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017782-2025
30th April 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/aspirehousing/aspx/Tenders/Current
All tender documents available free of charge at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/aspirehousing/aspx/Tenders/Current
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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