Notice Information
Notice Title
External Auditing Services - Statutory Audit
Notice Description
Norse Commercial Services a subsidiary of the Norse Group is seeking suitably qualified bids for the supply of the Norse Group Ltd External Statutory Audit Services. The successful organisation will be required to provide the following external audit services (the services): *Independent audit of the financial statements of all legal entities in the Norse Group from financial year 2025/26 except where the exemption for audit under the BEIS rules for wholly owned subsidiaries or where another audit exemption applies. Please see Appendix C FY24 Company Summary and Appendix D Non-Wholly Owned for list of companies to be audited. *The Financial Statements of Norse Group Limited are required to be consolidated into the accounts of Norfolk County Council (NCC) and this requires a revised presentation of its annual results into a 'group reporting pack' as determined by NCC. There is a requirement to audit and produce a report to the Group auditors of NCC on the 'Group Reporting Pack' under International Standards on Auditing (ISA's) in accordance with ISA 800, 'Audits of Financial Statements prepared in accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks' as to conformity with the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=990232994
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Any extension to the Contract are at Norse's discretion and will be subject to review of performance and agreed between Norse and the supplier. For any extension(s) to the Contract, discussions with suppliers shall be conducted sufficiently far in advance of the Contract expiry date to arrive at an agreed position or to allow for the retendering of the contract.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055899
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070998-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details 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
79212300 - Statutory audit services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £3,941,785 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £3,941,785 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 10 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 24 Oct 2025 - 24 Oct 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORSE COMMERCIAL SERVICES LTD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- lloyd.craske@norsegroup.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01603894162
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR6 6EQ
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- Norwich
- Electoral Ward
- Catton Grove
- Westminster Constituency
- Norwich North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070998-2025
4th November 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047741-2025
11th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037238-2025
3rd July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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