Notice Information
Notice Title
Trydan External Audit Tender
Notice Description
Trydan is conducting this Procurement for External Audit. Trydan wishes to appoint a suitably qualified organisation to carry out its statutory external audit, prepare the annual financial statements and produce the Independent Auditors Report in accordance with the latest applicable accounting and auditing standards, and Welsh Government timescales.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Trydan may extend the Contract by 1 year, with the option to extend by a further 1 year.
Planning Information
External Audit Tender Expression of Interest Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru (Trydan) is seeking to appoint an organisation to carry out its statutory external audit, prepare the annual financial statements and produce the Independent Auditors Report in accordance with the latest applicable accounting and auditing standards, and Welsh Government timescales. The first audit and accounts preparation will be for Financial Year 2025/26 and then a further two financial years. Trydan is an arms-length Welsh Government owned body, reports under FRS102 and has a financial year end of 31st March. The tender is due to go live w/c 22nd September 2025. Trydan will be using eTenderWales for the procurement - https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml You will need to register an account to access the tender. Due to changes in Public Procurement all companies will now need to register on the Central Digital Platform to take part in the tender. Please register here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/suppliers-how-to-register-your-organisation-and-first-administrator-on-find-a-tender-in-three-easy-steps-html If you are interested in this tender please follow this link https://forms.office.com/e/GfiyEeLHjG Trydan will notify once it has gone live.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0595fe
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000320-2026
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £170,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £170,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £111,460 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jan 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 22 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 19 Dec 20251 months ago
- Contract Period
- 17 Jan 2026 - 16 Jan 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TRYDAN GWYRDD CYMRU
- Contact Name
- Katie Carey
- Contact Email
- katie.carey@trydangwyrddcymru.wales
- Contact Phone
- +447591340779
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MERTHYR TYDFIL
- Postcode
- CF48 1UZ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Electoral Ward
- Cyfarthfa
- Westminster Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000320-2026
5th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065509-2025
15th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055345-2025
10th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054727-2025
8th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
eTenderWales ITT: itt_120630 - Trydan External Audit Tender
Notice URLs
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