Notice Information
Notice Title
Financial Auditing for the UKHO- IC-ENC 2026
Notice Description
The overall objective is an audit report that provides assurance to the IC-ENC members that the year-end financial report gives a true and fair view of the 12 months ended and the financial position as at 31st December 2026, 2027 and 2028. The areas of assurance should cover but not be limited to confirming the following: IC-ENC financial processes are fit for purpose There is a robust and resilient revenue calculation process IC-ENC is a going concern The reported 20YY sales reports and statement of costs, that have been provided to Members, reflect a true and fair representation of the revenue owed to the Members The reported 20YY statement of costs, that have been provided to Members, reflect a true and fair representation of the work completed over the year
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: We are originally looking to contract for 2 years with the option of an additional year if the contracting authority wishes to do so.
Planning Information
We are looking at conducting market engagement in the form of a pre-procurement notice, desktop research on suppliers and session describing our requirement via teams.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ccf4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065463-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
- £108,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £108,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 27 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 20 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@ukho.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- TAUNTON
- Postcode
- TA1 2DN
- Post Town
- Taunton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK62 Somerset
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Somerset
- Electoral Ward
- Taunton East
- Westminster Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065463-2025
15th October 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065445-2025
15th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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