Notice Information
Notice Title
Award of Internal Audit Service
Notice Description
Award of preferred supplier following open tender (NOV565170) for Provision of Internal Audit Service.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The contract will initially run from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029 with a possibility of being extended for up to a further 24 months, up to a total period of 60 months
Planning Information
We will be holding one preliminary market engagement sessions via MS Teams on Tuesday 11 November 2025, at 11:15. The sessions will be hosted by project team: Jo Bolton - Director of Finance, Partnerships and Corporate Services Kate Salter - Assistant Director of Corporate Services Emma Howells – Head of Finance and a member of the Procurement team. The session will begin with a presentation outlining the requirements, following which an opportunity for questions and answers will follow. The session will be recorded and uploaded against this notice on Sell2Wales. If you are interested in joining a preliminary market engagement session, please email procurement@socialcare.wales advising the tender title and desired session date/time. Following the sessions the Sell2Wales question and answer portal will be live for a following 2 working days up until 17:00 on Thursday 13 November 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d8e3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007944-2026
- 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
- 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
79210000 - Accounting and auditing services
79212000 - Auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £125,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £125,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £158,750 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 24 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 29 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- 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
- SOCIAL CARE WALES
- Contact Name
- Procurement Team
- Contact Email
- procurement@socialcare.wales
- Contact Phone
- +442920780593
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF10 1EW
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Cathays
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007944-2026
29th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076982-2025
25th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070415-2025
3rd November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=352989
Invitation to Tender and Specification -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=352990
Gwahoddiad i Dendro a Manyleb -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=352991
Appendix 1 - The Wales Procurement Specific Questionnaire (WPSQ) -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=352992
Appendix 2 - Technical / Quality Response Document -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=352993
Appendix 3 - Financial / Pricing Response Document -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=352995
Appendix 4 - Social Care Wales' tone of voice guidelines -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=352996
Appendix 5 - Social Care Wales' branding guidelines -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=352997
Appendix 6 - Form of Tender -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=352998
Atodiad 1 - Holiadur Penodol i Gaffael Cymru (WPSQ) -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=353000
Atodiad 2 - Dogfen Ymateb Technegol / Ansawdd -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=353001
Atodiad 3 - Dogfen Ymateb Ariannol / Prisio -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=353002
Atodiad 4 - Canllawiau ton llais Gofal Cymdeithasol -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=353003
Atodiad 5 - Canllawiau brandio Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=353004
Atodiad 6 - Ffurflen y Tendr -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=353006
Social Care Wales - Terms and Conditions
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