Notice Information
Notice Title
France external auditors
Notice Description
The British Council France subsidary office is requiring external auditors to audit our France SASU accounts for local filing.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f710
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014390-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- 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
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79212300 - Statutory audit services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £265,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £265,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £246,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Feb 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Feb 20266 days ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2032 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Zoltan Popescu
- Contact Email
- global.procurement@britishcouncil.org, zoltan.popescu@britishcouncil.ro
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- E20 1JQ
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Newham
- Electoral Ward
- Stratford Olympic Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Stratford and Bow
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014390-2026
17th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003807-2026
16th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084552-2025
18th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083508-2025
16th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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