Notice Information
Notice Title
External Audit Services
Notice Description
B3Living is seeking to appoint an External Auditor to audit and express an opinion on its financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) and the UK auditing standards (and related guidance) as issued by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) for B3L and its subsidiary companies. Please note that the scoring criteria for this Tender has been changed and is reflected in the amended documents available for download from the Tender Portal. The scoring criteria will now be marked based on 40 marks for quality and 40 marks for the schedule of rates and charges.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065bea
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038889-2026
- 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
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
79210000 - Accounting and auditing services
79212000 - Auditing services
79212100 - Financial auditing services
79212300 - Statutory audit services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Apr 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Mar 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Apr 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2027 - 31 Dec 2031 Over 5 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
- B3LIVING
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHESHUNT
- Postcode
- EN10 6NH
- Post Town
- Enfield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Broxbourne
- Electoral Ward
- Wormley and Turnford
- Westminster Constituency
- Broxbourne
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038889-2026
29th April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018913-2026
3rd March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016843-2026
25th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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