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External Audit Services

CITIZEN HOUSING GROUP LIMITED

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23 Oct 2026 at 15:27

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Summary of the contracting process

Citizen Housing Group Ltd commissioned external audit services covering two work streams: audits across the group’s external audit requirements and a separate audit of its decarbonisation programme. The work is classified as auditing services (CPV 79212000). Delivery is in the West Midlands, with the buyer based in Birmingham. The requirement combines routine external financial audit work with independent assurance of the organisation’s decarbonisation programme, so it calls for a provider able to serve a housing group across both areas.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Menzies LLP. The contract was signed on 23 October 2026 and is active. Its stated value is £600,000, with a planned start on 1 November 2026 and a 48-month term. Citizen Housing Group used a direct award call-off from the Government Commercial Agency’s Audit and Assurance Services 2 framework, covering external audit and other independent assurance. The single lot’s stated award criterion was price. The recorded process reports one bid. The buyer reserved the possibility of amending the contract value to ensure the audits are completed in line with the regulations governing the framework. The contract covers all the group’s external audit requirements and the separate decarbonisation audit.

For suppliers seeking comparable future work with Citizen Housing Group, this award indicates demand for a provider able to deliver the group’s external audits as well as independent assurance of its decarbonisation programme. Credibility would depend on demonstrable capability across both financial audit and sustainability or decarbonisation assurance, with the capacity to cover the organisation’s full external audit requirements over a multi-year engagement. The buyer used a direct award through an established audit and assurance framework rather than an open competition, and price was the stated award criterion. Suppliers would therefore need to be positioned on the relevant framework route and offer competitive pricing alongside the breadth and continuity needed for the combined audit scope.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

External Audit Services

Notice Description

This contract will include 2 work streams. This will cover all of Citizen's external audit requirements, and a separate audit on Citizen's decarbonisation program. This contract will commence 1st November 2026, and will be let for 48 months.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The procurement route to market is a direct award GCA (Government Commercial Agency) framework for Audit and Assurance Services 2, lot 2 external audit and lot 4 other independent assurance.

Options: The value of the contract may need to be amended to ensure audits are completed, in accordance with PCR2015, which the framework was procured under.

Procurement Information

This contract has been procured by direct award call-off through the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) framework for Audit and Assurance Services 2, lot 2 external audit and lot 4 other independent assurance. The framework was procured under PCR2015, therefore this call-off contract will be governed under the same regulations.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078f61
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100649-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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

79212000 - Auditing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£600,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Oct 20263 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CITIZEN HOUSING GROUP LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B37 7YN
Postcode Area
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG32 Solihull
Delivery Location
TLG West Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Solihull
Electoral Ward
Bickenhill
Westminster Constituency
Meriden and Solihull East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Menzies LLP

Further Information

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