Notice Information
Notice Title
Cairn Housing Association: External Audit Services 2025-26
Notice Description
External audit services to provide independent, third-party assessment of Cairn Housing Association's and Pentland Community Enterprise's financial statements and internal controls to ensure: -Financial statements are prepared according to applicable accounting standards -Financial controls are sufficiently robust to prevent errors and detect fraud -Financial data is accurate and reliable -External audit reports provide a "true and fair" view of the Association's financial performance, including recommendations for improvements to systems, processes, internal controls, reporting procedures and / or data analysis techniques -External audit reports presented to the Board and Housing Regulator provide an independent assessment of the Association's financial statements and internal controls
Lot Information
Lot 1
As per appended invitation to tender.
Renewal: Mutually agreed extension into fourth and fifth years (3+1+1 years)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000806865
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB550617
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - 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
79212000 - Auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £43,000 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Oct 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAIRN HOUSING ASSOCIATION
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH7 4GH
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Leith Walk
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=AUG536640&idx=1
8th August 2025 - Tender Documents -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG536640
Cairn Housing Association: External Audit Services 2025-26 - External audit services to provide independent, third-party assessment of Cairn Housing Association's and Pentland Community Enterprise's financial statements and internal controls to ensure: -Financial statements are prepared according to applicable accounting standards -Financial controls are sufficiently robust to prevent errors and detect fraud -Financial data is accurate and reliable -External audit reports provide a "true and fair" view of the Association's financial performance, including recommendations for improvements to systems, processes, internal controls, reporting procedures and / or data analysis techniques -External audit reports presented to the Board and Housing Regulator provide an independent assessment of the Association's financial statements and internal controls -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB550617
Cairn Housing Association: External Audit Services 2025-26 - External audit services to provide independent, third-party assessment of Cairn Housing Association's and Pentland Community Enterprise's financial statements and internal controls to ensure: -Financial statements are prepared according to applicable accounting standards -Financial controls are sufficiently robust to prevent errors and detect fraud -Financial data is accurate and reliable -External audit reports provide a "true and fair" view of the Association's financial performance, including recommendations for improvements to systems, processes, internal controls, reporting procedures and / or data analysis techniques -External audit reports presented to the Board and Housing Regulator provide an independent assessment of the Association's financial statements and internal controls
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