---
title: "Provision of External Audit Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04b5b7"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "HIGH LIFE HIGHLAND"
published: "2025-02-19"
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# Provision of External Audit Services

Buyer: HIGH LIFE HIGHLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04b5b7

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## Summary

High Life Highland, a charity organisation specialising in learning and leisure activities, has completed the tender process for the provision of external audit services in the accounting, auditing, and fiscal services category. The contract, identified as HLH-ITT-01-25, covers services for the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027, with an optional 2-year extension. This procurement process, conducted through an open procedure, has resulted in the awarding of the contract to Saffery Champness LLP, valued at GBP 78,000. The services will be delivered at the Highland Archive Centre, Bught Road, Inverness, UKM6 region, and the contract was signed on 6 January 2025.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses that specialise in external audit services, particularly those with expertise in the charity sector. The contract not only ensures a steady stream of work over multiple years but also provides a platform to build a strong relationship with a high-profile client like High Life Highland. Large firms such as Saffery Champness LLP, which successfully secured the contract, demonstrate that being well-versed in the specified assessment criteria—knowledge of the charity sector, quality of resources, and audit strategy—can provide a competitive edge in such tenders. SMEs and other audit firms looking to expand their portfolio in the not-for-profit sector would find such opportunities particularly valuable for growth.

## Notice

High Life Highland is seeking the services of a suitably qualified and experienced Audit Firm to provide external auditing services for the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027 with the option to extend for a further 2 years.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

High Life Highland is seeking the services of a suitably qualified and experienced Audit Firm to provide external auditing services for the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027 with the option to extend for a further 2 years.

Renewal: 2 x 12 month extension periods

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005812-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Feb 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Dec 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Jan 2025 |
| Contract period | 6 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027 |
| Recurrence | 5 years |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £78,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HIGH LIFE HIGHLAND |
| Locality | INVERNESS |
| Post town | Inverness |
| Postcode | IV3 5SS |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Electoral ward | Inverness West |
| Westminster constituency | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire |
| Delivery location | TLM6 Highlands and Islands |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SAFFERY CHAMPNESS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
- 79210000 - Accounting and auditing services
- 79212000 - Auditing services
- 79212100 - Financial auditing services
- 79212200 - Internal audit services

## Release History

- 19 Feb 2025 at 12:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005812-2025
- 12 Nov 2024 at 10:48 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036535-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.highlifehighland.com
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000783061
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/authority
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA23042

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