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External Audit

Open United Kingdom Business services

Buyer ADVANCE HOUSING AND SUPPORT LTD

41 days left

Key facts

Closes
23:59 (UTC)
Estimated value
€413,126
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 42 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

41 days from publication to deadline

Longer than usual

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 19 and 31 days, based on 2,132 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

Machine-generated summary

Advance is procuring statutory external audit services from qualified firms. The Board is retendering these services under the Association's financial regulations for an initial period of at least three years, with an option to extend for up to a further two years. The contract begins with the financial year 2026/27 and covers the year ending 31 March 2027. Proposals must be submitted on a fixed-price basis. Advance reserves the right to accept any proposal, whether or not it is the lowest priced, or to reject all proposals. Small audit firms able to act as statutory external auditors for a housing association context may find this relevant.

Description

Advance is seeking proposals from firms to be the Statutory External Auditors for the Association. In accordance with our Financial regulations the Board is seeking to retender these services for a period of at least three years with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years. The contract for the service will commence with the current financial year 2026/27, relating to the year ending 31 March 2027. A proposal should be provided to Advance on a fixed-price basis. Advance reserves the right to accept any proposal, whether or not the lowest, or not to accept any.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €413,126.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Business services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    41 days left, 29 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €7,594 and €174,317.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The register holds nothing on this. The official documents will.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 5 hours ago

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,875 awards for Business services in United Kingdom.

This notice
€413,126
Median award
€52,582
Middle half of past awards
€7,594 to €174,317

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

ADVANCE HOUSING AND SUPPORT LTD

United Kingdom

This is the only notice from this buyer in the register so far, so there is no record to show yet.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Business services - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Venesky Brown Ltd 76 €16.9M Oct 2026
Promar International Ltd 47 €273,507 Sep 2026
Lorien Resourcing Ltd 24 €6.4M Aug 2026
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd 24 €4.7M Oct 2026
Harvey Nash Limited 24 €3.9M Sep 2026

Based on 2039 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

Market context

Larger than 52% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.

open now in Business services
7,382
median open notice
€350,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Business services

different companies won awards here
910
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
419

Based on 1,934 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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