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Sell2Wales (Welsh Government) verified 21 hours ago Contract notice

Provision of Audit Services for National Library of Wales Staff Superannuation Scheme

Open United Kingdom Business services

Buyer The National Library of Wales

36 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 38 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

37 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

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The Trustees of the National Library of Wales Staff Superannuation Scheme invite tenders from qualified and experienced audit firms for independent audit services to the Scheme. The appointment runs for an initial period of four years, with an option to extend for a further three years. No accounts preparation is required, as the administrator, WTW, prepares financial statements to a high standard. Tenders should detail additional advisory services, such as tax treatment including VAT, that the Scheme may need from time to time. The Trustees seek an audit firm with demonstrable experience auditing defined benefit occupational pension schemes, particularly those using pooled investment vehicles, liability-driven investment strategies, fiduciary management and Level 3 or illiquid investments. Responses are submitted electronically via Sell2Wales.

Description

The Trustees of the National Library of Wales Staff Superannuation Scheme ("the Scheme") invite tenders from suitably qualified and experienced audit firms for the provision of independent audit services to the Scheme. The appointment will be for an initial period of four years, with an option to extend for a further three years. The scheme administrator, WTW, prepares the financial statements to a high standard prior to audit, so no accounts preparation service is required. From time to time, the Scheme may need other advice, such as tax treatment (VAT especially) and please include details of these services in your tender. The Trustees are seeking an audit firm with demonstrable experience of auditing defined benefit occupational pension schemes and, in particular, schemes with investment arrangements involving pooled investment vehicles, liability-driven investment strategies, fiduciary management and Level 3/illiquid investments. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=171308. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

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?

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

  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?

    36 days left, 26 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 buyer has 6 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

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Source: Sell2Wales (Welsh Government)

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Last verified against Sell2Wales (Welsh Government) 21 hours ago

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.

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

Sell2Wales (Welsh Government) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.

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

The National Library of Wales

United Kingdom

notices in the register
6
awards
3

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

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

Sell2Wales (Welsh Government) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.

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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