Published date: 9 March 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 15 February 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Accounting and auditing services - 79210000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£180,000 to £250,000

Procurement reference

NEA2F/041

Published date

9 March 2021

Closing date

15 February 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

15 March 2021

Contract end date

29 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

We are inviting firms to tender for the contract as external Group Auditor for North East Access to Finance and its other group companies, including North East Finance (Holdco), for a period of three years commencing with the financial year 2020/21.

Details of the contract requirements are in the Invitation to Tender published on the website. However, interested parties who intend to bid are requested to register their interest and they will be sent an Applicant Pack. This contains more details on the companies and we recommend that you read it carefully before preparing your bid document.

The primary role of the auditor is to report on the consolidated financial statements of the NEA2F group and the financial statements of the individual companies and to carry out such examination of the statements and underlying records and control systems as is necessary to reach an opinion on those statements.

The opinion will be required to cover primarily whether the statements give a true and fair view and have been properly prepared in accordance with UK GAAP and the Companies Act 2006. We have adopted FRS 102.

It is a requirement that bidders agree to complete the audit within the required six month timescale as detailed in the tender documents,

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Procurement of Group Auditor

  • Opportunity
  • Published 8 January 2021

Links

Award information

Awarded date

8 March 2021

Contract start date

8 March 2021

Contract end date

8 March 2024

Total value of contract

£165,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ARMSTRONG WATSON LLP

Address

15 Victoria Place
CARLISLE
Cumbria
CA1 1EW
GB

Reference

Companies House number: OC415608

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

James Arkless

Address

3rd Floor Baltimore House
Abbots Hill
Gateshead
NE8 3DF
England

Telephone

01914998552

Email

james.arkless@nea2f.co.uk

Website

https://www.nea2f.co.uk