Published date: 17 February 2025

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 5 March 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial auditing services - 79212100

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

DuneLife-ExternalAudit

Published date

17 February 2025

Closing date

5 March 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

25 March 2025

Contract end date

28 November 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Natural England runs several externally funded projects. One of which is Dynamic Dunescapes DuneLIFE (LIFE 17 NAT/UK/000570), which is co-funded by the European Union LIFE 2018-2025 programme and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The Dynamic Dunescapes DuneLIFE project (LIFE 17 NAT/UK/000570) is a six-year project running from September 2018 to 30 Sept 2025 . The audit needs to be:

 Undertaken in accordance with the Commission's audit methodology;
 Use the evidence obtained from these procedures as the basis for the Report of factual findings; and
 Presented in the Commission's audit model report template. The auditor is required to undertake the sampling, testing and reporting between 1 October and 30 November 2025. Audit and final report must be completed by 30 November 2025.

To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.
Your response must be sent to Marc.Read@naturalengland.org.uk by 12 midday on 05/03/2025.

If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to Marc.Read@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Marc Read

Address

Lancaster House
Hampshire Court
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
NE4 7YH
England

Email

marc.read@naturalengland.org.uk