# External Audit Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Plymouth Community Homes](/buyers/plymouth-community-homes/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Bishop Fleming LLLP
- Award value: £304,000
- Award date: 10 December 2024
- Published: 18 December 2024
- Contract start: 1 January 2025
- Contract end: 31 December 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 06fd1ec7-7d75-446f-a352-350912abc5b7-812013
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0e2552f6-86d2-4009-9dc3-860f029ec00c

## Description

External audit service providers to Plymouth Community Homes will be expected to comply with the Association's minimum service requirements shown below\. Audit Planning & Conduct • The external audit service will be managed through an 'Audit Strategy & Planning Memorandum' to be approved by the PCH Audit and Risk Committee before each year end audit\. The memorandum should cover: • Audit approach \(planning, materiality, liaison with internal audit, use of specialists\) • Audit timeline \(actual timing to be agreed with PCH Finance Team\), dates of fieldwork for interim & final audits, outcomes \(feedback, meetings, reports \) • Sector & client-specific risks and areas of audit focus • Audit team members \(this year compared to last year\) & anticipated time on each annual audit • Provision of named contact \(partner/manager\) to resolve audit queries before year end\. • Provide a training session on accounting developments ahead of the year end audit\.

## Related contract awards

- [Bathroom Supply & Install](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fbdfb353-e7ba-4968-beb8-05ee98242f44): Plymouth Community Homes
- [2 - 96 Keat Street refurbishment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7af56e02-afa7-42b9-9266-9795dc451c44): Plymouth Community Homes
- [Pembroke Street Communal Lighting](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-be30ad1c-876b-448f-ac37-426730b0cd0e): Plymouth Community Homes

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/06fd1ec7-7d75-446f-a352-350912abc5b7-812013)