# Provision of External Audit Services

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Connected Places Catapult](/buyers/connected-places-catapult/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £140,000
- Published: 10 October 2019
- Planned start: 1 December 2019
- Planned end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 238df917-5041-47d9-9bed-074caf52b2e9-318793
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-683225b4-2da6-48c1-bb23-c54fd497ca91

## Description

This Invitation to Tender \(ITT\) is being issued as part of the procurement for the provision of External Audit Services \(referred to hereafter as the products and services\) to be provided to Connected Places Catapult \(CPC\)\. We would like interested firms to tender for the following services\. The contract length will be for a maximum of three years \(1\+1\+1\)\. The contract will commence in December 2019 in order to give the successful Company time to prepare for the 2019/20 audit of the financial statements\. - Statutory audit of each of the six entities in the Group; - Preparation of statutory company Financial Statements for five companies, and one set of consolidated accounts for the Group; - Corporation tax returns for the Group; - UKRI grant audits - H2020 grant audits; and - Ad hoc advice as may be necessary from time-to-time Requests to participate, the procurement documents and the submission portal can be found at this link: https://procontract\.due-north\.com/Advert?advertId=5b364489-90e3-e911-80fa-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True Additional information: Request to participate and procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://procontract\.due-north\.com/Advert?advertId=5b364489-90e3-e911-80fa-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True The ITT is to be completed and submitted on the ProContract system\.

## Related contract awards

- [Provision of External Audit Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bc1c2c09-b226-44ec-b695-0dd748ed9c44): Connected Places Catapult
- [Dynamic Purchasing System Agreement for the Provision of Academic & SME Support Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4dc8c71b-4eb9-4c9f-9d20-224569a717d9): Connected Places Catapult
- [Developing the Climate Resilience Demonstrator \(CReDo\) the Connected Digital Twin of Critical Infrastructure for Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7cbb36f8-861b-413f-9f73-6ce2bd96f3b2): Connected Places Catapult

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/238df917-5041-47d9-9bed-074caf52b2e9-318793)