Opportunity brief
Closes in 16 daysTHE PROVISION OF EXTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES FOR 2 COUNCIL OWNED COMPANIES
The Council is seeking comprehensive external audit services to commence with the audit of the accounts for the 2026/2027 financial year, ending on 31 March 2027. There will be an initial contract period of two years, with an option to extend for up to a further two years, performance will be monitored through agreed key performance indicators (KPI’s), and the contractor will be formally re-appointed on an annual basis subject to the approval of the Audit and Governance Sub-Committee or the Board of Directors. To be successful your organisation will need to demonstrate how you would provide the services needed in addition to identifying how your organisation can innovate the service delivery model, provide efficiency savings and reduce demands on council resources during the audit process. We invite suitably qualified and experienced firms to tender for the provision of these services. Bidders may submit a tender for one or more of the individual organisations listed in section 2 (i.e. Lot 1 and/or 2). There is also provision for bidders to offer a discount if they are awarded the contracts for both companies. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-King%27s-Lynn:-Accounting%2C-auditing-and-fiscal-services./SJM48FEZ35 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/SJM48FEZ35 Lots: West Norfolk Housing Company Limited; West Norfolk Property Limited
- Other sectors
- Public sector
- United Kingdom

- Buyer / issuer
- Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk
- Sector
- Other sectors
- Country / region
- United Kingdom
- Public or private
- Public sector
- Closing date
- 23 Nov 2026, 14:00 SAST
- Closes in 16 days
- Estimated value
- £100k
- GBP
- Submission method
- Via the buyer's portal, linked from Find a Tender
- Tender number
- ocds-h6vhtk-079079
- Status
- Active
Scope summary
The Council is seeking comprehensive external audit services to commence with the audit of the accounts for the 2026/2027 financial year, ending on 31 March 2027. There will be an initial contract period of two years, with an option to extend for up to a further two years, performance will be monitored through agreed key performance indicators (KPI’s), and the contractor will be formally re-appointed on an annual basis subject to the approval of the Audit and Governance Sub-Committee or the Board of Directors. To be successful your organisation will need to demonstrate how you would provide the services needed in addition to identifying how your organisation can innovate the service delivery model, provide efficiency savings and reduce demands on council resources during the audit process. We invite suitably qualified and experienced firms to tender for the provision of these services. Bidders may submit a tender for one or more of the individual organisations listed in section 2 (i.e. Lot 1 and/or 2). There is also provision for bidders to offer a discount if they are awarded the contracts for both companies. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-King%27s-Lynn:-Accounting%2C-auditing-and-fiscal-services./SJM48FEZ35 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/SJM48FEZ35 Lots: West Norfolk Housing Company Limited; West Norfolk Property Limited
Category: services
Key requirements
- Procurement method: Below threshold - open competition
- Briefing session: Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Eligibility and evaluation: set out in the tender documents. Check mandatory returnables, registrations and scoring before you commit.
Required documents
- Notice documentOpen (opens the source site)
- Notice documentOpen (opens the source site)
Important dates
- Published
- 26 Oct 2026
- First seen by Atlas
- 27 Oct 2026
- Briefing session
- Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Submission deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 14:00 SAST
Commercial snapshot
- Estimated value
- £100k
- Contract type
- Below threshold - open competition
- Category
- services
- Source
- UK Find a Tender
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