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First Garden Cities Homes Statutory External Audit
Published 1 Jul 2026
1 Jul 2026
Closed 31 Jul 2026
- Primary CPV
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79210000 *
Accounting and auditing services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, East of England
- Value
- No value specified
- Contract
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5 years Duration
01/04/2027 31/03/2032
- Contract Types
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79 *Business services: law, marketing, consu...Full CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Pioneer House, Norton Way South, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 1NY, United Kingdom · UKH2
Contact
Award Criteria
- Fee (40%)
- Qualitative Responses (45%)
- Presentation (15%)
- A direct link to the Delta esourcing TenderBox. The full ten... · Bidding Documents
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Reference: FGCH 26-06/1
The current contract having ended with no further extensions, this is a competition to procure First Garden Cities Homes' (FGCH) Group Statutory External Auditor.
The appointed firm will be required to audit FGCH's financial statements prepared in accordance with the UK Housing Statement of Recommended Practice and applicable UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, commencing with the audit of the 2026-27 financial year.
Experience of auditing social housing providers and a detailed knowledge of the sector and the regulatory environment governing Registered Providers of Social Housing is therefore essential. A dedicated, stand-alone specialist social housing team is desirable.
FGCH is also the sole Trustee for Saint Saviors Almshouses, a small charity with an annual income of approximately £70,000. The appointed firm is required to act as the independent examiner for that charity, concurrent with the external audit for FGCH and to produce consolidated group accounts.
Full CPV breakdown
- 79210000 — Accounting and auditing services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Active
- Renewal
- A single, optional extension of 2 years to align with partner rotation requirements. If exercised, to be ratified by Board at the 2031 AGM
- Submission method
- Responses must be uploaded via the Delta esourcing system which can be accessed here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/25FS2P5736
- Enquiries close
- 24 Jul 2026
- Award decision expected
- 10 Sep 2026
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 01 Jul 2026 13:48
- Deadline
- 31 Jul 2026 12:00
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06ae1e
- Notice ID
- FGCH 26-06/1
Full notice record
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Organisations
| Name | First Garden Cities Homes |
| Address › Street | Pioneer House, Norton Way South |
| Address › Town / city | Letchworth Garden City |
| Address › Postcode | SG6 1NY |
| Address › Country | GB |
| Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Address › Region (NUTS) | UKH23 |
| Role | buyer |
| Link | https://www.fgch.co.uk |
| Classification › Description | Public authority - sub-central government |
Buyer
| Name | First Garden Cities Homes |
Tender
| Title | First Garden Cities Homes Statutory External Audit |
| Status | active |
| Item › CPV › Description | Accounting and auditing services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKH2 |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £430,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| How to submit | Responses must be uploaded via the Delta esourcing system which can be accessed here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/25FS2P5736 |
| Submission Terms › Electronic submission | allowed |
| Submission Terms › Languages | en |
| Bidding period › End | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Questions period › End | 24 Jul 2026 |
| Award decision period › End | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Lot › Status | active |
| Lot › Value › Value incl. VAT | £430,000 |
| Lot › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | cost |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Fee |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | The total price to carry out the services for the initial 5 year term. |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight | 40 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Qualitative Responses |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | The responses to the stage 1 qualitative questions |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight | 45 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Presentation |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | The marks awarded (against a defined set of criteria) for the respondents eligible for stage 2, a presentation. |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Weighting › Weight | 15 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Contract period › Start | 1 Apr 2027 |
| Lot › Contract period › End | 31 Mar 2032 |
| Lot › Contract period › Can be extended to | 31 Mar 2034 |
| Lot › Can be renewed | Yes |
| Lot › Renewal › Description | A single, optional extension of 2 years to align with partner rotation requirements. If exercised, to be ratified by Board at the 2031 AGM |
| Document › Document 1 › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Document 1 › Description | Not published |
| Document › Document 2 › Document type | Bidding documents |
| Document › Document 2 › Description | A direct link to the Delta esourcing TenderBox. The full tender pack can be downloaded once an interested party has registered their interest in the ITT within Delta. Please note that although there is neither restriction nor fee for suppliers to access Delta, they must register as a supplier on Delta and they must also have a supplier account on the GCA's Central Digital Platform. |
| Document › Document 2 › Link | https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/25FS2P5736 |
| Document › Document 3 › Document type | Tender notice |
| Document › Document 3 › Description | Tender notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Document 3 › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061751-2026 |
| Document › Document 3 › Published | 1 Jul 2026 |