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Dundee City Council

Provision of External Audit Services

Business ServicesCPV 79212100
Value£125k
Deadline7 Oct 2026
Published3 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 3 Sept 202633 days leftCloses 7 Oct 2026
Who to contact
Ann Conway
ann.conway@dundeecity.gov.uk
+44 1382433401

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£125ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Dundee City Council has published 10 Business Services notices, about every 7 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around March 2027.

84% of Dundee City Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

This procurement process is for the contract for the provision of External Audit Services for Leisure & Culture Dundee.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
  • Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f0ea
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
083309-2026
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