Norse Commercial Services Limited has published this notice through Delta eSourcing
| Notice Summary |
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| Title: | External Auditing Services - Statutory Audit |
| Notice type: | UK6: Contract award notice |
| Authority: | Norse Commercial Services Limited |
| Nature of contract: | Services |
| Procedure: | Above threshold - Open procedure |
| Short Description: | Norse Commercial Services a subsidiary of the Norse Group is seeking suitably qualified bids for the supply of the Norse Group Ltd External Statutory Audit Services. The successful organisation will be required to provide the following external audit services (the services): •Independent audit of the financial statements of all legal entities in the Norse Group from financial year 2025/26 except where the exemption for audit under the BEIS rules for wholly owned subsidiaries or where another audit exemption applies. Please see Appendix C FY24 Company Summary and Appendix D Non-Wholly Owned for list of companies to be audited. •The Financial Statements of Norse Group Limited are required to be consolidated into the accounts of Norfolk County Council (NCC) and this requires a revised presentation of its annual results into a ‘group reporting pack’ as determined by NCC. There is a requirement to audit and produce a report to the Group auditors of NCC on the ‘Group Reporting Pack’ under International Standards on Auditing (ISA’s) in accordance with ISA 800, ‘Audits of Financial Statements prepared in accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks’ as to conformity with the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting |
| Published: | 11/08/2025 15:57 |
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Scope
Description: Norse Commercial Services a subsidiary of the Norse Group is seeking suitably qualified bids for the supply of the Norse Group Ltd External Statutory Audit Services.
The successful organisation will be required to provide the following external audit services (the services):
•Independent audit of the financial statements of all legal entities in the Norse Group from financial year 2025/26 except where the exemption for audit under the BEIS rules for wholly owned subsidiaries or where another audit exemption applies. Please see Appendix C FY24 Company Summary and Appendix D Non-Wholly Owned for list of companies to be audited.
•The Financial Statements of Norse Group Limited are required to be consolidated into the accounts of Norfolk County Council (NCC) and this requires a revised presentation of its annual results into a ‘group reporting pack’ as determined by NCC. There is a requirement to audit and produce a report to the Group auditors of NCC on the ‘Group Reporting Pack’ under International Standards on Auditing (ISA’s) in accordance with ISA 800, ‘Audits of Financial Statements prepared in accordance with Special Purpose Frameworks’ as to conformity with the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting
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Total value (estimated):
GBP 3,600,000 including VAT
Contract Details
Contract 1
Contract value: GBP 3,941,785.2 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold: No
Award decision date: 11/08/2025
Earliest date the contract will be signed: 29/08/2025
Contract dates (estimated): 01/09/2025 to 01/09/2027
Main procurement category: SERVICES
CPV classifications:
79212100 - Financial auditing services.
79212300 - Statutory audit services.
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure