Norse Commercial Services Limited: External Auditing Services - Statutory Audit

Norse Commercial Services Limited is using Delta eSourcing to run this tender exercise

Notice Summary

Title:	External Auditing Services - Statutory Audit
Notice type:	UK4: Tender 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:	03/07/2025 16:10

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UK-Norwich: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services.

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

Description

Contract dates (estimated)
01/09/2025 to 01/09/2027
CPV Classifications:
79212100 - Financial auditing services. 79212300 - Statutory audit services.

Contract can be extended:
Yes

Extension Date:
01/09/2031

Delivery regions:
UKH15 Norwich and East Norfolk

Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 40
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

Submission

Enquiry deadline: 18/07/2025 Tender submission deadline: 29/07/2025 Time: 11:00
Submission address and any special instructions: https://www.delta-esourcing.com
An electronic auction will be used: No
Languages that may be used for submission: English, Award decision date (estimated): 12/08/2025

Procedure

Procedure type: Open procedure

Contracting authority

       Norse Commercial Services Ltd, PRLT-2616-PGPY
       280 Fifers Lane, Norwich, NR6 6EQ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 01603894162, Email: Lloyd.craske@norsegroup.co.uk

Organisation type: REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Devolved regulations that apply: None