Auditing services

Tender description

Knightstone Housing Group wishes to select a Service Provider to provide external audit services for all organisations within the Group. The successful Service Provider will be appointed for a period of three years commencing 31.7.2017 with an option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to consistently high quality performance, which will be reviewed on an annual basis. The existing Service Provider will perform the external audit for the financial year to 31.3.2017. Knightstone's current annual expenditure on the Services is 35 700 GBP. The specification and scope of the Services required are set out in the Contract Documents. Knightstone Housing Group (‘Knightstone’) wishes to select a Service Provider to provide external audit services for all organisations within the Group. Knightstone's key objectives in its approach to procurement of external audit services are to: — appoint a high quality service provider for three years to perform the annual external audit of Knightstone Housing Group Ltd and its subsidiaries for each year commencing with the financial year to 31.3.2018; — work with an audit partner who will add value to our organisation; — optimise our purchasing power and achieve a value for money service; — benefit from added value services, such as free advice and training; — share information and commence a relationship in order to build a mutual understanding of the scope of the audit and the audit approach to assisting Knightstone fulfil its governance responsibilities. The successful Service Provider will be appointed for a period of three years commencing 31.7.2017 with an option to extend for a further two years, subject to performance which will be reviewed on an annual basis. The existing Service Provider will perform the external audit for the financial year to 31.3.2017.