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External Auditors (PSAA)

South Kesteven District Council · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 16:46.

Opportunity overview

Audit of financial statements. The provision of external auditors as a statutory requirement under the local Audit and Accountability Act 2014.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

KPMG LLP

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£1.2m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Nov 2022
Award ID
037501-2026-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 0301540OC
Location
London, UKI, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79212000 — Auditing services

Lots

  • Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA) conducted a procurement exercise for the audits of the accounts (as per the Code of Audit Practice) eligible bodies across England that opt in for the purposes of the appointment of auditors under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the requirements of the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015, South Kesteven District Council (SKDC) opted into this scheme and were assigned an auditor. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/procurement/ocds-h6vhtk-031385Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN814174
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA) conducted a procurement exercise for the audits of the accounts (as per the Code of Audit Practice) eligible bodies across England that opt in for the purposes of the appointment of auditors under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the requirements of the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015, South Kesteven District Council (SKDC) opted into this scheme. PSAA awarded multiple contracts to six firms (including KPMG who were assigned to SKDC as our auditor) under multiple lots.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
79212000
Description
Auditing services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA) conducted a procurement exercise for the audits of the accounts (as per the Code of Audit Practice) eligible bodies across England that opt in for the purposes of the appointment of auditors under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the requirements of the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015, South Kesteven District Council (SKDC) opted into this scheme and were assigned an auditor. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/procurement/ocds-h6vhtk-031385
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79212000
Description
Auditing services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
South Kesteven District Council
Id
GB-FTS-169534

Identifier

Legal Name
South Kesteven District Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Council Offices, The Picture House, St Catherine's Road,
Locality
Grantham
Region
UKF30
Postal Code
NG316TT
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
01
Description
General public services
Organisation 2
Name
KPMG LLP
Id
GB-COH-0301540OC

Identifier

Legal Name
KPMG LLP
Id
0301540OC
Scheme
GB-COH

Address

Locality
London
Region
UKI
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
South Kesteven District Council
Id
GB-FTS-124559

Identifier

Legal Name
South Kesteven District Council

Address

Locality
Grantham
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
037501-2026-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-0301540OC
Name
KPMG LLP

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
037501-2026-1
Award ID
037501-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
30 Nov 2022, 00:00

Value

Amount
1,200,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Grantham · UKF30 · NG316TT · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 037501-2026award, contract ·