Tender

External Audit and Accountancy Services

  • Hertfordshire Catering Limited

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Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-001592

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f03e

Published 5 December 2025, 7:05pm

Last edited 8 January 2026, 4:05pm

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Change in Tender submission deadline from 9th January @ 12pm (midday) to 9th January @11:59pm (midnight). No further amendments or details have been made to the tender documents other than the deadline schedule.

Scope

Reference

HCL/EAAS/2025

Description

Hertfordshire Catering Limited (HCL) is a limited company, limited by a single share wholly owned by Hertfordshire County Council (HCC). It is a specialist contract caterer delivering catering service in the education sector. We are looking for a suitable qualified provider to provide external audit and accountancy services. The Procurement will be evaluated based on MEAT criteria. For further details of the procurement, please refer to the tender documents.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-Welwyn-Garden-City:-Accounting-and-auditing-services./A3J96ZWUP9

To respond to this opportunity, please visit the Delta portal here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/A3J96ZWUP9

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1004996113

Total value (estimated)

  • £120,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2030
  • Possible extension to 31 October 2030
  • 4 years, 9 months

Description of possible extension:

The possibility of 9 months extension.

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 79210000 - Accounting and auditing services

Contract locations

  • UKJ - South East (England)

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Submission

Tender submission deadline

9 January 2026, 11:59pm

Submission address and any special instructions

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/A3J96ZWUP9

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Type Weighting
Quality Questions including Presentation Quality 60%
Price Price 40%

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition

Contracting authority

Hertfordshire Catering Limited

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZRN-7198-PBPY

Mundells, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1FT

Welwyn Garden City

AL7 1FT

United Kingdom

Contact name: Summer Xia

Telephone: 01707292500

Email: Procurement.Contracts@hcl.co.uk

Region: UKH23 - Hertfordshire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government