Awarded contract

External Audit and Accountancy Services

Details

Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Supplier(s): Mercer & Hole
Value: 120,000
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Published: 10 February 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender 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. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1010015223 ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award date24 January 2026
Completed: Award published10 February 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 January 2030in 3 years

About the buyer

Hertfordshire County Council is the local authority for Hertfordshire, and buys as a local government organisation. Every tender and quotation is advertised through Supply Hertfordshire, the council's electronic tendering portal. Nine public sector organisations across the county share Supply Hertfordshire as a joint procurement service. Registered suppliers receive automated email alerts when new tenders match their chosen category. Suppliers must also register on the Central Digital Platform to generate a Share Code for above-threshold procurements, a rule in effect since February 2025. Contracts carry the council's own terms and conditions for every goods, services and works purchase.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Hertfordshire County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

79200000 · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
79210000 · Accounting and auditing services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hertfordshire-county-council.gov