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Appointment of External Auditors

Meeting: 12/01/2022 - Cabinet (Item 397)

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Finance and Resources

To consider options for the procurement of external audit services.

Decision:

Recommended to Council:

1.  That the Council opts in to the national scheme for external auditor appointments being administered by Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd.

2.  That the Head of Finance and Revenues be authorised to complete all matters necessary to implement a new auditor appointment at the conclusion of the PSAA procurement exercise.

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report of the Finance and Resources Portfolio Holder which presented details of arrangements for the provision of external audit services.

 

The Council’s current contract for external audit services was procured through a national exercise undertaken by Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd and is due to expire at the end of the 2022/23 financial year.

 

It was recommended that the Council sign up to the national procurement exercise to appoint a new external auditor in order to provide certainty that the procurement requirements could be achieved within the statutory timescale and to deliver value for money to the Council over the contract period.

 

Having considered the options and for the reasons set out in the report, Cabinet agreed the following:

 

Recommended to Council:

1.  That the Council opts in to the national scheme for external auditor appointments being administered by Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd.

2.  That the Head of Finance and Revenues be authorised to complete all matters necessary to implement a new auditor appointment at the conclusion of the PSAA procurement exercise.