INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICE

Caledonia Housing Association Group invites tenders for the provision of internal audit services to the Group for an initial period of three years (with the option to extend for up to a further two years depending upon performance). Caledonia Housing Association was formed on 1st October 2011 by a merger of the former Servite and Perthshire Housing Associations The Group currently comprises Caledonia Housing Association, as the parent organisation, and Cordale Housing Association, which joined as a constitutional partner in 2014.

The Group has grown over recent years through three transfers of engagement, acquiring the assets of the former Antonine, Bellsmyre, and Faifley housing associations in 2018, 2020 and 2022 respectively. It now operates in 8 local authority areas across Tayside, Fife, the Highlands, West and East Dunbartonshire owning over 5,700 properties for social rent, which generates a Group annual turnover of approximately GBP37 million for the 2022/23 financial year. The Group is classed as being a systemically important landlord by the Scottish Housing Regulator due to its size and development programme

The Group is required to work within the regulatory framework set out by the Scottish Housing Regulator (2019). This includes a requirement to have an internal audit function. The responsibility for ensuring the Group meets the regulatory requirements rests with the Caledonia Housing Association Management Board, and the Cordale Housing Association Management Committee. The work of these two governing bodies is supported by a Group Audit and Risk Management Committee that has a specific role in developing and implementing comprehensive internal audit arrangements. Internal Audit is required to provide assurance to the governing bodies on the systems of internal controls for the Group across its full range of functions and activities.