Rotation, independence and what an audit tender is really testing
Audit is one of the few professional services where the buyer is required to go to market whether it is satisfied with the incumbent or not. Rotation rules, statutory in many jurisdictions, cap how long a firm or an engagement partner may serve, which is why these notices appear on a predictable cycle and why the incumbent is frequently ineligible. Independence is assessed against the whole firm: non-audit services supplied to the same body, including consulting and tax work, are restricted or prohibited, and the declaration covers network firms as well.
The scope in a public sector audit is wider than a financial opinion. Alongside the statement of accounts, engagements commonly cover regularity -- whether spending was within the authority granted -- value for money arrangements, grant certification, and assurance over systems and controls. Internal audit is a separate market, bought as an annual plan of risk-based reviews rather than as an opinion, and the same firm is usually barred from holding both roles. Bidders should read which of these is actually being tendered.
Pricing is built from a planned mix of hours by grade, and the evaluation looks for whether that mix is credible against the complexity of the entity. A bid that wins on price and then requests additional fees for scope the documents already described is a familiar pattern buyers now guard against with explicit change control. Quality is assessed through the firm's regulatory inspection record, the qualifications and continuity of named staff, and its methodology for areas where public bodies most often have problems: asset valuation, pension liabilities, group boundaries and revenue recognition on grants.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys audit and accounting in Greece?
GlobalGov holds 55 audit and accounting records from 37 distinct buying organisations in Greece. The most frequent publishers are International buyer (5 records); International buyer (4 records); International buyer (4 records); International buyer (3 records); International buyer (2 records); International buyer (2 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 36% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| International buyer | 5 | 9.1% |
| International buyer | 4 | 7.3% |
| International buyer | 4 | 7.3% |
| International buyer | 3 | 5.5% |
| International buyer | 2 | 3.6% |
| International buyer | 2 | 3.6% |
What are audit and accounting contracts worth in Greece?
51 of the 55 records publish a contract value. The median is $518,400 and the largest single published value is $34.6M. By size, 1 under $100k, 35 between $100k and $1M, 14 between $1M and $10M, 1 above $10M. The remaining 4 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 1 | 2.0% |
| between $100k and $1M | 35 | 69% |
| between $1M and $10M | 14 | 27% |
| above $10M | 1 | 2.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to audit and accounting tenders in Greece?
Across the 26 Greece audit and accounting notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 36 days. A quarter of them allowed 33 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 39. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are audit and accounting tenders published in Greece?
Greece published 11 notices in this category in the last twelve months. That is 10% more than the 10 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 30, spread across 34 separate months of activity since 25 May 2021. March is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Greece compare with other audit and accounting markets?
Among the 30 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable audit and accounting market, Greece ranks 19th by number of records. The largest is Colombia (1,888 records against 55 here). Within Greece itself, audit and accounting is the 45th largest of the 56 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Greece audit and accounting records on this page come from?
These 55 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (55). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Audit and Accounting tenders in Greece
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical audit and accounting notice in Greece is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Greece – Accounting, auditing and fiscal services – Παροχή υπηρεσιών Ανεξάρτητου Ελεγκτή για τα έργα ευθύνης του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού που έχουν ενταχθεί στο Ταμείο Ανάκαμψης και Ανθεκτικότητας
Greece – Corporate governance rating services – Ενδιάμεση Αξιολόγηση της Εθνικής Στρατηγικής για την Κοινωνική Ένταξη και την Καταπολέμηση της Φτώχειας (ΕΣΚΕ) 2021–2027
Greece – Custom broker services – ΔΙΑΚΗΡΥΞΗ 1057/2025 ΠΑΡΟΧΗ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΩΝ ΕΚΤΕΛΩΝΙΣΜΟΥ
Greece – Internal audit services – «Παροχή υπηρεσιών κατάρτισης Εγχειριδίου διαδικασιών ανά υπηρεσιακή Μονάδα και Έκθεσης βαθμολόγησης κινδύνων με καταγραφή των δικλίδων αντιμετώπισής τους (ΧΑΡΤΗΣ-Risk Assessment) για τα δύο πρώτα επίπεδα-γραμμές ρόλου του Συστήματος Εσωτερικού Ελέγχου»
Greece-Athens: Accounting services
Greece-Athens: Accounting and auditing services
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