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title: "02_26-AST External Audit Service"
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# 02_26-AST External Audit Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/02-26-ast-external-audit-service-ocds-h6vhtk-078b42). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST: "02_26-AST External Audit Service". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £290,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Dec 2026, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (open for submissions, 53 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/avanti-schools-trust-GB-COH-07506598)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £290,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 December 2026 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/02-26-ast-external-audit-service-ocds-h6vhtk-078b42#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078b42`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/02-26-ast-external-audit-service-ocds-h6vhtk-078b42#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Feducationportal%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/02-26-ast-external-audit-service-ocds-h6vhtk-078b42#participate

## Description
Avanti Schools Trust (the Trust) invites offers from suitably qualified audit firms for the provision of external audit, regularity assurance and related statutory reporting services. The Trust is a successful multi-academy trust with 12 schools across London, Leicester and other locations outside London. It is a company limited by guarantee, an exempt charity and is accountable to the Department for Education (DfE) through its funding agreement.
The Trust requires an audit provider with deep academy sector expertise, strong technical audit quality, robust independence arrangements and a practical understanding of the financial, regulatory and governance environment in which multi-academy trusts operate.
The procurement will be conducted as a competitive tendering procedure using the open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 and the Procurement Regulations 2024. Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to the tender notice and associated procurement documents, subject to the conditions of participation and other requirements stated in those documents.
The Trust expects bidders to comply with the Procurement Act 2023, the Procurement Regulations 2024, the published procurement documents, applicable audit legislation, Companies Act requirements, Charity SORP, Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Academies Accounts Direction, the Academy Trust Handbook 2026 and relevant Financial Reporting Council standards.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £290,000

- **Contract Period:** 04/04/2027 to 31/03/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F098703-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-19T16:52:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T03:25:56.153Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-078b42