Official UK procurement notice
491 Internal Audit Services
Authority: University of Lincoln (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Tender Notice for the University of Lincoln's Internal Audit Services opportunity. A contract is being tendered for an initial 3 year period with a further 2 years of optional extensions (at the University's discretion).
The core services required under the University's Internal Audit service in summary include the development and delivery of an internal audit strategy and plan, advice on governance, risk management and internal controls, incorporating proactive knowledge and best practice, providing recommendations on optimising value for money outcomes and a year end audit report and audit opinion to senior management, the Board of Governors and the Office for Students.
The University operates within a rapidly evolving Higher Education landscape, facing sector wide pressures including financial sustainability challenges, cyber security threats, volatility in student recruitment, increasing regulatory expectations from the Office for Students, and rising demands around data quality, governance, and organisational resilience. Hence, interested suppliers will need to demonstrate that they have the breadth of specialisms to provide an effective internal audit provision across this range of risk areas. Demonstrating capabilities and added value across the breadth of audit provision will be a key area of assessment in the procurement exercise.
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CPV: Auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledRenewalPublished value£600,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Method Statement Evaluation: 70%
- Price Evaluation: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price Evaluation
- Method Statement Evaluation
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Mar 2026, 11:51 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 May 2026, 09:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
491- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050189- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066832Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
12 Mar 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published229 days ago12 Mar 2026, 11:51 GMT
- Market engagement208 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
The University of Lincoln is seeking to engage with the internal audit supply market and to further understand the experience, credentials, resources and capacity of suppliers.
Interested suppliers are encouraged to complete and return a supporting questionnaire.
In addition, there is also the opportunity for one to one engagement sessions with the University which will follow on and further discuss the returned questionnaires.
Depending on the volume of interest, if a significant number of responses is received, the University will offer the engagement sessions to a cross section of suppliers, with a maximum
of 5 engagement sessions being undertaken.
Any responses provided are for information only and will not be evaluated in any way.
- Tender notice published152 days ago28 May 2026, 11:33 BST
- Clarification questions by117 days ago2 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Submission deadline117 days ago2 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Award decision expected by47 days ago9 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts26 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Mar 2026, 11:51 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published28 May 2026, 11:33 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active28 May 2026, 11:33 BST
- Procurement method changed28 May 2026, 11:33 BST
- Deadline published: 2 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST28 May 2026, 11:33 BST
- Procurement termination notice published29 May 2026, 09:57 BSTUK12
- Status changed to cancelled29 May 2026, 09:57 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 29 May 2026 | CancelledThe procurement exercise is being terminated due to a minor error being identified within the Tenderbox. The current procurement exercise is therefore being withdrawn. A new procurement exercise, with Tender Notice and Tenderbox will be launched on the 29 May 2026 to replace this withdrawn procurement exercise. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender