Official UK procurement notice
External Audit Services 2024
Authority: University of Chester (Charity / VCSE)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Award Notice follows the University seeking tenders through the UK Open Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 to appoint an external audit service provider for a period of 5 years with an option to extend for up to two further periods of 12 months each, subject to satisfactory performance and the University’s needs.The primary role of external auditors will be to report on the financial statements of the University of Chester and its subsidiary companies, and to carry out whatever examination of the statements and underlying records and control systems is necessary to reach an opinion on the statements. The successful supplier will be required to report to the University Council by means of a management letter.Please note that all values in this notice have been rounded up.
CPV: Auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
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)
- Quality Evaluation: 60%
- Pricing Evaluation: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Evaluation: 60
- Pricing Evaluation: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 12 Jul 2024, 15:17 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Jan 2025, 10:59 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Nov 2024 – …
- Authority reference
2024-Oct-01- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000073- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047d18Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Please contact the University.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 4 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
1 Oct 2024 → 3 Jan 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected1 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline4 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT
- Bids opened4 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT
- Notice published3 Jan 2025, 10:59 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Oct 2024- Status changed to active3 Oct 2024, 14:14 BST
- Procurement method changed3 Oct 2024, 14:14 BST
- Deadline published: 4 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT3 Oct 2024, 14:14 BST
- Buyer details updated3 Oct 2024, 14:14 BST
- Status changed to complete3 Jan 2025, 10:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLPAward Contract for the Provision of External Audit Services | £900,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Award Contract for the Provision of External Audit Services · Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP
- Signed
- 13 Dec 2024
- Value
- £900,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Grant Thornton UK LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria