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title: "CE-01654 Castle School Education Trust External Audit"
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# CE-01654 Castle School Education Trust External Audit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ce-01654-castle-school-education-trust-external-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-02914e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Castle School Education Trust: "CE-01654 Castle School Education Trust External Audit". Published status: active. Published Value: £250,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Castle School Education Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/castle-school-education-trust-GB-PPON-PJBP-5124-DMWL)
- **Published Value:** £250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 March 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ce-01654-castle-school-education-trust-external-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-02914e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02914e`

## 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/ce-01654-castle-school-education-trust-external-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-02914e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fthebuyingclub)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ce-01654-castle-school-education-trust-external-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-02914e#participate

## Description
Castle School Education Trust (CSET) is a successful Multi-Academy Trust with in excess of 5,094 students on roll (at 1st October 2020). CSET was formed as a MAT in March 2013 with the founding school being The Castle School in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire. The Trust expanded rapidly from one to seven schools in its first three years of operation. Since then the Trust has concentrated on consolidating the financial and educational performance of the group.  Firms are invited to tender for the audit for the year ending 31st August 2021, which will be a three-year term (plus 2 years discretionary), renewable on an annual basis at the discretion of the Client. Full details of the services required are included in Section 6, Service Specification. Further information on the Client is included in Appendix 1 – Client Background Information.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79212000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £250,000
- **Description:** Castle School Education Trust (CSET) is a successful Multi-Academy Trust with in excess of 5,094 students on roll (at 1st October 2020). CSET was formed as a MAT in March 2013 with the founding school being The Castle School in Thornbury, South Glouc...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002535-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-08T19:03:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T22:45:03.602Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02914e