Official UK procurement notice
External Audit · BDO LLP for London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (May 2025)
Authority: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are looking to appoint a supplier to provide External Audit Services in accordance with the Companies Act and relevant professional standards. We are seeking to put in place a new contract for a maximum of five years, commencing in January 2026. The scope of service includes audit of the school’s financial statements and the subsidiary company financial statements, together known as ‘the Group’. There are three subsidiary companies, of which two require an audit (Chariot Innovations Limited and Sustainable Climate Impact Fund Limited). The third subsidiary is a non-trading Ugandan entity which is consolidated but does not require separate financial statements.
- How the procedure runs: An initial assessment of tenders will be carried out as the first step and the top 3 highest scoring bidders will be taken forward and invited for interviews/presentation as the second and final stage.
CPV: Financial auditing services · Statutory audit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£700,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Price: 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 May 2025, 13:44 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
LSHTM-2025-017- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053799- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0518c5Find a Tender
- How it runs
An initial assessment of tenders will be carried out as the first step and the top 3 highest scoring bidders will be taken forward and invited for interviews/presentation as the second and final stage.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Oct 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 May 2025 → 12 Jan 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published20 May 2025, 13:44 BST
- Market engagement7 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published4 Sept 2025, 10:30 BST
- Next notice expected9 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Clarification questions by392 days ago24 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline359 days ago27 Oct 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by329 days ago25 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent328 days ago27 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published324 days ago1 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Standstill ends313 days ago11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts282 days ago12 Jan 2026
Notice history
11 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 May 2025, 13:44 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published4 Sept 2025, 10:30 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £700,0004 Sept 2025, 10:30 BST
- Status changed to active4 Sept 2025, 10:30 BST
- Procurement method changed4 Sept 2025, 10:30 BST
- Deadline published: 23 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST4 Sept 2025, 10:30 BST
- Tender notice published9 Sept 2025, 09:14 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 27 Oct 2025, 10:00 GMT9 Sept 2025, 09:14 BST+4 days · was 23 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Contract award notice published1 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Contract signature expected12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
The Tender submission deadline should be 06/10/2025 at 1pm
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 20 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BDO LLP12 Jan 2026 – 12 Jan 2029 · up to 12 Jan 2031Extensions: Optional extension of 2 periods of 12 months each. | £827,854 | 26 Nov 2025standstill to 11 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BDO LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender 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