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# External Audit Services 2024

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-2024-ocds-h6vhtk-047d18). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Chester: "External Audit Services 2024". Published status: complete. Published Value: £800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Nov 2024, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Chester](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-chester-urn-133802)
- **Published Value:** £800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 November 2024 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £900,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-2024-ocds-h6vhtk-047d18#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047d18`

## 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/external-audit-services-2024-ocds-h6vhtk-047d18#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofchester)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-2024-ocds-h6vhtk-047d18#participate

## Description
This 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.

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

- **Description:** This 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 fo...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Award Contract for the Provision of External Audit Services (active)
  - Award id: `000073-2025-2024-Oct-01-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Grant Thornton UK LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:OC307742`
  - Value: £900,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Award Contract for the Provision of External Audit Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £900,000
  - Signed Date: 13/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000073-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-03T10:59:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T12:50:33.610Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-047d18