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# External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-032ad5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Southampton: "External Audit Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,750,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: intendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Southampton](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-southampton-urn-133879)
- **Published Value:** £2,750,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 June 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services, Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,659,210 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032ad5`

## 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-ocds-h6vhtk-032ad5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [intendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fintendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofsouthampton)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-032ad5#participate

## Description
The University requires an external auditor to provide the external audit of the University's annual consolidated financial statements and of the annual financial statements of its relevant UK and overseas subsidiary companies including pensions.
Tenderers must be a UK-registered auditor, registered with a relevant UK accountancy body, and a Malaysian-registered auditor. Where the University requires external audit services to be provided for its overseas subsidiaries, the Tenderer will also need to confirm they (or their subcontractor that will be fulfilling the services locally) are compliant with local auditor registration requirements.
The Tenderer will need to confirm they are compliant with the Financial Reporting Council's Code of Ethics particularly in respect of the start date of this Contract and the independence required for working with public interest entities.

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

- **Estimated Value:** £2,750,000
- **Description:** The University requires an external auditor to provide the external audit of the University's annual consolidated financial statements and of the annual financial statements of its relevant UK and overseas subsidiary companies including pensions.
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- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** External Audit Services (active)
  - Award id: `036068-2022-2022UoS-0436-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Deliotte LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:OC303675`
  - Value: £1,659,210 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** External Audit Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,659,210
  - Signed Date: 28/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036068-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-20T15:22:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T23:17:52.154Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032ad5