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# External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03925d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Sunderland: "External Audit Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £875,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Jan 2023, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Sunderland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-sunderland-urn-133881)
- **Published Value:** £875,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 January 2023 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £875,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03925d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03925d`

## 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-03925d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofsunderland%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03925d#participate

## Description
The University of Sunderland is looking for an External Auditor to provide its services across a number of subsidiaries which operate nationally and internationally in Sunderland, London and Hong Kong. For clarity the audit covers the companies registered in England and Wales which includes the Sunderland and London campuses but does not include the Hong Kong campus.The emphasis of this tender is to appoint an appropriately qualified organisation with suitable experience of the financial services required and an innovative approach throughout the life of the contract.External audit services are expected to commence from June 2023, to run for 3 years, auditing from our financial year 2022/23 to 2024/25 with a possible 2 x 12 months extensions.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** Awarded ContractThe University of Sunderland is looking for an External Auditor to provide its services across a number of subsidiaries which operate nationally and internationally in Sunderland, London and Hong Kong. For clarity the audit covers the...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 016062-2023-External Audit Services-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **RSM UK Audit LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-119262`
  - Value: £875,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 016062-2023-External Audit Services-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £875,000
  - Signed Date: 30/05/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016080-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-07T08:36:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:46:23.884Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03925d