Lot 1
The delivery of our statutory internal audit for the trust and its subsidiary.
Award criteria
Price — 30%
Standing and Experience — 20%
Audit Approach — 20%
Technical Expertise — 20%
Bid Quality — 5%
Added Value — 5%
price — 30%
Buyer: KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS TRUST →
Participate on knowledgeschoolstrust.org ↗External submission platform
KST has invited firms to bid for their external audit services. We will offer a 3+1+1 year contract.
UKI3
The delivery of our statutory internal audit for the trust and its subsidiary.
Award criteria
Price — 30%
Standing and Experience — 20%
Audit Approach — 20%
Technical Expertise — 20%
Bid Quality — 5%
Added Value — 5%
price — 30%
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not published | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Statutory audit services (79212300); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 79 | 13,740 | 4 median · 30.9 average (5,804 of 13,740 with a bid count) | 3.2 average (6,508 of 13,740 with named award suppliers) | 1 comparable price pairs |
| Same buyer | 0 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKI3 | 27 | 4 median · 5.9 average (7 of 27 with a bid count) | 1.6 average (9 of 27 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 1,176 | 4.5 median · 7 average (24 of 1,176 with a bid count) | 1.2 average (24 of 1,176 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-04dced |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 004230-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Fri Feb 07 2025 15:59:34 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 32014L0024 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2025-02-28 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | 2025-03-31T09:00:00+01:00 |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | http://www.knowledgeschoolstrust.org/tender |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £350,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 2 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 3 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 2025 | tender | 004230-2025 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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