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title: "External Audit Services/OPEN/PRO/2022"
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# External Audit Services/OPEN/PRO/2022

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-open-pro-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-0315f7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE): "External Audit Services/OPEN/PRO/2022". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,100,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/open-university-the-urn-133849)
- **Published Value:** £1,100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 March 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0315f7`

## 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-open-pro-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-0315f7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fopenuniversity)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-open-pro-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-0315f7#participate

## Description
The Open University is seeking the provision of external audit services for The Open University and its wholly owned subsidiaries (registered in England and Wales) with effect from the 2022 / 2023 financial year.  .

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** 1.1	The Open University (University) is seeking the provision of external audit services for The Open University and its wholly owned subsidiaries (registered in England and Wales) with effect from the 2022/23 financial year.
- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2022 to 31/07/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003932-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-10T19:39:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T18:09:33.498Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0315f7