Official UK procurement notice
External Auditing Services and Advice
Authority: York St John University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University is seeking to obtain competitive rates for a 3 year contract, with an optional 2 year extension - to be exercised upon delivery of outstanding service levels.
The external auditors are required to carry out sufficient review and investigation work to enable them to report whether in all material respects:
The financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Higher Education Institution’s affairs, and of its income and expenditure, gains and losses, changes in reserves and cash flows for the year. They should take into account relevant statutory and other mandatory disclosure and accounting requirements, and OfS and Research England requirements.
The financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the financial reporting standards (FRS102) and the ‘Statement of recommended practice: Accounting for further and higher education’, and relevant legislation.
Funds from whatever source administered by the University for specific purposes have been properly applied to those purposes and managed in accordance with relevant legislation.
Funds provided by the OfS and Research England have been applied in accordance with these terms and conditions and any other terms and conditions attached to them.
The requirements of the OfS’ accounts direction have been met.
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CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Financial auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£650,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Resourcing: 10%
- Capability: 10%
- Methodology: 20%
- Success Factors / KPIs: 5%
- Added Value Services: 5%
- Price: 40%
- Social and Environmental Impact: 10%
Published award criteria (7)
- Price
- Resourcing
- Capability
- Methodology
- Social and Environmental Impact
- Success Factors / KPIs
- Added Value Services
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Aug 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Jan 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
TEN012- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049714- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058836Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
14 Aug 2025 → 2 Mar 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published14 Aug 2025, 16:05 BST
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
- Next notice expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by354 days ago31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline354 days ago31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent281 days ago12 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published281 days ago12 Jan 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Standstill ends271 days ago21 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by262 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts232 days ago2 Mar 2026
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Aug 2025- Planned procurement notice published14 Aug 2025, 16:05 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2025, 10:05 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active19 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2025, 11:06 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published12 Jan 2026, 12:05 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete12 Jan 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Contract signature expected31 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Submission link entered.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 14 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BDO LLP1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 2 Mar 2031Extensions: Two optional extension periods of one year (two years in total) are to be awarded upon the University's satisfaction that it has received an outstanding level of service delivery in the execution of this contract. | £650,000 inc. VAT | 12 Jan 2026standstill to 21 Jan 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BDO LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender