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Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) & Grant Assurance Services

Accounting review services
Accounting services
Financial auditing services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: ASTON UNIVERSITY: "Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) & Grant Assurance Services". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityASTON UNIVERSITYScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for ASTON UNIVERSITY. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1.6Bids / Report
72.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.Top vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 88 active published awards; 18 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.1 win£320,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityASTON UNIVERSITY
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published2 Sept 2026, 17:12 BST
Last source update2 Sept 2026, 17:12 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAccounting review services, Accounting services, Financial auditing services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f0bd
What is being bought
Aston University is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to inform a future procurement for the provision of Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) and Grant Assurance Services. The University wishes to engage with suppliers active in the grant assurance, audit and accountancy sector to better understand market capability, service delivery models, pricing approaches, innovation opportunities, and routes to market. The anticipated scope may include, but is not limited to: Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) for Innovate UK funded projects; Grant assurance and certification services for UKRI funded projects; Assurance engagements relating to Horizon Europe and successor programmes; Agreed-Upon Procedures (AUP) engagements; Grant assurance requirements arising from charitable, governmental and other research funders; Related advisory services associated with grant assurance and certification requirements. The purpose of this engagement is solely to gather market intelligence and obtain supplier feedback to help shape the University's procurement strategy and future tender documentation. Participation in this PME exercise will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to planning
    2 Sept 2026, 17:12 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    2 Sept 2026, 17:12 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    2 Sept 2026, 17:12 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    2 Sept 2026, 17:12 BST
  2. Procedure published
    2 Sept 2026, 17:12 BST
  3. engagement
    15 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Please use the link to ProContract to access the Specification and Questionnaire to be completed by suppliers associated. https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=3816a788-cca6-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True Completed questionnaires should be submitted electronically via the procurement portal. Deadline submission 15 September 2025, 12:00noon
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

ASTON UNIVERSITY

Contracting authority GB-COH-RC000904
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  • ASTON UNIVERSITY
    buyer

    GB-COH: RC000904 · GB-PPON: PTLB-7496-TPTR
    Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UKG31, B4 7ET, GB
    procurement@aston.ac.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published