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title: "Provision of External Audit Services, Harper Adams University"
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# Provision of External Audit Services, Harper Adams University

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-audit-services-harper-adams-university-ocds-h6vhtk-028956). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Harper Adams University: "Provision of External Audit Services, Harper Adams University". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: suppliers.multiquote.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Harper Adams University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/harper-adams-university-urn-133891)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 February 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG2, UKG21, UKG22, UKG24
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £361,190 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-audit-services-harper-adams-university-ocds-h6vhtk-028956#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028956`

## 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/provision-of-external-audit-services-harper-adams-university-ocds-h6vhtk-028956#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [suppliers.multiquote.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsuppliers.multiquote.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-audit-services-harper-adams-university-ocds-h6vhtk-028956#participate

## Description
This tender opportunity is for the provision of External Audit Services and Corporate Tax Advice to the Harper Adams University Group and the separate independent charity Harper Adams Development Trust with effect from April 2021 for the financial year end 31 July 2021.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** The contract is for the provision of external audit (including the University’s Teachers’ Pension Scheme Annual Return) and corporation tax compliance services to the University and its wholly-owned UK subsidiaries. The appointed external auditor wil...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of External Audit Services, Harper Adams University (active)
  - Award id: `017392-2021-CA8163-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Grant Thornton UK LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:OC307742`
  - Value: £361,190 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of External Audit Services, Harper Adams University (active)
  - Signed Value: £361,190
  - Signed Date: 21/07/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017392-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-22T15:26:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T04:51:25.969Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028956