Official UK procurement notice
Provision of External Audit Services
Authority: Nottingham Trent University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNottingham Trent University shall appoint an auditor to provide the Provision of External Audit Services. The appointed Supplier must meet the eligibility criteria for external auditors of higher education corporations as set out in paragraph 59(b) of Schedule 8 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. The Supplier shall be responsible completing an audit which complies with applicable accounting standards, the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, the University’s charter and statutes, all statutory requirements relating to the University’s financial affairs, the Terms and Conditions of Funding for Higher Education Institutions (or successor requirements) with the Office for Students (OfS) and OfS Accounts Direction (OfS 2019.41) or its successor, any requirements of the Department for Education and other regulations relating to the constitution and activities of the University and which are relevant to its financial affairs.
CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Financial auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,500,000
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 (6)
- Technical Criteria: 25%
- Quality Assurance: 15%
- Service Delivery: 30%
- Account Management: 7%
- Commercial Offer: 18%
- NTU Strategic Commitments (Sustainability): 5%
Published award criteria (6)
- Technical Criteria
- Quality Assurance
- Service Delivery
- Account Management
- NTU Strategic Commitments (Sustainability)
- Commercial Offer
- Price carries 18 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.8 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)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Jun 2026, 07:40 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2026, 09:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
NTU/26/3061/DS- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051151- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a9c4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 Jun 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Tender notice published144 days ago1 Jun 2026, 07:40 BST
- Clarification questions by114 days ago1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline112 days ago3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent1 day ago23 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice publishedearlier today23 Oct 2026, 09:23 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 11 days3 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 39 days1 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 72 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jun 2026- Tender notice published1 Jun 2026, 07:40 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published23 Oct 2026, 09:23 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Oct 2026, 09:23 BST
- Contract signature expected4 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BDO LLP4 Jan 2027 – 3 Jan 2032 | £1,500,000 inc. VAT | 23 Oct 2026standstill to 3 Nov 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BDO LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
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