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# Provision of External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06a9c4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Nottingham Trent University: "Provision of External Audit Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Nottingham Trent University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nottingham-trent-university-urn-133855)
- **Published Value:** £1,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 July 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting and auditing services, Accounting, auditing and fiscal services, Auditing services, Financial auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,500,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06a9c4#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06a9c4`

## 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-ocds-h6vhtk-06a9c4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2FK4794NM3K9)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06a9c4#participate

## Description
Nottingham 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79200000, 79210000, 79212000, 79212100
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 04/01/2027 to 03/01/2032

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of External Audit Services (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **BDO LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-150960`
  - Value: £1,500,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 22/10/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F051151-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-23T08:23:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T16:22:23.072Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06a9c4