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# The Provision of External Audit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-external-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-03b344). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Outwood Grange Academies Trust: "The Provision of External Audit". Published status: complete. Published Value: £550,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Outwood Grange Academies Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/outwood-grange-academies-trust-GB-COH-6995649)
- **Published Value:** £550,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 April 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services, Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE45
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £550,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b344`

## Before you bid
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- **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/the-provision-of-external-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-03b344#tl-md)

## Description
Outwood Grange Academies Trust and its academies (hereafter referred to as the Trust) are looking to create a successful partnership with a provider for the Provision of External Audit Services. This will ensure compliance with the Academy Trust Handbook that our policies are appropriate and complied with. The provider should bring experience from other organisations so we can benefit from this and operate on a narrow but deep basis of analysis to find those issues which the Trust may have missed. The provider will agree and provide:-Audit of the financial statements Assurance report on regularityAudit assurance report on the Annual Accounts ReturnTeachers Pension Scheme AuditCorporation tax complianceNCTL grants auditSupplementary grant audits as requiredAd-hoc advice as and when requested

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79212300
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** Outwood Grange Academies Trust and its academies (hereafter referred to as the Trust) are looking to create a successful partnership with a provider for the Provision of External Audit Services. This will ensure compliance with the Academy Trust Hand...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 031815-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Saffery Champness LL**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-167852`
  - Value: £550,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 031815-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £550,000
  - Signed Date: 26/10/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031815-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-27T13:29:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T17:25:52.512Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b344