Notice Information
Notice Title
External Assurance Services/OPEN/PRO/2021
Notice Description
The Open University is seeking bids for the Provision of External Assurance Services as follows:-An independent review of the financial and operational case for the reset of its Core Systems Replacement (CSR) programme; and The provision of independent assurance on the scope and quality of the CSR and Associate Lecturer Contract Change (ALC) Programme's reporting.Supporting services where required. Further details are contained in the Specification in the tender pack.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Open University is seeking bids for the Provision of External Assurance Services as follows:An independent review of the financial and operational case for the reset of its Core Systems Replacement programme andThe Provision of independent assurance on the scope and quality of the CSR and Associate Lecturer Contract Change (ALC) Programme's reporting.Supporting services where required. Further details are contained in the Specification in the tender documentation pack.
Options: The contract is for an initial period of 2 years and may be extended by the OU for a total of two further 1 year periods to a total of 4 years at its discretion.Additional supporting audit services offered by the supplier may be purchased as part of this contract. Any additional purchasing relating to this contract will be made with the successful supplier under this contract to ensure consistency and continuation of supplier support. There is no restriction on the spend value of additional purchases as this will be governed by the OU's available budget.
Renewal: The contract is for an initial period of 2 years and may be extended by the OU for 2 x 12 month periods to a total of 4 years at its discretion.The value of the contract is for the total initial period and all potential extension periods.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02c5d8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020343-2021
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79212000 - Auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Aug 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Sep 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 7 Jul 2021Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Procurement Manager
- Contact Email
- finance-tenders@open.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1908274066
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MILTON KEYNES
- Postcode
- MK7 6BP
- Post Town
- Milton Keynes
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ12 Milton Keynes
- Delivery Location
- TLJ12 Milton Keynes
-
- Local Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Electoral Ward
- Monkston
- Westminster Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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