Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of External Auditing Services #2315-01
Notice Description
The provision of External Audit Services.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Provision of External Audit Services.
Options: Award will be MEAT. 60% Technical, and 40% Commercial
Renewal: Option to extend by up to a further 5 x 1 year extensions.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04a304
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034161-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
79212000 - Auditing services
79212100 - Financial auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Oct 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Ross Cook
- Contact Email
- procurement@dmu.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1162078443
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEICESTER
- Postcode
- LE1 9BH
- Post Town
- Leicester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF21 Leicester
- Delivery Location
- TLF East Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Leicester
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Leicester South
Further Information
Notice URLs
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