Notice Information
Notice Title
External Audit Services
Notice Description
KST has invited firms to bid for their external audit services. We will offer a 3+1+1 year contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The delivery of our statutory internal audit for the trust and its subsidiary.
Options: KST particularly welcomes any innovative ideas and suggestions relating to the services which provide added value, reduce the Trust's costs and/or improve the levels of service. The consideration of such factors is, however, dependent on it being accompanied by a fully compliant and priced bid.
Renewal: We will offer an initial 3 year term with two 1 year renewals to a maximum of 5 years in total
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04dced
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004230-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
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
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79212300 - Statutory audit services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £350,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £350,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Feb 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 27 Oct 2025 - 12 Dec 2025 1-6 months
- 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
- KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS TRUST
- Contact Name
- Stewart Keiller
- Contact Email
- s.keiller@ks-t.org
- Contact Phone
- +44 20886000675
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- W6 0LB
- Post Town
- West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
- Delivery Location
- TLI3 Inner London - West
-
- Local Authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Electoral Ward
- Grove
- Westminster Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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