Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of External Audit Services
Notice 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. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Nottingham:-Accounting%2C-auditing-and-fiscal-services./K4794NM3K9 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/K4794NM3K9
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06a9c4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051151-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
79210000 - Accounting and auditing services
79212000 - Auditing services
79212100 - Financial auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Jun 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Jul 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 4 Jan 2027 - 3 Jan 2032 Over 5 years
- 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
- NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NOTTINGHAM
- Postcode
- NG1 4FQ
- Post Town
- Nottingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF14 Nottingham
- Delivery Location
- TLF14 Nottingham
-
- Local Authority
- Nottingham
- Electoral Ward
- St. Ann's
- Westminster Constituency
- Nottingham East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051151-2026
1st June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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