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University of Hertfordshire

External Audit Services - AWARD

Business ServicesCPV 79212000 79212100
Value£1.5m
Awarded14 Feb 2024
Published14 Feb 2024
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.5mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The University is seeking a Contractor of external audit services who can offer a distinctive, innovative, proactive and professional approach to external audit, and one that meets all the external audit requirements of the Office for Students, Research England, the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Education, Companies Acts and other relevant legislation, regulation and the UK Financial Reporting Framework.

It is envisaged that the audit will comprise of an interim audit and a final audit.

The Contractor will need to ensure that the service they provide meets all the requirements of the Office for Students regulatory framework.

They will need to take account of any changing requirements providing assurance to the Audit and Risk Committee and the Board of Governors on the University's corporate governance and risk management arrangements and respond positively to any further developments in this area.

A proactive approach to providing information and support to the University is required.

All other information as per the invitation to tender documents.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Contractor will need to ensure

The Contractor will need to ensure that the service they provide meets all the requirements of the Office for Students regulatory framework.

02

They will need to take account

They will need to take account of any changing requirements providing assurance to the Audit and Risk Committee and the Board of Governors on the University's corporate governance and risk management arrangements and respond positively to any further developments in this area.

03

A proactive approach to providing information

A proactive approach to providing information and support to the University is required.

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Source & provenance
OCID
01680dfd-1320-4f77-b87d-408f62f8372f
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
IT-44-789-23012 - AWARD
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