External Financial Audit and Funding Assurance Services
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The National Oceanography Centre intends to conduct the procurement electronically. Suppliers must be registered on the e‑tendering platform at: https://www.mytenders.co.uk Interested suppliers should ensure that they are fully registered on both the e‑tendering platform and the Central Digital Platform (CDP) in advance of the tender being published. Once registered, suppliers who wish to be notified of the tender launch should email tenders@noc.ac.uk confirming their interest. Suppliers who have expressed interest in this way will be notified when the tender is launched. Further instructions for submitting tenders will be provided in the procurement documents at the point of tender launch.
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The National Oceanography Centre intends to procure external financial audit and funding assurance services to support its statutory, regulatory, and funder assurance obligations.
The requirement is expected to include the external audit of the National Oceanography Centre's annual financial statements, together with assurance and certification services in relation to externally funded programmes, grants, and research activities.
Services may also include associated reporting, attendance at governance or audit committee meetings, and the provision of audit opinions and assurance reports in accordance with applicable accounting, audit, and regulatory standards.
The procurement may additionally include related statutory or regulatory support activities that are commonly delivered as part of an external audit engagement, such as assistance with financial filings to external regulators and funders, and support in relation to audit planning, risk assessment, and control‑based audit approaches.
This notice is published to provide early visibility of the National Oceanography Centre's intention to procure these services.
It does not constitute a call for competition.
What the supplier must deliver
The National Oceanography Centre intends to procure
The National Oceanography Centre intends to procure external financial audit and funding assurance services to support its statutory, regulatory, and funder assurance obligations.
The requirement is expected to include
The requirement is expected to include the external audit of the National Oceanography Centre's annual financial statements, together with assurance and certification services in relation to externally funded programmes, grants, and research activities.
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- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06772c
- Stage
- planning · planned
- Source
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- 048052-2026
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