Procurement Summary
Country : United Kingdom
Summary : External Audit Services - Pre-Market Engagement
Deadline : 01 Oct 2024
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 104113932
Document Ref. No. : PIN 2024-Jul-01
Competition : ICB
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : GBP 800000
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The University is looking to tender, in the near future, for a supplier to provide external audit services and would like to engage with the marketplace by means of discussions via individual virtual meetings on Teams, or in person if this would be preferred, with our Chief Financial Officer to help enable the University to understand the dynamics of the current marketplace. This will also enable the opportunity for potential suppliers to ask us any questions or raise any issues directly with the University.
This exercise is not a call for competition but engagement with the market to help inform our
procurement approach.
The University envisages that the scope of the contract will include the following:
The primary role of the external auditors will be to report on the financial statements of the University of Chester and to carry out whatever examination of the statements and underlying records and control systems is necessary to reach an opinion on the statements. You will be required to report to the University Council by means of a management letter.
University financial statements and auditor's management letter are submitted to Office for Students (OfS) five months after the 31st July year end. They are scrutinised by the Audit and Risk Management Committee in November and approved by University Council at the end of November. The on-site work usually takes place during mid-September to mid-October.
The scope also includes audit...
Location Of Contract : North West
Industry : Auditing services - 79212000
Value Of Contract : £600, 000 to £800, 000
Published Date : 12 July 2024
Documents
Tender Notice