Closed tender

Provision of External Audit Services

Details

Buyer: Nottingham Trent University
Value: £1,500,000
Topic: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Published: 1 June 2026
Submission: 3 July 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender 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

Timeline

Completed: Tender published1 June 2026
Current notice
Completed: Submission date3 July 2026

About the buyer

Nottingham Trent University buys as a higher education institution under its own Procurement Policy, covering the goods and services it needs to operate, teach and conduct research. Contract value decides whether a supplier is asked for a quotation or invited to tender. Tenders run through Delta eSourcing, the university's dedicated eTendering portal. Framework agreements run through regional and national purchasing consortia such as NEUPC, APUC and ESPO. Higher-value opportunities are also published on Contracts Finder and the Find a Tender Service. A central Procurement team runs supplier due diligence checks once a tender is won.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of Nottingham Trent University's contract awards have been in construction work, software and information systems and laboratory and precision equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

79200000 · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
79210000 · Accounting and auditing services
79212000 · Auditing services
79212100 · Financial auditing services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottingham-trent-university.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottingham-trent-university.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottingham-trent-university.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottingham-trent-university.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottingham-trent-university.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottingham-trent-university.gov