Official UK procurement notice
External Audit Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: THE ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCentral is looking to appoint a single provider to deliver external audit services. The primary role of the external auditors will be to report on the financial statements of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and to carry out whatever examination of the statements and underlying records and control systems is necessary to reach an opinion on the statements. The scope of works also includes but is not limited to audits of Central and its subsidiary company (Central School of Speech and Drama Enterprises), annual returns for the US Federal loans and any other funding requirements, as well as individual project audits as required. There will be a requirement to report on whether recurrent and specific grants from OfS (and other bodies and restricted funds where appropriate) have been properly applied for the purposes provided, in accordance with Central's Memorandum of Assurance and Accountability with OfS and that conditions of grant have been met.
CPV: Financial auditing services · Fraud audit services · Statutory audit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£180,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality/Service: 75%
- Price: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality/Service
- Price
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jun 2025, 11:44 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Jun 2025, 11:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Jul 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032878- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054e13Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
email completed submissions to kayley.darby-philpotts@cssd.ac.uk
Timeline
17 Jun 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published17 Jun 2025, 11:44 BST
- Clarification questions by26 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline30 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published17 Jun 2025, 11:44 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Pricing schedule
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender response document
- Bidding documents and specifications Conflict of interest form
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to tender
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender