Official UK procurement notice
Provision of External Auditing Services #2315-01
Authority: De Montfort University (Education)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF)
Awarded value£2,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 28 Oct 2024awarded 20 Jun 2025
Awarded to BDO LLP
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of External Audit Services.
CPV: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Financial auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of External Audit ServicesAwardedRenewal
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Price: 40
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 26 Sept 2024, 10:02 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jun 2025, 16:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Oct 2024 – …
- Authority reference
2315-01- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034161- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a304Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Oct 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Oct 2024, 12:05 GMT
Timeline
28 Oct 2024 → 20 Jun 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline28 Oct 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened28 Oct 2024, 12:05 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until24 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published20 Jun 2025, 16:02 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Jun 2025, 16:02 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £2,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Jun 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BDO LLP | £2,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 034161-2025-2315-1 · BDO LLP
- Signed
- 20 Jun 2025
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BDO LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.