Official UK procurement notice
Tax Advisory Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLSHTM requires specialist tax advisory and compliance support in relation to its global distance learning programme. We are looking to appoint a supplier to provide specialist tax advisory and compliance support. The appointed supplier will be expected to provide end-to-end support covering VAT compliance, fiscal representation where required and technical advisory services.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Apr 2029, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: This process is made up of two stages i.e. an assessment stage where bids would be evaluated and a second stage where top 3 highest scoring bidders would be invited for presentations as the final stage of assessment.
- No preliminary market engagement: There was no need for early market engagement as requirement was already known by our internal stakeholders.
CPV: Accounting services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Tax consultancy services · Tax-return preparation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£250,000
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 (9)
- Technical expertise and VAT knowledge: 20%
- Delivery model and methodology: 15%
- Experience with similar organisations: 8%
- Risk management and compliance: 8%
- Resourcing and team capability: 5%
- Technology, reporting and data handling: 4%
- Communication and governance: 5%
- Cost: 30%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (9)
- Technical expertise and VAT knowledge
- Delivery model and methodology
- Experience with similar organisations
- Risk management and compliance
- Resourcing and team capability
- Technology, reporting and data handling
- Communication and governance
- Social Value
- Cost
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes · next expected 2 Apr 2029
- First published
- 13 May 2026, 14:07 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2026, 12:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
LSHTM-2026-031- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-043944- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0697c2Find a Tender
- How it runs
This process is made up of two stages i.e. an assessment stage where bids would be evaluated and a second stage where top 3 highest scoring bidders would be invited for presentations as the final stage of assessment.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Jun 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
13 May 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published166 days ago13 May 2026, 14:07 BST
- Clarification questions by143 days ago5 Jun 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline133 days ago15 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by77 days ago10 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent71 days ago17 Aug 2026
- Latest notice published70 days ago17 Aug 2026, 12:01 BST
- Standstill ends61 days ago26 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts56 days ago1 Sept 2026
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2026- Tender notice published13 May 2026, 14:07 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published15 May 2026, 11:08 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £250,00015 May 2026, 11:08 BSTwas £300,000
- Contract award notice published17 Aug 2026, 12:01 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Aug 2026, 12:01 BST
- Contract signature expected31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
There was a change to the total estimated contract value. The updated values are £250,000 excluding VAT and £300,000 including VAT.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP1 Sept 2026 – 1 Sept 2028 · up to 1 Sept 2029Extensions: Optional extension of 1 year | £254,134 | 28 Jul 2026standstill to 26 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PWC LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender