Published date: 1 September 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 16 September 2020, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Auditing services - 79212000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

BC/01369

Published date

1 September 2020

Closing date

16 September 2020

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 October 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The British Council has been positively pillar assessed by the EU in 2011, meaning that the European Commission (EC) can work with us via indirect management mode - 5 pillars were assessed: internal control; accounting; independent external audit; grants; procurement. "Indirect management" means that the EC can entrust the implementation of the Union funds to certain entities who meet the criteria defined in the Financial Regulation (FR).

Each year, the British Council provides the EU with an annual audit opinion which covers all our indirect management contracts, known as Pillar Assessed Delegation Agreements - PADAs (please see a list of the portfolio in Annex 4). The British Council is therefore looking to appoint an external auditor to provide the audit opinion for our indirect management portfolio over the next three reporting periods - 2019-20; 2020-21; and 2021-22. The requirements are presented in this document and accompanied Annexes.

Please create an account on our procurement portal in order to express an interest and download the tender pack: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil/aspx/Home

More information

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Please create an account on our procurement portal in order to express an interest and download the tender pack: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil/aspx/Home

About the buyer

Address

10 Spring Gardens
LONDON
SW1A2BN
England

Email

UKProcurement@britishcouncil.org

Website

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil/aspx/Home