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02_26-AST External Audit Service

AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST

Planned

Key facts

Closing date
Friday 11 December 2026, 15:00 (UK time)
Buyer's estimated value
£290,000 (excl. VAT) The buyer's own estimate, not income to you.
Clarification questions deadline
27 November 2026, 15:00
Contract period
4 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2030
Procedure
Open procedure
Notice type
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Suitable for SMEs (per buyer)
Yes

Decision brief

Taken from the buyer's published notice (shown as written, shortened where long). Tenderpatch has not added to or interpreted it. Always read the official documents before bidding.

How bids will be scored
  • Award Criteria 100% : Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender. Evaluation will be based on: Quality: ; Academy sector and team experience ; Trust accounts, audit and regularity ; Team and resou…
Conditions of participation (what you must show)

economic As per standard questions

technical Require provider with deep academy sector expertise, strong technical audit quality, robust independence arrangements and a practical understanding of the financial, regulatory and governance environment in which multi-academy trusts operate

Contract length and extensions
4 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2030. Extensions: The contract will run for three academic years, from the year ending 31 August 2027, with an option to extend for up to two further years
How to submit
Through in-tendhost.co.uk ↗ (the buyer's own portal). Electronic submission: allowed.
Tender documents
No document links in the notice. Use the official notice link.
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Framework
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Open for bids / closing date
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Clarification questions
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Bids are scored on
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Lots
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Area (ITL)
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UK4 and other notice codes
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Description

Avanti Schools Trust (the Trust) invites offers from suitably qualified audit firms for the provision of external audit, regularity assurance and related statutory reporting services. The Trust is a successful multi-academy trust with 12 schools across London, Leicester and other locations outside London. It is a company limited by guarantee, an exempt charity and is accountable to the Department for Education (DfE) through its funding agreement. The Trust requires an audit provider with deep academy sector expertise, strong technical audit quality, robust independence arrangements and a practical understanding of the financial, regulatory and governance environment in which multi-academy trusts operate. The procurement will be conducted as a competitive tendering procedure using the open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 and the Procurement Regulations 2024. Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to the tender notice and associated procurement documents, subject to the conditions of participation and other requirements stated in those documents. The Trust expects bidders to comply with the Procurement Act 2023, the Procurement Regulations 2024, the published procurement documents, applicable audit legislation, Companies Act requirements, Charity SORP, Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Academies Accounts Direction, the Academy Trust Handbook 2026 and relevant Financial Reporting Council standards.