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External Audit Services
Published 21 Jul 2026
21 Jul 2026
- Primary CPV
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79212100 *
Financial auditing services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Highlands and Islands, Scotland
- Value
- £360,000
- Contract
- Not specified
- Contract Types
-
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- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
UHI House, Old Perth Road, Inverness, IV2 3JH, United Kingdom · UKM6
Contact
Award Criteria
- Understanding of the Requirement
- Service Delivery Management
- Management & Delivery Team
- Complaints and Dispute Resolution
- Culture of Organisation
- Fair Work Practices
- Price
Related tenders
University of the Highlands and Islands
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79212100 *
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Reference: UHI-FIN-38367
University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) has a requirement for External Audit Services. The University has three (3) wholly owned subsidiary companies, UHI Research and Enterprise Ltd (UHIRE), MPI (Dornoch) Limited and MPI (Elgin) Limited whose accounts are consolidated with the University’s. It is expected that these services will be required from June 2026 for an initial period of 4 years, unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract, with UHI having the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months periods following the Initial Term.
The 4 year budget currently available to deliver this service is between GBP180,000 to GBP240,000 (excluding VAT). The value provided in section II.1.5 and II.2.6. is the estimated maximum value for the full contract term (initial term plus optional extensions).
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 79212100 — Financial auditing services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Other public body · Education
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Bids received
- 2
- Winning supplier
- Large company
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Main category
- Services
- Legal basis
- CELEX 32014L0024
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Options
- UHI reserves the right, on giving reasonable written notice from time to time, to require changes to the Services (whether by way of the removal of Services, the addition of new Services, or increasing or decreasing the Services or specifying the order in which the Services are to be performed or the locations where the Services are to be provided). UHI shall not require any such change other than where it is permitted by Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
- Covered by GPA
- Yes
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 21 Jul 2026 16:26
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-067943
- Notice ID
- UHI-FIN-38367
Competition
2
Bids received
1
Bids from SMEs
0
Foreign Bids From E U
2
Foreign Bids From Non E U
2
Electronic bids
Organisations on this notice
Buyer, Central Purchasing Body
UHI House, Old Perth Road, Inverness, IV2 3JH, United Kingdom
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Supplier Large
24 Blythswood Square, Glasgow, Glasgow, G2 4BG, United Kingdom
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Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
Review Body
Longman Road, Inverness, IV1 1AH, United Kingdom
Lots (1)
Lot 1
The first Audit required will be for the period 1st August 2025 to 31st July 2026. UHI’s Financial year runs from 1st August to 31st July each year and will do annually until the end of the contract period including any optional extension(s). The annual audit plan to be agreed between the Contractor and client will e...
· Cancelled
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Tender
| Title | External Audit Services |
| Status | complete |
| CPV › Description | Financial auditing services |
| Category | services |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Understanding of the Requirement |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | 10% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Service Delivery Management |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | 15% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Management & Delivery Team |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | 20% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Name | Complaints and Dispute Resolution |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Description | 5% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Name | Culture of Organisation |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Description | 8% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 6 › Name | Fair Work Practices |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 6 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 6 › Description | 2% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 7 › Type | price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 7 › Description | 40% |
| Lot › Has options | Yes |
| Lot › Options › Description | UHI reserves the right, on giving reasonable written notice from time to time, to require changes to the Services (whether by way of the removal of Services, the addition of new Services, or increasing or decreasing the Services or specifying the order in which the Services are to be performed or the locations where the Services are to be provided). UHI shall not require any such change other than where it is permitted by Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. |
| Lot › Status | cancelled |
| Item › CPV › Description | Accounting and auditing services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKM6 |
| Item › Delivery Location › Description | Inverness |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Open procedure |
| Covered by | GPA |
Awards
| Status | active |
| Supplier › Name | Armstrong Watson |
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | University of the Highlands and Islands |
| Party 1 › Identifier › Legal Name | University of the Highlands and Islands |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | UHI House, Old Perth Road |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Inverness |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | IV2 3JH |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Role › Role 1 | buyer |
| Party 1 › Role › Role 2 | Central purchasing body |
| Party 1 › Link | https://www.uhi.ac.uk |
| Party 1 › Buyer profile | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.a... |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 1 › Description | Body governed by public law |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 2 › Description | Education |
| Party 2 › Name | Armstrong Watson |
| Party 2 › Identifier › Legal Name | Armstrong Watson |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | 24 Blythswood Square, Glasgow |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Glasgow |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM82 |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | G2 4BG |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 3 › Name | Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court |
| Party 3 › Identifier › Legal Name | Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court |
| Party 3 › Address › Street | Longman Road |
| Party 3 › Address › Town / city | Inverness |
| Party 3 › Address › Postcode | IV1 1AH |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 3 › Role | Review body |
| Party 3 › Link | https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/courts-and-tribunals/courts-tribunals-an... |
Buyer
| Name | University of the Highlands and Islands |
Contracts
| Status | active |
| Value › Value | £360,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Signed | 1 Jul 2026 |
Links
| Href | https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-00... |