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External Audit

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 02:08.

Opportunity overview

We are looking to appoint a supplier to provide External Audit Services in accordance with the Companies Act and relevant professional standards. We are seeking to put in place a new contract for a maximum of five years, commencing in January 2026. The scope of service includes audit of the school’s financial statements and the subsidiary company financial statements, together known as ‘the Group’. There are three subsidiary companies, of which two require an audit (Chariot Innovations Limited and Sustainable Climate Impact Fund Limited). The third subsidiary is a non-trading Ugandan entity which is consolidated but does not require separate financial statements.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

BDO LLP

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£827.9k
Awarded
26 Nov 2025
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PMQV-8736-WMJD
Location
London, UKI32, W1U 7EU, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79212100 — Financial auditing services
  • CPV79212300 — Statutory audit services

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0000£700k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
LSHTM-2025-017
Status
complete
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Covered By

GPA

Procedure

Features
An initial assessment of tenders will be carried out as the first step and the top 3 highest scoring bidders will be taken forward and invited for interviews/presentation as the second and final stage.

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
054856-2025
Description
The Tender submission deadline should be 06/10/2025 at 1pm

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Expected award period

Ends
25 Nov 2025, 23:59

Tender Period

Ends
27 Oct 2025, 10:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
9 Sept 2025, 00:59

Enquiry period

Ends
24 Sept 2025, 17:00

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0000
Status
complete
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
700,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
840,000

Renewal

Description
Initial contract term is 3 years with optional extension of 2 periods of 12 months each (3+1+1)

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Award criteria

Weighting Description
Bids will be assessed against a 60% quality and 40% price with the quality criteria split into the sub criteria.

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
60%
Criterion 2
Name
Price
Type
price
Description
40%

Contract period

Ends
12 Jan 2029, 23:59
Starts
12 Jan 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
12 Jan 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79212100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Financial auditing services
Entry 2
Id
79212300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Statutory audit services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
053799-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
4 Sept 2025, 10:30
Entry 3
Id
054856-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
9 Sept 2025, 09:14

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
023252-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
20 May 2025, 13:44

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
7 Jun 2025, 00:59

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PHBN-2917-QXQQ
Name
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI31
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
WC1E 7HT
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Keppel Street,

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PHBN-2917-QXQQ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Imoudu Idornigie
Telephone
+44 2079588328
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PMQV-8736-WMJD
Name
BDO LLP

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
W1U 7EU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
55 Baker Street

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PMQV-8736-WMJD
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
26 Nov 2025, 00:00
Title
External Audit
Status
pending
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
27 Nov 2025, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79200000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Entry 2
Id
79210000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Accounting and auditing services

Value

Amount
827,854
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
993,424

Renewal

Description
Optional extension of 2 periods of 12 months each.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
078478-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
1 Dec 2025, 13:00

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PMQV-8736-WMJD
Name
BDO LLP

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
12 Dec 2025, 23:59

Related lots

LOT-0000

Contract period

Ends
12 Jan 2029, 23:59
Starts
12 Jan 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
12 Jan 2031, 23:59

Standstill Period

Ends
11 Dec 2025, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI31 · WC1E 7HT · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0518c5-2025-12-01T13:00:31ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·