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Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) & Grant Assurance Services

ASTON UNIVERSITY · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Aston University is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to inform a future procurement for the provision of Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) and Grant Assurance Services. The University wishes to engage with suppliers active in the grant assurance, audit and accountancy sector to better understand market capability, service delivery models, pricing approaches, innovation opportunities, and routes to market. The anticipated scope may include, but is not limited to: Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) for Innovate UK funded projects; Grant assurance and certification services for UKRI funded projects; Assurance engagements relating to Horizon Europe and successor programmes; Agreed-Upon Procedures (AUP) engagements; Grant assurance requirements arising from charitable, governmental and other research funders; Related advisory services associated with grant assurance and certification requirements. The purpose of this engagement is solely to gather market intelligence and obtain supplier feedback to help shape the University's procurement strategy and future tender documentation. Participation in this PME exercise will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process.

Classification

  • CPV79211000 — Accounting services
  • CPV79212100 — Financial auditing services
  • CPV79212500 — Accounting review services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

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
1315
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
11 Jan 2027, 00:00
Ends
10 Jan 2030, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79211000
Description
Accounting services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
79212100
Description
Financial auditing services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
79212500
Description
Accounting review services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Please use the link to ProContract to access the Specification and Questionnaire to be completed by suppliers associated. https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=3816a788-cca6-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True Completed questionnaires should be submitted electronically via the procurement portal. Deadline submission 15 September 2025, 12:00noon
Due
15 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
083230-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
2 Sept 2026, 17:12
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
ASTON UNIVERSITY
Id
GB-COH-RC000904

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
RC000904

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PTLB-7496-TPTR

Address

Street Address
Aston Triangle
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B4 7ET
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG31

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B4 7ET · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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