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The Open University

External Assurance Services/OPEN/PRO/2021

Business ServicesCPV 79212000
Value£1.0m
Deadline9 Sept 2021
Published19 Aug 2021
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 19 Aug 2021ClosedCloses 9 Sept 2021
Who to contact
finance-tenders@open.ac.uk
+44 1908274066

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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The brief

The Open University is seeking bids for the Provision of External Assurance Services as follows:-An independent review of the financial and operational case for the reset of its Core Systems Replacement (CSR) programme; and The provision of independent assurance on the scope and quality of the CSR and Associate Lecturer Contract Change (ALC) Programme’s reporting.Supporting services where required.

Further details are contained in the Specification in the tender pack.

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OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
020343-2021
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