Tender: Internal Audit Services for University of Lincoln – 3‑Year Contract with 2‑Year Optional Extension

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University of Lincoln is seeking a supplier for internal audit services under a contract for an initial three-year period with a further two years of optional extensions at the University's discretion. The required services include development and delivery of an internal audit strategy and plan, advice on governance, risk management and internal controls incorporating proactive knowledge and best practice, recommendations on optimising value-for-money outcomes, and a year-end audit report and audit opinion to senior management, the Board of Governors and the Office for Students. The University highlights sector pressures including financial sustainability challenges, cyber security threats, volatility in student recruitment, increasing regulatory expectations from the Office for Students, and rising demands around data quality, governance and organisational resilience, and requires suppliers to demonstrate the breadth of specialisms to provide effective internal audit across these risk areas. Demonstrating capabilities and added value across the breadth of audit provision will be a key area of assessment.