The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is inviting tenders for the provision of the organization’s accounting functions.

BERA is an autonomous learned society distinct from other national institutions and is a company limited by guarantee and registered charity. The charitable objective, as defined in BERA’s constitution is “to encourage the pursuit of educational research and its application for both the improvement of educational practice and for the public benefit.”

BERA operates a small administrative office, consisting of three members of staff reporting to the Executive Director. To date the full accounting function has been outsourced to a third party. As a matter of good governance the Board of BERA has decided to put the provision of this service out to tender and you have been invited to participate in this exercise. The services required are set out in an appendix to this letter.

The process will consist of two stages. Firstly, formal written proposals must be submitted based on the criteria set out in Appendix A. Following review of written proposals, a small number of firms will be invited to present to the Executive Director, Treasurer and other parties.

Please see the attached document for more information.

Invitation to Tender for Provision of Outsourced Accounts Function

If you would like to get in touch to discuss this further, please email admin@bera.ac.uk or call the main BERA Office on 020 7612 6987.