CARD Financial service - Panel for Forensic Accounting and Audit Assurance, including post 16 funding audit

Published date: 31 January 2025

Contract summary

Industry

Financial auditing services - 79212100

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £5,700,000

Procurement reference

tender_442170/1447778

Published date

31 January 2025

Closing date

3 March 2025

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

8 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

This is a BAU procurement for audit capacity to support our annual assurance programme and Investigation support.

We need 3 different "lots". Lot 1 to cover the annual programme of outsourced post-16 funding assurance reviews (post-16 funding audits). We will seek a panel of up to 5 audit firms to deliver this for us, with outputs being an audit report using the DFE/ESFA assurance tests and an audit opinion from the firms. These require detailed knowledge and experience of post-16 funding rules applicable to funding paid for adult skills,16-19 study packages or apprenticeships training.

Lot 2 to cover the combined post-16 and pre-16 general assurance reviews and frameworks support. We will seek up to 10 firms to work with across both the pre-16 and post-16 sector. For this lot before we allocate work to firm(s) we will select the firm most able to deliver the services required through a mini-competition / rota to secure best value and to ensure the specific sector skills and expertise is demonstrated.

Lot 3 to provide suitable firms capable of delivering forensic accounting and investigation support services nationally. We will seek up to 10 suppliers who will be awarded work on a rota basis. The output for this work will be an evidence-based findings report which can be shared with the provider in scope.

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More information

Links

https://education.app.jaggaer.com/go/304921000191C1F1E82E

Register to Project_9240 in Jaggaer to take part in the opportunity

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How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Commercial Team

Address

St Pauls Place
Sheffield
S1 2FJ
England

Email

core.procurement@education.gov.uk

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