Notice Information
Notice Title
CPT_23_02 Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services x3
Notice Description
The National Audit Office has awarded a contract to the selected supplier Reed Specialist Recruitment to deliver Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services which support the NAO's permanent and temporary audit staffing needs. The service will be divided into two lots:- Lot 1 Financial Audit Temporary Recruitment Services, Lot 2 Financial Audit Permanent Recruitment Services The total contract value awarded to Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited to deliver just Lot 1 service with the value of PS2,850,000 including VAT over an initial period of two years including 2, 12-month extensions. As of November 2025, the contract has been extended for 12 months from Friday 12th December 2025 to Friday 11th December 2026.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7e6bcbc8-7f47-40de-a3d2-0f3ccb897dde
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eb22979e-25c0-49f6-b75d-cf8932ecbfb5
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79600000 - Recruitment services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,850,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £2,850,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Sep 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Nov 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 12 Dec 2023 - 11 Dec 2027 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
- Contact Name
- ima orosei
- Contact Email
- ima.orosei@nao.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- 44 20 7798 5343
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1W 9SP
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- Pimlico North
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eb22979e-25c0-49f6-b75d-cf8932ecbfb5
4th November 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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