Notice Information
Notice Title
CARD Financial service - Panel for Forensic Accounting and Audit & Assurance, including post 16 funding audit
Notice 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.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e0ac87f6-7134-4f9b-8f3b-27afc17c305c
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c31b22da-194e-4431-9848-70e5aa3bb3fb
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79212100 - Financial auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Jan 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 7 Apr 2025 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Commercial Team
- Contact Email
- core.procurement@education.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S1 2FJ
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- City
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c31b22da-194e-4431-9848-70e5aa3bb3fb
31st January 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://education.app.jaggaer.com/go/304921000191C1F1E82E
Register to Project_9240 in Jaggaer to take part in the opportunity
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-b5fd17-e0ac87f6-7134-4f9b-8f3b-27afc17c305c-2025-01-31T13:52:37Z",
"date": "2025-01-31T13:52:37Z",
"ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-e0ac87f6-7134-4f9b-8f3b-27afc17c305c",
"language": "en",
"initiationType": "tender",
"tender": {
"id": "tender_442170/1447778",
"title": "CARD Financial service - Panel for Forensic Accounting and Audit & Assurance, including post 16 funding audit",
"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.",
"datePublished": "2025-01-31T13:52:37Z",
"status": "active",
"classification": {
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "79212100",
"description": "Financial auditing services"
},
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"countryName": "British Oversea Territories"
},
{
"countryName": "Channel Islands"
},
{
"countryName": "Europe"
},
{
"countryName": "Isle of Man"
},
{
"countryName": "Rest of the World"
},
{
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
}
]
}
],
"procurementMethod": "open",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure (below threshold)",
"tenderPeriod": {
"endDate": "2025-03-03T10:00:00Z"
},
"contractPeriod": {
"startDate": "2025-04-08T00:00:00+01:00",
"endDate": "2028-03-31T23:59:59+01:00"
},
"suitability": {
"sme": true,
"vcse": true
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"documents": [
{
"id": "1",
"documentType": "tenderNotice",
"description": "Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder",
"url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c31b22da-194e-4431-9848-70e5aa3bb3fb",
"datePublished": "2025-01-31T13:52:37Z",
"format": "text/html",
"language": "en"
},
{
"id": "2",
"description": "Register to Project_9240 in Jaggaer to take part in the opportunity",
"url": "https://education.app.jaggaer.com/go/304921000191C1F1E82E"
}
]
},
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-CFS-148643",
"name": "Department for Education",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "Department for Education"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "St Pauls Place",
"locality": "Sheffield",
"postalCode": "S1 2FJ",
"countryName": "England"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Commercial Team",
"email": "core.procurement@education.gov.uk"
},
"roles": [
"buyer"
]
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-CFS-148643",
"name": "Department for Education"
}
}