Notice Information
Notice Title
INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICE
Notice Description
Annual Audit Plan - The successful service provider will work with the Council to establish an annual audit plan in advance of the new audit year, the successful service provider will be required to: > Carry out risk based reviews to inform the plan, including discussions with senior officers at the Council; > Produce realistic, flexible and responsive audit plan that provides proportionate coverage to inform an annual opinion; > Monitor and report performance against the plan to the Council's Audit and Standards Committee.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Annual Audit Plan - The successful service provider will work with the Council to establish an annual audit plan in advance of the new audit year and upon approval deliver the plan interfacing with all relevant stakeholders on outcomes and recommendations. Further details of the Council's requirements can be found in the supportive tenders documents. Additional information: The service requirements cover all types of non-benefit and corporate fraud. As a minimum, the following fraud risk areas are included: > Council tax discount schemes; > Tenancy fraud; > Homelessness / Housing Needs / Right to Buy; > Business Rates; > Procurement; > Insurance; > Social Care payments; > Blue Badges; > Internal / Employee frauds.
Renewal: The Council has included an option to extend the contract for a further 12 months.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-040e88
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012169-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79212000 - Auditing services
79212200 - Internal audit services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £431,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Apr 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Dec 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Mar 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- October 2027
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Sarah Wilkes
- Contact Email
- sarah.wilkes@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1782717717
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME
- Postcode
- ST5 1BL
- Post Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG23 Stoke-on-Trent
-
- Local Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Electoral Ward
- Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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