Notice Information
Notice Title
Commercial Assurance Contract Audits
Notice Description
This framework aims to provide forensic auditing of commercial contracts to identify financial inefficiencies and unlock opportunities for significant financial gains. The risk-based audits focus on ensuring contract compliance and cost assurance, identifying cost recoveries, and recommending contract improvements.
Lot Information
CAPEX
To review contract and cost compliance for Capital contracts (typically NEC), identify value leakage, cost overruns, overpayments, and strengthen contracts for better cost control in non-alliance projects.
Renewal: The framework will have an initial term of three years, with the option to extend for up to two additional years, followed by an optional one-year extension (3 + 2 + 1).
AllianceTo review contract and cost compliance, identify value leakage, cost overruns, and support the year end close out and annual financial reconciliation process.
Renewal: The framework will have an initial term of three years, with the option to extend for up to two additional years, followed by an optional one-year extension (3 + 2 + 1)
OPEXTo review contract and cost compliance for operational spending, identifying value leakage, inefficiencies, overpayments, and recommending process improvements to enhance value recovery.
Renewal: The framework will have an initial term of three years, with the option to extend for up to two additional years, followed by an optional one-year extension (3 + 2 + 1)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04d4c6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012504-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79212000 - Auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Feb 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 10 Nov 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Aitana Wirz
- Contact Email
- wirza@yw.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRADFORD
- Postcode
- BD6 2SZ
- Post Town
- Bradford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE41 Bradford
- Delivery Location
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
-
- Local Authority
- Bradford
- Electoral Ward
- Royds
- Westminster Constituency
- Bradford South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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