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title: "Internal Audit Services"
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buyer: "LEGAL SERVICES BOARD"
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# Internal Audit Services

Buyer: LEGAL SERVICES BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-87d5c792-19ae-4910-af87-460d0a861248

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## Summary

The Legal Services Board (LSB) is seeking a supplier to provide internal audit services starting from 1st April 2024. This public body, responsible for overseeing lawyer regulation in England and Wales, aims to ensure corporate governance, risk management, and operational controls. The procurement process, currently at the award stage, involves an open procedure and covers a contract period from 2024 to 2027, based in London.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses offering internal audit services to collaborate with the LSB. Businesses well-versed in corporate governance, risk management, and IT are ideal candidates to compete for this contract. With a focus on serving the legal sector and reshaping legal services, this tender aligns with LSB's objectives to meet societal demands and ensure regulatory compliance for lawyers in England and Wales.

## Notice

The Legal Services Board (LSB) is looking to appoint a suitably qualified third party to undertake internal audit services. As a public body, we are required to have a service as part of our overall governance arrangements and - as a very small organisation - we do not have in-house audit capability. We are looking for a supplier who can work in partnership with LSB managers to deliver the core audit brief to a high standard. The current provider is Crowe LLP. A service provider is expected to be appointed effective from the 1 April 2024. Please contact Ethan Fleming, Corporate Governance Manager, tenders@legalservicesboard.org.uk, if you have any questions or require any clarification. Enquiries received after the deadline for questions may not be answered. A summary of the questions received and LSB's response will be published on Contracts Finder. The Legal Services Board is the independent body responsible for overseeing the regulation of lawyers in England and Wales. In all our work, we seek to promote the eight regulatory objectives set out in the Legal Services Act 2007. We share our regulatory objectives with the 'approved regulators' of the legal profession, each of which have direct responsibility for the day-to-day regulation of the different types of lawyers. Our strategy for the legal services sector outlines our vision to reshape legal services to better meet society's needs. The LSB is an arm's length body of the Ministry of Justice, funded by a levy on the legal sector. Details on the Board and LSB's governance, including terms of reference for committees and governance policies are available on the LSB website. The LSB has a small office in central London, near Tottenham Court Road. Since the pandemic, the LSB has been operating on a hybrid basis. LSB will require independent assurance about: * corporate governance; * risk management; * performance, operations and delivery; * key financial and operational controls; * IT ; * human resources; * management information and information security; * fraud, error and whistleblowing policies; * project and programme management; and * change management. The provider will draft and agree with the LSB an internal audit strategy for the period of the contract. The strategy will be broken into an annual plan each year. The successful bidder will provide an internal audit service in accordance with the annual internal audit plan for the financial years 2024/25, 2025/26 and 2026/27. At the end of each year the provider will prepare a written annual report and opinion and present it to the LSB's Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC). Additionally, the provider will be required to attend and to present reports at the LSB's ARAC meetings (currently virtual). Full details may be found in the ITT attached to this notice

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f46a0c3d-032b-4cba-a774-4fdd6f5fada2 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Oct 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Nov 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2024 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £17,820 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LEGAL SERVICES BOARD |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | WC1A 1DE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden |
| Local authority | Camden |
| Electoral ward | Holborn & Covent Garden |
| Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CROWE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79212200 - Internal audit services

## Release History

- 5 Dec 2023 at 15:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f46a0c3d-032b-4cba-a774-4fdd6f5fada2
- 15 Aug 2023 at 12:37 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9239be79-7b55-4b0e-ab5f-25c893475000

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f46a0c3d-032b-4cba-a774-4fdd6f5fada2
  5th December 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9239be79-7b55-4b0e-ab5f-25c893475000
  15th August 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/55ec64fb-7061-4ad8-9fc0-1a8acf86cb1c
  PDF Version of ITT
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/cbead50d-7fc7-4200-8aad-f73cde356a74
  Word version of ITT

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