Published date: 20 February 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 15 January 2025, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £200,000

Procurement reference

tender_471805/1451294

Published date

20 February 2025

Closing date

15 January 2025

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

3 February 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS RM6188 - Audit & Assurance Services.

Brief Description of Requirement

The requirement is to provide audit support for grants let under the Open Networks Ecosystem Programme. The programme represented a £80.8M investment by the UK Government to tackle key barriers to adoption of open mobile networks.

A large proportion of this investment was made up of Government Grants for innovation, with partners claiming at appropriate intensities based on grants for experimental development.

The purpose of this contract is for DSIT to undertake checks on a sample of in-life and closing projects to assure the Department that grant monies was used appropriately and that all records/claims were accurate. Of the 20 Open Network Ecosystem awards, a number will be extended past March 2025. It has yet to be confirmed which of these programmes will be extended therefore it is probable that audits will be carried out on both live and closing programmes.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

27 January 2025

Contract start date

3 February 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£160,820

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ernst & Young LLP

Address

1 More London Place, London, United Kingdom, SE1 2AF

Reference

Companies House number: 05458987

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk