Published date: 22 February 2019

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


Closing: 3 September 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Auditing services - 79212000

Location of contract

NP10 8XG

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

PU-19-0029 - AWARD

Published date

22 February 2019

Closing date

3 September 2018

Contract start date

1 October 2018

Contract end date

30 September 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The UK Statistics Authority is at the peak of its transformation programme and the external environment in which it has been operating is changing fast. There are increasing demands on the Authority arising from Brexit and other policy imperatives, and these changes affect the ability to gather and control data, and the digital environment. This means that the Authority has needed to increase the pace of its transformation and make choices on priorities.
The Office for National Statistics is in the process of delivering an ambitious programme for the 2021 Census; transforming economic statistics; and changing its approach to technology and data governance. New areas of business have also been added, which have increased their impact during the year. These include the Data Science Campus; the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence; and its Data as a Service function. The organisation's technical transformation and the Digital Economy Act mean that it is now able to drive increased automation in the production of statistics and use new data sources. Together, these changes have increased the scope of the organisation and added risks to its reputation, delivery, information security and data management processes.
The Internal Audit team provides assurance on the activities of the UK Statistics Authority and its executive arm, the Office for National Statistics. It has operated as an in-house internal audit function since 2010, with a fairly static team. In 2017, a new Head of Internal Audit was appointed and since this time, the function has embarked on its own transformation in the way that it provides its assurance. In addition, due to an increased demand on internal audit to provide a broader and deeper range of assurance in what has increasingly become a more data and technology rich environment, the Head of Internal Audit is now in a position to invite tenders from professional services firms to provide on-going support, specialist skills and internal audit resources under a co-sourced operating model.

Award information

Awarded date

22 December 2018

Contract start date

1 October 2018

Contract end date

30 September 2020

Total value of contract

£600,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

PwC LLP

Address

1 Embankment Place, United Kingdom, WC2N 6RH

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Amy Jones

Address

Cardiff Road
Newport
Gwent
NP10 8XG
United Kingdom

Telephone

01633 456035

Email

amy.jones@ons.gsi.gov.uk