Published date: 16 December 2016

Last edited date: 16 December 2016

This notice was replaced on 16 December 2016

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 16 December 2016)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Auditing services - 79212000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,000,000

Procurement reference

CPC/GS/03/16

Published date

16 December 2016

Closing date

19 September 2016

Contract start date

24 October 2016

Contract end date

23 October 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Tenders are invited for the provision Audit Services to the members of the Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC). The CPC is seeking to establish a multiple provider Framework Agreement for Internal and External Audit Services.

The CPC is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement through which its Members may procure audit and/or audit-related services. Tenders are required for the provision of Audit Services to the members of CPC.

The framework will be split into two lots as detailed below. CPC will be looking to appoint a maximum of 12 providers per lot.

Lot 1 Internal Audit
Lot 2 External Audit

It is a requirement that the selected supplier(s) will provide this service to CPC members across the UK. We expect the selected supplier(s) to extend the terms to all eligible Institutions and consortia, as defined by the CPC including Further Education Institutions, Sixth Forms, Academies, Schools, Museums, Universities and other similar organisations.

Current member details are available per region from the following link:-
http://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php

Current and future member of the CPC are from the education sector, the majority of whom will be on the open access EduBase public portal: -
http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml

The CPC reserves the right during the period of this agreement to make subtractions from the list of Participating Institutions.

Members have the right to utilise e-auctions during the further competition / call-off stage of supplier selection.

More information

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Gary Sadler

Address

Crescent Purchasing Consortium
Technology House, Lissadel Street
Salford
M6 6AP
England

Email

g.sadler@thecpc.ac.uk