Published date: 4 November 2020

This notice was replaced on 20 April 2021

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

Awarded contract (published 2 November 2021)

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

  • Accounting, auditing and fiscal services - 79200000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales

Value of contract

£51,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_220227/883374

Published date

4 November 2020

Closing date

30 November 2020

Closing time

11:59am

Contract start date

16 April 2021

Contract end date

15 April 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Department for Education (DfE) are looking to appoint national delivery partner(s) to deliver a number of
services within a framework for the following services with a lots:
1) Restructuring Services including Insolvency Practitioner (IP)'s (Independent Business Review's,
Administration and advice);
2) Forensic accounting and investigation support services;
3)Audit and Assurance including but not limited to annual programme of audit and funding assurance reviews, ad-hoc audit and assurance services;

Suppliers successful for a place on the Framework will be awarded work on the basis of a rotational process or where certain circumstances apply within the terms awarded using a further competition.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of Insolvency, Restructuring, Forensic Accounting, investigation, Audit & Assurance and Legal in relation to Insolvency

  • Early engagement
  • Published 24 July 2020

Links

Additional text

The Authority has the option to extend the framework on two occasions on the terms set out in the procurement documents. If the Authority decides to exercise its right to extendthe framework each extension to be for a period of 12 months maximum.

A maximum of 12 suppliers will be awarded a place on the framework for each lot

The Department for Education and its agencies and public bodies will be the customer
The Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCA) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) are also considered Contracting Bodies and may call off from the framework under lot 3. The MCA's include:
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
North of Tyne
Sheffield City Region
Tees Valley
West Midlands
West of England 
No directly elected mayor
North East Combined Authority
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
A full list of MCA's, Contracting Bodies and further details is contained within the Procurement Documents.

Additionally any Crown Body or any other body which substantially performs the functions that had previously been performed by a Contracting Body.

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

Julia.Goodwin@education.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education