Published date: 16 December 2019

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Awarded contract (published 6 May 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£110,000

Procurement reference

09-19

Published date

16 December 2019

Closing date

13 January 2020

Contract start date

20 January 2020

Contract end date

29 May 2020

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) welcomes proposals for a research project supporting its monitoring of developments in the UK market for Public Interest Entity (PIE) audits. The requirements of this project are set out further below. In summary there are two main parts:

A Indicators and methodology.
(i) Identify and develop a suitable set of indicators for the routine assessment of the state of competition in the UK market for statutory audit of PIEs.
(ii) Identify and develop a reliable set of methods for collecting and processing the data (both quantitative and qualitative) needed to populate these indicators.

B Use the indicators and methods in part A to conduct a review and produce a Baseline Report on the current conditions in respect of competition in the UK market for statutory audits.

The project is expected to take place between January 2020 and May 2020.

+++ This is only a summary. Please refer to the PDF attachment for the full Invitation to Tender and instructions on how to submit a bid +++

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About the buyer

Address

8th Floor 125 London Wall
LONDON
EC2Y5AS
England

Telephone

020 7492 2300

Email

research@frc.org.uk