Published date: 14 December 2020

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.


Closing: 11 January 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Accounting and auditing services - 79210000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £8,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_243880/901216

Published date

14 December 2020

Closing date

11 January 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 February 2021

Contract end date

31 January 2025

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?

No


Description

The intention of this new Framework is to procure fully independent auditing of the commercial activities associated with current and future projects.

This will be delivered via discreet Package Orders which will be for thorough and focused audit activities which could be targeted at any of Highways England's projects, programmes or third party procurement agreements.

The scope of the audits will be to focus on the contractual compliance, activities and performance of Highways England's third party providers as well as the interaction with and of the activities of internal Highways England team who are part of project / programme delivery.
This is to ensure the validity, integrity, reliability and independence of the audit findings.


About the buyer

Address

199 Wharfside Street, The Cube
Birmingham
B1 1RN
England

Email

brad.benson@highwaysengland.co.uk