GCC001 - Provision of Reporting Accountant: Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Assurance Process (HBAP)

Description

Open procurement Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-081083 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f1d7 A draft contract will follow via the messaging service to those who express an interest. The Housing Benefit Assurance Process (HBAP) is the testing and reporting requirements to be followed by Reporting Accountants undertaking engagement work for a local authority’s claim for Housing Benefit subsidy from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). The DWP reporting framework instruction requires local authorities to appoint a Reporting Accountant, by the 1 March prior to the commencement of the financial year for which this procedure will apply. Gloucester City Council seeks to appoint a Reporting Accountant for the HBAP FYE 2026, FYE 2027, and FYE 2028. Keywords: HBAP