Awarded contract

Agreed Upon Procedure Housing Benefit Subsidy Claim 2022-2027

Details

Buyer: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Supplier(s): Grant Thornton (UK) LLP
Value: £198,750
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Auditing services
Published: 25 July 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

This contract is for the provision of audit work under 'Agreed Upon Procedures' for Housing Benefit Subsidy claims, for five years from 2023/24 to 2027/28. The Council recognises Agreed Upon Procedure work does not constitute an audit and or a review conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing or review standards.

Timeline

Completed: Award date30 June 2023
Completed: Award published25 July 2023
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 18 months

About the buyer

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council is a local authority that publishes its tenders and procurement procedures on The Chest e-tendering portal. Suppliers register on The Chest for email alerts about contracts that are about to be tendered. A register of the council's current contracts is published through ProContract. Larger planned procurements are listed in a pipeline on Find a Tender. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers also register their core business details once on the Central Digital Platform. Existing suppliers track invoices and purchase orders through a separate supplier portal.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

79212000 · Auditing services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov