Awarded contract

Future Pathways Review

Details

Buyer: Scottish Government
Supplier(s): BDO LLP (London)
Value: £60,348
Topic: Auditing services
Published: 5 November 2024
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

The Scottish Government had a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Future Pathways Review. This service is to provide the following: Review alignment of services with the original contractual arrangements; analyse the financial model used within FP; specifically look at the operation of Discretionary Fund, challenges with its delivery and feasible options for change (FP); deep dive into the operation of FP; review governance of the Alliance and decision-making processes and set out realistic recommendations for improvements that meets legislative requirements where relevant to the operation of FP, or the Alliance as a whole. Lot 1: Contract award via a mini competition under RM6188 Audit & Assurance Services (A&AS).

Timeline

Completed: Award date4 November 2024
Completed: Award published5 November 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

79212000 · Auditing services

Decision makers

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