Awarded contract

Con_27595 Insolvency & Restructuring Panel

Details

Buyer: Department for Education
Supplier(s): EVELYN PARTNERS LLP
Value: £1,457,143
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Accounting and auditing services
Published: 9 May 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

To support the implementation of the FE insolvency regime and its underlying legislation, TFEA, which received royal ascent in 2017, infrastructure is required to allow financially distressed colleges to be assessed and, if necessary, managed through restructuring / insolvency. Accordingly, a professional services panel is required as part of this infrastructure. The panel will also be available for other financially distressed providers which may require restructuring or managed through an insolvency process.

Timeline

Completed: Award date14 April 2025
Completed: Award published9 May 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date30 April 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

The Department for Education is a ministerial department responsible for children's services and education policy in England, procuring both for itself and its executive agencies. Requirements are advertised on the Find a Tender service, published through the department's Jaggaer etendering system. Suppliers awarded a contract must register on the Central Digital Platform. Framework purchases follow the matching Crown Commercial Service terms. Many contracts are let on standard government terms, such as Cabinet Office short-form or model services agreements. Schools and academy trusts buy separately, using framework options the department reviews and approves in advance.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Education's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

79210000 · Accounting and auditing services

Decision makers

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