Closed tender

CPT_25_03 Specialist Audit Services Framework

Details

Value
£17,500,000
Topic
Accounting and auditing services
Published
11 June 2025
Submission
11 August 2025

Tender description

The National Audit Office (NAO), the UK's independent public spending watchdog, is establishing a Specialist Audit and Assurance Services Framework to support the delivery of high-quality financial audits across the public sector. The framework will enable the NAO to access specialist expertise in areas critical to audit quality and resilience, fostering collaboration with leading firms to enhance financial reporting and accountability to Parliament. The framework is divided into five lots: Lot 1 - Pensions Lot 2 - Property Lot 3 - Digital Lot 4 - Tax Lot 5 - Financial Instruments Up to four suppliers will be appointed per lot. The framework will run for four years, from Thursday 15th January 2026 to Monday 14th January 2030, with an estimated total value of £21 million (inclusive of VAT). This figure includes contingency and potential additional services beyond the core specialist audit scope.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published11 June 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date11 August 2025

About the buyer

The National Audit Office scrutinises government spending on Parliament's behalf, and buys as a central body with its own Central Procurement Team. Purchases span professional services, technology, training, facilities management and office supplies bought to support its audit work. Procurement follows UK public procurement regulations alongside the office's own internal policies.

Over the past 5 years, most of the National Audit Office's contract awards have been in IT services, business services and software and information systems.

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