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# National Audit Office · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-audit-office-GB-PPON-PBHM-8926-YDNL). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** National Audit Office is a Central government based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 53 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** National Audit Office
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PBHM-8926-YDNL` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 53
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £72m (median award: £1.5m) across 35 of 35 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-audit-office-GB-PPON-PBHM-8926-YDNL

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (median of 19 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 11% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 18 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 26 (96%), Framework: 1 (4%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Limited / restricted: 9 (33%), Direct award: 7 (26%), Route not published: 5 (19%), Open: 4 (15%), Selective: 2 (7%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 9 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
2. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 7 notices, last 24 months (26% of this period)
3. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 5 notices, last 24 months (19% of this period)
4. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 2 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)
5. **[Other community, social and personal services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/community-cultural-services-98000000) (CPV 98):** 2 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[KPMG](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/kpmg-coh-oc301540):** 6 procedures (17 awards)
2. **[Ernst and Young LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ernst-and-young-llp-coh-oc300001):** 5 procedures (15 awards)
3. **[Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/pricewaterhouse-coopers-llp-coh-oc303525):** 4 procedures (8 awards)
4. **[Mazars LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mazars-llp-coh-oc308299):** 4 procedures (5 awards)
5. **[Deloitte](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/deloitte-coh-oc303675):** 3 procedures (9 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Deliotte LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/deliotte-llp-GB-COH-OC303675):** £9.1m · [Lot 7 Pensions](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cpt-25-02-financial-audit-and-assurance-services-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-058956) · Awarded: 25 Feb 2026
2. **[KPMG](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/kpmg-coh-oc301540):** £5.8m · [Lot 3 Complex Provisions](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cpt-25-02-financial-audit-and-assurance-services-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-058956) · Awarded: 25 Feb 2026
3. **[Deliotte LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/deliotte-llp-GB-COH-OC303675):** £5.7m · [Lot 14 United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cpt-25-02-financial-audit-and-assurance-services-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-058956) · Awarded: 25 Feb 2026
4. **[Phoenix Software Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/phoenix-software-ltd-coh-02548628):** £5.5m · [CPT_25_48 Microsoft Enterprise Agreement](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cpt-25-48-microsoft-enterprise-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-06570f)
5. **[Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/grant-thornton-uk-llp-coh-oc307742):** £4.9m · [Lot 11 Infrastructure](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cpt-25-02-financial-audit-and-assurance-services-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-058956) · Awarded: 25 Feb 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 1
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 6
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full National Audit Office intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-audit-office-GB-PPON-PBHM-8926-YDNL#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-audit-office-GB-PPON-PBHM-8926-YDNL
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt